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Growing in Honesty – Reflection Worksheet

Personal memories of honesty are the starting point for a two-page reflection worksheet that asks students to recall four moments from their own life and then reflect on how honesty has shaped who they are.
Grades
Grades 2–5, Elementary
File type
Multiple File Types

Updated Feb 28, 2023

Subject
ELA, Writing
Topic
creative writing, writing prompts
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets

About this resource

What's inside this resource

Growing in Honesty is a 2-page printable designed for any and all of your learners.

 

This is an assignment that encourages students to reflect in ways that they may not have before.

 

On the first page, the directions for students are:

 

Think back to the many times you have been honest in your life. Write about four of your memories from when you were younger until now. Then do the back.

 

This first page features a graphic organizer with 4 boxes for students to write in.

 

The second page (which could be printed on the backside) features a new set of directions:

 

Now that you have spent some time reflecting, write about how being honest has helped you grow. How has it made you who you are? Think about how others perceive you as well.

 

This is a great assignment that can be done at any time.

 

-You may choose to do it at the start of the school year because it serves as a great ice breaker for your students, and you can have a baseline assessment for your students’ writing skills.

-You may choose to insert it into any of your writing units.

 

This is also a great activity for a counselor to implement with students, so they can dive even deeper into a conversation about honesty.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Students can recall and describe four personal memories connected to honesty from across their life.

  • Students can reflect in writing on how a personal value (honesty) has influenced their own growth and how others perceive them.

Teaching tips

  • Use this at the start of the school year as an icebreaker that doubles as a baseline sample of each student's writing.

  • Fold this into an existing personal-narrative or reflective-writing unit rather than treating it as a stand-alone assignment.

  • Because it asks students to reflect on a personal value in depth, this worksheet also works well as a one-on-one or small-group conversation starter for a school counselor. Broaden the personal reflection with this autobiography worksheet.

Skills covered

  • Personal narrative recall — retrieving and describing specific past experiences.

  • Reflective writing — analyzing how a past experience or value connects to personal identity and growth.

  • Self-awareness — considering how one's own actions are perceived by others.

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What are students asked to write about on each page?

The front page asks for four personal memories of being honest, spanning from earlier childhood to now; the back page asks students to reflect on how those experiences of honesty have helped them grow and how others might perceive them.

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