Social Problem Solving Skills

This worksheet helps 5th-grade students practice identifying social problems, brainstorming solutions, and choosing the best course of action in various social situations.

Grade 5 Social studies Social SkillsSocial Problem Solving

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NCSS.D2.Soc.1.3-5NCSS.D2.Soc.2.3-5social skillsproblem solvinggrade 5social studies

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Social Problem Solving Skills

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Read each social situation carefully. Then, answer the questions that follow using your best problem-solving skills.

1. You see a group of students excluding a new student from their game on the playground. The new student looks sad.

a. What is the social problem in this situation?

b. List two different ways you could help solve this problem.

c. Which solution do you think is best and why?

Read each statement and circle True or False.

2. Ignoring a problem usually makes it go away.

True

False

3. Brainstorming means coming up with many ideas, even silly ones.

True

False

Complete the sentences about social problem solving.

4. The first step in solving a problem is to the problem clearly.

5. When you consider the feelings of others, you are showing .

6. A good solution should be fair to involved.

7. Your friend borrowed your favorite book and returned it with a torn page. What is the BEST way to handle this?

Tear a page out of their favorite book.

Tell an adult without talking to your friend first.

Calmly explain what happened and ask them to help fix it.

Ignore it and hope it doesn't happen again.

8. Think about a time you had a social problem with a friend or classmate. How did you solve it, or what could you have done differently?