Making Friends Social Skills Activities - How to be a Good Friend - Friendship SEL Worksheets

No-prep SEL worksheets for grades 3-5 that teach friendship skills. These print-and-go worksheets help students explore how to make new friends, start conversations, and be a good friend to others.

With this resource, you'll be able to:

• Introduce practical skills for making and keeping friends.
• Guide discussion on how students can meet new people and start conversations.
• Help students reflect on what it means to be a good friend.
• Send worksheets home so families can continue the conversation.

What's Included

Making and Keeping Friends Worksheets

Five worksheets help students explore practical ways to begin and strengthen friendships. Each one includes a discussion question and a short activity to apply what they have learned.

• 5 worksheets, 2 pages each
• Discussion question and student activity on each worksheet
• Printable PDFs in color and black and white
• Digital Google Slides version with fill-in text boxes

10 pages | PDF + Google Slides | Black & white included

What These Worksheets Cover

1. Introduce how people can make and keep friends.
2. Explore ways to make new friends.
3. Discuss how to start conversations with new friends.
4. Explore what it means to be a good friend.
5. Reflect on what they learned about making and keeping friends.

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“I cannot stress how much I love these daily SELs!! I think I have most of them by now! I print them as packets for my students and we use them in individual or small groups. Love that it provides the education, scenarios, and questions!” - Kelsey N.

“Great resource for older students. Very easy to use.” - Amanda C.

Ways You Can Use This

• Use the worksheets with a whole class, small group, or individual student to introduce friendship skills.
• Use the discussion questions to explore ways to meet new people, begin conversations, and strengthen friendships.
• Complete the short activities together or use the Google Slides version for students to reflect on friendship independently.
• Send the worksheets home to give families a simple way to continue conversations about making and keeping friends.

Do I need Google Classroom? You don't need to use Google Classroom, but you do need a Google account to use Slides.

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