Facing Change

This thoughtful reading and writing worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen comprehension, personal reflection, and social-emotional learning skills through a relatable narrative. After reading a short passage about Sofia adjusting to a new school, students respond with a guided text-to-self journal entry, connecting the character’s experiences, emotions, and challenges to their own lives in a meaningful way.

Learning Goals

• Text-to-Self Connections (Grades 4-6): Make personal connections between a character’s experiences and students’ own lives.
• Reflective Writing & Journaling: Express thoughts, feelings, and experiences clearly in a structured journal response.
• Character Response Analysis: Interpret how Sofia reacts to change and relate those responses to real-life situations.
• Emotional Awareness & Expression: Identify and articulate emotions connected to change, growth, and adaptation.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA and SEL standards.
• Guided Reflection Prompts: Supports deeper thinking while providing structure for student responses.
• Builds Empathy & Self-Awareness: Encourages students to reflect on their own experiences through literature.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for reading response journals, SEL lessons, writing workshops, or homework.

This printable worksheet helps students develop stronger reflective writing skills while deepening comprehension and emotional understanding. By connecting Sofia’s experience to their own, learners practice thoughtful interpretation, self-expression, and empathy. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this resource provides meaningful practice with personal journaling, text-to-self connections, and social-emotional literacy.

This worksheet is part of our reading applications worksheets collection.