Finding Your Voice After Being Hurt - Communication Skills - SEL Worksheet

Do your Grade 2-3 students struggle to speak up when someone says something hurtful?

This no-prep communication skills SEL lesson helps students identify possible feelings and practice respectful things they can say or do to stand up for themselves

Using a relatable classroom story, students first explore Lily's experience and then apply what they learned to themselves.

CASEL Competencies: Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Self-Management.

What’s Included:

• Three-page lesson guide and instructions
• Wordless story image for prediction and discussion
• Story image with text for shared reading
• Finding Your Voice: What Lily Can Say and Do worksheet
• Finding Your Voice: Reflection worksheet
• Two bonus coloring pages for early finishers

Perfect For:

• Grades 2–3 SEL lessons
• Communications skills activities
• Feelings and emotions activities
• Respectful communication lessons
• Whole-class or small-group discussions
• School counselling activities
• Homeschool families
• No-prep, stress-free, print-and-go classroom activities

Looking for Read Alouds? These worksheets and activities are inspired by the Lessons for Life with Gramma Kate children’s book series. Each story explores an important SEL or life skills topic and can be used alongside classroom discussions, counselling sessions, or at-home learning.

📕Finding Lily’s Inner Magic: A Tale of Building Confidence

📕Lily’s Journey to Forgiveness: Letting Go of Hurt and Anger

📕Finding Jack’s Magic Within: A Lesson About Kindness

📕Consistency is Key: Self-Care Tips with Lily & Zach

📕Making the Team: Jack’s Missed Goal

📕I Believe You: Self-Care When Your Parent Struggles Emotionally

📕Living With Grandma and Grandpa: Jack and Alice’s Challenges

📕When Someone You Love Has Cancer: Lily & Zach Learn About Grief