Choose the Ending

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen social-emotional understanding, critical thinking, and writing skills by exploring how choices affect outcomes. Students read incomplete social scenarios involving gossip, exclusion, teasing, accidents, and misunderstandings, then write two possible endings-one negative and one positive-before identifying the lesson learned from the positive choice.

Learning Goals

• Understanding Consequences of Actions (Grades 4-6) – Analyze how different choices lead to different social outcomes.
• Problem Solving & Positive Alternatives – Practice identifying constructive ways to handle challenging situations.
• Perspective-Taking Skills – Consider how actions impact others’ feelings and relationships.
• Creative & Reflective Writing – Write clear, thoughtful endings that show cause-and-effect reasoning.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to align with SEL and ELA standards for upper elementary learners.
• Dual-Ending Structure – Helps students directly compare unhealthy and healthy choices.
• Lesson Reflection Component – Reinforces why positive behaviors lead to better outcomes.
• Engaging, Realistic Scenarios – Mirrors social situations students commonly face.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for SEL lessons, writing blocks, advisory periods, small groups, or homeschool instruction.

This printable worksheet encourages students to think ahead and recognize how their decisions shape social experiences. By creating both negative and positive endings, learners deepen empathy, strengthen problem-solving skills, and practice responsible decision-making through writing. Suitable for classroom and homeschool settings, this activity supports social awareness, conflict prevention, and thoughtful reflection on everyday choices.

This worksheet is part of our role playing social scenarios worksheets collection.