Friendship Dilemmas

This worksheet helps students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 strengthen problem-solving, empathy, reading comprehension, and respectful decision-making through realistic friendship challenges. Students read short social dilemmas and choose the best response from multiple-choice options, practicing how to evaluate actions, consequences, kindness, fairness, and supportive behavior in everyday peer interactions.

Key Learning Objectives

• Conflict Resolution & Peer Problem-Solving (Grades 3-5): Practice navigating common friendship challenges such as sharing, mistakes, and disagreements
• Scenario Interpretation (ELA Connection): Read and analyze short situations to understand context and intent
• Respectful & Supportive Decision-Making: Identify responses that show kindness, fairness, and care for others
• Empathy & Social Awareness: Consider how different choices affect feelings and relationships

Classroom & Home Use

• Teacher-Created Resource: Developed by educators to support social-emotional learning and literacy skills
• Accessible Multiple-Choice Format: Clear options make expectations easy to understand while promoting thoughtful analysis
• Flexible Instruction: Ideal for SEL lessons, small groups, counseling sessions, morning meetings, or independent practice
• Discussion-Ready Design: Encourages conversation about why certain responses are more helpful than others

This Friendship Dilemmas worksheet helps students build confidence in handling peer conflicts, communicating respectfully, and making prosocial choices. By practicing how to respond thoughtfully to common friendship situations, learners strengthen empathy, critical thinking, and relationship skills. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable resource supports healthy friendships and positive social development through guided, real-world practice.

This worksheet is part of our Friendship Skills Worksheets Collection.