Reframing Negative Thoughts
A Grade 3 social studies worksheet to help students identify negative thoughts and reframe them into positive ones.
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Reframing Negative Thoughts
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Read each situation and the negative thought. Then, write a positive way to reframe the thought.
1. Situation: You tried to draw a picture, but it didn't look exactly how you wanted.
Negative thought: "I'm not good at drawing."
Reframed thought:
2. Situation: You made a mistake during a game with your friends.
Negative thought: "I always mess things up."
Reframed thought:
3. Situation: Your teacher asked you a question, and you didn't know the answer right away.
Negative thought: "I'm not smart enough."
Reframed thought:
Read each statement. Circle T for True or F for False.
1. It's okay to have negative thoughts sometimes.
True
False
2. Reframing means changing a negative thought into a positive one.
True
False
1. What is a negative thought?
A happy thought
A thought that makes you feel bad or sad
A thought about food
A thought about your friends
2. Why is it helpful to reframe negative thoughts?
It makes you forget everything
It helps you feel better and more positive
It makes you angry
It makes you sleepy
1. Think of a time you had a negative thought. What was it? How did you feel?
2. How could you reframe that negative thought into a positive one?
Look at the faces below. Circle the face that shows how you feel when you have a negative thought. Then, draw a star on the face that shows how you feel after reframing it.
