Understanding Your Circle of Control
A worksheet for 5th graders to understand and apply the concept of the Circle of Control in social situations.
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Understanding Your Circle of Control
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Remember to think about what you can control and what you cannot.
The Circle of Control helps us understand what we can and cannot change. When we focus on what we can control, we feel less worried and more powerful. Things in our Circle of Control are actions, attitudes, and words. Things outside our Circle of Control are other people's actions, the weather, or things that have already happened.
1. Which of the following is inside your Circle of Control?
What your friend says about you
How you react to a difficult situation
The grade you get on a test you didn't study for
If it rains on your field trip day
2. When you focus on things outside your Circle of Control, you might feel or .
3. Choosing to be kind to others is something you have over.
4. You can control how other people feel.
True
False
5. Describe a situation where you felt upset about something you couldn't control. What could you have focused on instead that was within your Circle of Control?
Match each item to whether it's in your Circle of Control (C) or outside your Circle of Control (O).
6. Your effort in school
a. C
7. What your teacher assigns for homework
b. O
8. Being prepared for class
a. C
9. If your favorite team wins or loses
b. O