Emma Helps a Friend is a heartwarming SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) story that teaches children the importance of kindness, friendship, inclusion, empathy, and helping others feel welcome.
In this engaging story, Emma notices a new student named Lily sitting alone and looking nervous. Emma takes the time to welcome her, invite her to play, encourage her when she feels embarrassed, become her partner for a classroom project, and even share her lunch when Lily forgets hers. Through these simple acts of kindness, Lily gradually becomes more confident and learns that kindness can help people feel safe, valued, and included. The story's central message is that small acts of kindness can create meaningful friendships and make a school community a happier place.
This SEL story is a valuable resource for helping young learners develop important social-emotional skills in an age-appropriate and relatable way. Children can learn how to recognize when someone may feel lonely or nervous, show empathy, include others in activities, offer encouragement, share with others, and build positive friendships.
Reading stories about kindness and friendship can also give children opportunities to discuss their own feelings and experiences. Parents and teachers can use the story as a starting point for conversations about welcoming new classmates, being a supportive friend, handling embarrassment, showing compassion, and creating an inclusive classroom environment.
The resource includes comprehension questions and a complete answer key, allowing children to practice reading comprehension while reviewing the story's important lessons. The questions include multiple-choice, short-answer, true-or-false, and vocabulary-in-context activities. A final reflection question encourages children to think about how they can show kindness to someone new at their school.
What is included:
- Heartwarming SEL story about kindness, friendship, empathy, and inclusion
- 12-page illustrated story
- Comprehension questions
- Multiple-choice questions
- Short-answer questions
- True-or-false questions
- Vocabulary-in-context activities
- Complete answer key
- Reflection activity
- Terms of Use page
- Additional story information highlighting the social-emotional skills children can develop
Educational Benefits:
- Encourages kindness and empathy
- Helps children understand and recognize other people's feelings
- Promotes friendship and inclusion
- Encourages helpful and caring behavior
- Supports children's social-emotional development
- Builds confidence and positive communication skills
- Strengthens reading comprehension
- Encourages children to reflect on their own actions and relationships
- Provides parents and teachers with an easy way to discuss important SEL topics
The PDF is designed in 8.5 x 11 inch portrait format, the standard USA printable page size, making it convenient for classroom printing, home learning, independent reading, small-group instruction, and SEL lessons.
3- Tags
SEL, social emotional learning, kindness, friendship, empathy, inclusion, friendship story, kindness story, reading comprehension, reading comprehension questions, answer key, social skills, emotional learning, classroom kindness, helping others, being a good friend, compassion, caring, friendship activities, elementary reading, children's story, kids SEL, character education, classroom community, positive behavior, printable reading resource
4- Price
$2.49
5- Grade
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
6- Subject
Reading / Social-Emotional Learning
7- Resource Type
Printable SEL Story / Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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