Communication Skills Worksheets
We’ve created these communication skill worksheets to guide students through the different phases of appropriate and safe conversations as they meet and make friends, both in real life and digitally.
Skill
I Have Who Has Game of Actions and Consequences
Recommended Grade Level: Upper Elementary and Middle SEL Skill(s): Impulse Control Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Actions and Consequences Cards Actions and Consequences Lesson Instructions Here’s how it works: You’ll print and cut out the cards from the printable and shuffle them up. Give each student a least one “I Have” … Read more
Friendship Traits: Making and Keeping Friends Activity
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary and Middle School SEL Skill(s): Communication, Social Initiation Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Making and Keeping Friends Activity Instructions In this activity, students will cut out the statement strips and mix them up on their desk. Students will then read each statement strip. If they think the … Read more
Think Before You Speak
Even adults have trouble recognizing that just because something is kind or neutral, doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to say. To help we have created worksheets for students in early elementary, upper elementary, and in middle school.
Positive and Negative Consequences
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary SEL Skill(s): Impulse Control Duration: 30 minuntes Materials: Think Ahead printable
Emotional Regulation Activities
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary SEL Skill(s): Emotion Regulation, Cooperation Duration: 30 minutes per worksheet Materials: Emotional Regulation Activities Instructions Prompt: Ask students to share a time something didn’t go according to plan. Continue with: Next, have students share with a partner how they would feel and what they would do … Read more
Identifying Emotions Activity: Chameleon Moods
Identifying and managing feelings, or Emotion Regulation, requires the ability to respond to strong emotional situations in a socially acceptable manner, and research shows that children who are good at identifying and managing their emotions feel better about themselves and have more successful friendships. In this identifying feelings activity, students will … Read more
Belly Breathing for Kids
In this belly breathing for kids activity, students will learn a new strategy for how to remain calm during stressful situations.
Find Someone Who
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary and Middle School SEL Skill(s): Social Initiation Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Find Someone Who Lesson Instructions Prep: At the top of the chart paper write “Social Initiation: Meeting New People.” Hang it in a visible space and gather students for a discussion. Prompt: Begin by asking … Read more
Emotion Charades for Kids: Feelings and Empathy
Recommended Grade Level: All SEL Skill(s): Communication, Empathy Duration: 35 minutes Materials: Charades for Kids Lesson Instructions Pre-Discussion: Begin by talking with the group about the importance of recognizing other people’s feelings. Explain that understanding how another person is feeling is called empathy, and when we express empathy toward other people, we … Read more
