Coping Skills Worksheet
A worksheet for 5th graders to learn about and practice healthy coping skills for managing emotions.
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Coping Skills Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you think about different ways to cope with challenging feelings and situations.
1. What is a coping skill?
A way to avoid problems
A healthy way to deal with stress or difficult emotions
Something that makes you forget your problems
Only used by adults
2. Which of these is an example of a healthy coping skill?
Yelling at someone
Ignoring your feelings
Talking to a trusted adult
Breaking something
3. When I feel angry, a healthy coping skill I can use is to .
4. If I am feeling sad, I can try to to feel better.
5. Everyone experiences difficult emotions, and it's okay to ask for help.
True
False
6. Hiding your feelings and pretending they don't exist is a good coping strategy.
True
False
7. Describe one time you felt a strong emotion (like anger, sadness, or frustration) and what you did to cope with it. Was it a healthy coping skill? Why or why not?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
8. When I feel overwhelmed, I can take a moment to deeply to calm myself.
9. If I have a lot on my mind, I can in a notebook to express my thoughts.
10. Going for a walk or playing outside is a great way to and release energy when I'm feeling restless.