Staying Professional

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 explore how social-emotional skills apply in real workplace settings through a realistic narrative passage. Students read about an employee managing stress and frustration professionally, then answer comprehension and reflection questions that focus on emotional regulation, responsible communication, and why staying calm matters in job environments.

Learning Goals

• Workplace Emotional Control (Grades 5-7) – Identify strategies for managing stress and pressure in professional situations.
• Reading Comprehension & Reflection – Analyze a nonfiction-style scenario and respond using text-based understanding and personal insight.
• Professional Communication Skills – Understand how calm tone, patience, and self-regulation support professionalism.
• Career Readiness Awareness – Recognize how SEL skills transfer from school to future workplace expectations.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to connect SEL instruction with ELA and career readiness standards.
• Real-World Application – Shows how emotional regulation affects success beyond the classroom.
• Comprehension & Reflection Questions – Builds both academic reading skills and self-awareness.
• Flexible Use – Suitable for career units, advisory lessons, small groups, or homeschool instruction.

This printable worksheet helps students see the importance of emotional control and thoughtful communication in professional settings. By examining how a character manages frustration at work and reflecting on their own strategies, learners strengthen reading comprehension, career readiness, and self-regulation skills. Ideal for classroom and homeschool use, this activity supports responsible decision-making, professionalism, and confident communication under pressure.

This worksheet is part of our self-regulation in social settings worksheets collection.