Bullying Prevention Month RACE Writing Passages | Grades 4–6

Help students build reading comprehension, written response, and social-emotional learning skills with these Bullying Prevention Month reading passages and RACE writing prompts for upper elementary students. This resource includes 10 engaging bullying prevention passages, each paired with a thoughtful RACE writing question that guides students to Restate, Answer, Cite Evidence, and Explain their thinking. The passages focus on kindness, empathy, inclusion, courage, digital citizenship, peer pressure, responsibility, and creating a positive school community.

What’s Included?

This resource includes:

• 10 original reading passages about bullying prevention

• 10 RACE writing prompts

• Upper elementary-friendly texts

• Passages under 150 words each

• Reading comprehension practice

• Text evidence practice

• Constructed-response writing practice

• Social-emotional learning themes

• Character education connections

• Opportunities to practice explaining evidence

• Topics connected to familiar U.S. school experiences

Topics Covered

Students explore meaningful situations involving:

• Welcoming new students

• Understanding the difference between joking and hurting others

• Speaking up when someone is being mistreated

• Responsible digital citizenship

• Respecting individual differences

• Taking responsibility and apologizing

• Handling peer pressure

• Including quiet or overlooked classmates

• Showing kindness and belonging

• Building a positive school community

Each passage encourages students to think beyond simply identifying bullying. Students consider how their choices affect others, how to respond respectfully, and how they can contribute to a safer and more inclusive classroom community.