Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's All about Expression

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, 1st graders read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They create a tape recording of their reading to assess their fluency and use...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Watch Out, We Are Reading With Expression

For Teachers 3rd
Student practice reading fluently and expressively through the use of writing. various. After discussing how expressive reading enhances the reading experience, 3rd graders write a story featuring expressive words and correct...
Unit Plan
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Ohio National Guard

Emotional Intelligence

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
Provide teenagers with the social skills they need to live happy lives with this collection of worksheets and activities. Covering a variety of topics from self-awareness and assertiveness, to stress management and problem solving, this...
Lesson Plan
ESL Kid Stuff

Feelings & Emotions

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Sometimes it can be hard to express emotions. Help little learners figure out what makes them happy, angry, sad, or scared with a instructional activity that focuses on feelings. It includes singing, drawing, matching flashcards, and...
Lesson Plan
San Diego County District Attorney

Emotions/Feelings

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Three lessons delve deep into the topic of feelings and the importance of expressing one's emotions. Through grand conversation, hands-on learning experiences, and reflective writing, scholars interpret the ups and downs of everyday...
Lesson Plan
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Nemours KidsHealth

Feelings: Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore how to appropriately deal with their feelings. In this personal health activity on feelings, students participate in a group discussion about feelings, and complete two activities writing about their feelings and...
Writing
Elementary School Counseling

I Know what to Do When I Am…

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
How should we handle ourselves when we are mad/sad/happy/scared? Help youngsters understand unique emotions and plan specific actions they can take the next time they encounter feelings unexpectedly.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

EXPRESSING AN IDEA

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how elements (body, space, time, and force) can be contrasted to express anger and happiness in movement. They give examples for each of the elements: body actions, speed and force of movement. They display their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poems "I Feel Happy"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss various things that make him/her happy.  In this I feel happy lesson, 2nd graders express feelings in a poem.  Students reflect on the poems they have written.
PPT
Curated OER

Expressing Past Time - Part 1

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is an incredibly-thorough, 99-slide presentation which covers many rules of grammar. The focus is on present and past tenses of verbs, irregular verbs, and how to properly use them. The colorful PowerPoint has dozens of examples for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Express Yourself

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice reading orally with expression. Students are divided into pairs and receive the book "The Big Wide Mouthed Frog." The partners take turns reading the book with a lot of expression. The students rate each others'...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"I Will Read (Do you hear me? I mean it!) With Expression"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students, who are fluent readers, practice reading with expression after listening while the teachers models good reading. They respond to teacher directions to show a specified expression. Reading with a partner, they practice adding...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Happy, Angry, Excited!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They create paper plate animal masks, then in small groups participate in a reading of "Snarlyhissopus" by Alan MacDonald, using the reading...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Free Printables: Expression Cards 1

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this facial expression worksheet, students cut out 12 facial expression cards, 6 positive and 6 negative moods. Teachers can print off a large picture of each expression that is labeled.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Free Printables: Expression Cards 2

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this facial expressions worksheet, students evaluate the 10 faces on the worksheet and determine which facial expression is being displayed. Teachers can print large, labeled pictures of each expression or a worksheet with small cards...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Feelings

For Teachers K
Students describe how they feel in different situations. In this feelings lesson plan, students respond to questions asked by the teacher while reading the book The Way I Feel. They also use mirrors to show look at their own faces while...
Unit Plan
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Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Feelings and Emotions

For Teachers 9th Standards
The focus of the second session in this SPECS unit is on learning how to identify, and then appropriately express and manage feelings.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Can I Do?

For Teachers K - 6th
Here is a good way for children to identify ways to handle conflict. They discuss the connection between feelings and conflict. Everyone listens to a story about a conflict between two friends and they discuss what they could have done...
Printables
Elementary School Counseling

When I Feel...

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th Standards
Help youngsters become proactive thinkers and emotional beings with these great worksheets, in which pupils identify what strategies they will use in order to address big feelings, like happiness, sadness, anger, and fear.
Worksheet
Kids' Pages

Feelings Matching 2

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
What does it look like when someone is feeling sad, worried, hungry, or happy? These are some of the emotions that your youngsters will identify in a simple matching activity.
Worksheet
Kids' Pages

Feelings Definitions

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
What is one word to identify someone who cannot think clearly? From confusion and anger to happiness and exhaustion, young learners practice defining basic feelings and emotions by matching terms to their appropriate fill-in-the-blank...
Worksheet
Talking with Trees

Empathy

For Students K - 5th
Strengthen the skill to empathize with others with a learning exercise that challenges scholars to match emotions—including happy, confused, sad—to one's body language.
Activity
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Thoughtful Learning

Using Positive Self-Talk

For Students K - 5th
Boost positive self-talk with a chart that turns negative feelings into happy ones. Scholars write down their negative emotions then rewrite them with a positive flair to aid in changing their outlook. 
Lesson Plan
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Nemours KidsHealth

Getting Along: Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Boost social awareness with two activities focusing on getting along. In the first activity, scholars brainstorm ways to get along with their classmates and create four rules for the classroom. The second activity asks pupils to track...