End of the Year Appropriate vs Inappropriate Behavior Worksheets & Sorting Activity

Description

End-of-Year Appropriate vs Inappropriate Behavior Worksheets & Sorting Activities

The end of the school year brings changing schedules, special activities, and growing excitement about summer. At the same time, students still need support following expectations and making appropriate choices. These End of the Year Appropriate vs Inappropriate Behavior Worksheets give students structured practice thinking through behavior choices they may encounter during the final weeks of school.

Students cut out 12 end-of-year social situations in each activity and sort them according to the behavior shown. After sorting, they select one inappropriate behavior, explain why it may cause a problem, and consider a more appropriate response.

An alternate expected vs unexpected behavior version is also included, allowing you to choose the terminology that works best for your students, school, or program.

Reinforce Expectations Through Realistic End-of-Year Situations

Students may understand classroom rules but have more difficulty applying them when routines change, activities become less structured, or attention shifts toward summer. These sorting activities provide specific situations students can examine and discuss before they encounter similar choices themselves.

The scenarios help students practice:

• Identifying appropriate and inappropriate behavior
• Recognizing expected and unexpected behavior
• Applying expectations during end-of-year activities
• Thinking about how behavior affects other people
• Explaining why a choice may create a problem
• Identifying a more appropriate response

The reflection question moves the activity beyond sorting. Students must explain their reasoning, helping you see whether they understand the social expectation instead of simply placing a scenario in the correct category.

Two Terminology Options Are Included

Every activity is provided in two versions:

• Appropriate vs Inappropriate Behavior
• Expected vs Unexpected Behavior

Both versions contain the same 60 unique scenarios. You can select the terminology that fits your setting without purchasing or preparing another version.

What’s Included in End of the Year Appropriate vs Inappropriate Behavior Worksheets

This resource includes:

• 5 complete end-of-year behavior sorting activities
• 12 scenarios in each sort
• 60 unique end-of-year social and behavior scenarios
• 6 appropriate or expected choices in each set
• 6 inappropriate or unexpected choices in each set
• Appropriate vs inappropriate behavior version
• Expected vs unexpected behavior version
• Cut-and-glue sorting pages
• A reflection question for each activity
• 10 activity pages in each terminology version
• 20 activity pages total

The alternate versions use the same scenarios, so the resource contains 60 unique scenarios, not 120.

A Purposeful End-of-Year SEL Activity

The final weeks of school can be enjoyable without becoming unstructured filler time. These end-of-year behavior activities give students an engaging seasonal task while reinforcing social awareness, problem-solving, and appropriate responses.

You can use the activities during:

• Morning meeting
• SEL instruction
• Classroom-expectations review
• Small-group social-skills instruction
• Counseling or behavior intervention groups
• Centers or partner work
• Independent practice
• Sub plans or meaningful early-finisher work
• The final days of school

The cut-and-paste format provides hands-on practice, while the scenarios create natural opportunities for discussion. Students can compare choices, explain their thinking, and consider what they could do differently in a similar situation.

Designed for Grades 2–5

The situations and activity format are designed for elementary students in Grades 2–5. The worksheets can be completed independently, with a partner, in a small group, or as part of a teacher-led discussion.

Use all five sets throughout the final weeks of school, or select individual activities when students need additional practice handling schedule changes, special events, and less-structured parts of the school day.

This resource is part of my Appropriate vs Inappropriate and Expected vs Unexpected Behavior Sorts product line. Each set provides hands-on practice with realistic behavior choices while using a seasonal or school-year theme.