Understanding Empathy
This worksheet helps second-grade students understand and practice empathy through various activities and questions.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Think about how others might feel.
Empathy means understanding and sharing the feelings of another person. When you are empathetic, you can imagine what it feels like to be in someone else's shoes.
1. When you show empathy, you try to understand how someone else is .
2. Empathy means putting yourself in someone else's .
3. If your friend is sad, an empathetic thing to do is to ask them what is .
4. What does it mean to 'walk in someone else's shoes'?
To borrow their shoes
To understand their feelings and experiences
To help them tie their shoes
To buy new shoes for them
5. Your friend dropped their ice cream cone and looks very sad. What is an empathetic thing you could say or do?
6. Empathy is the same as sympathy.
True
False
7. Imagine a new student joins your class and seems shy and a little scared. How can you show empathy towards them?