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Naming Emotions

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Choose the right emotion word for a situation
  • 2Say "I feel ___ because ___"
  • 3Use more exact feeling words like worried, proud, and frustrated
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Mini Lesson

Sometimes we know something is happening inside us, but we need the right word for it. Naming an emotion helps us understand ourselves and tell other people what we need.

Use exact feeling words

  • Instead of saying only good or bad, try a real feeling word.
  • You might feel excited, worried, proud, frustrated, calm, or angry.
  • Exact words make your feelings easier to understand.

Think about what happened

  • A situation gives us clues about the emotion word that fits.
  • If something hard is not working yet, frustrated may fit better than angry.
  • If something good is about to happen, excited may fit better than just happy.

Use the feeling sentence

  • Say: I feel ___ because ___.
  • Example: I feel proud because I finished my puzzle.
  • Example: I feel worried because the sky is getting very dark.
Situation cards matched to emotion wordsFour simple picture cards show a child with a ribbon labeled proud, a child with thunder labeled worried, a child with party stars labeled excited, and a child with fallen blocks labeled frustrated.Situation → Emotion WordI did it!proudUh-oh...worriedYay!excitedNot working!frustrated
Simple moments matched with more exact emotion words: proud, worried, excited, and frustrated.
Feeling sentence frameA speech bubble shows the sentence frame I feel blank because blank, with one example about feeling proud after finishing a puzzle.I feel___because___Example:I feel proud because I finished my puzzle.
The sentence frame children can say out loud: “I feel ___ because ___.”
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Ask yourself: "What feeling word fits this moment? Can I say, 'I feel ___ because ___'?

Vocabulary
Emotion
A strong feeling like joy, anger, or worrye.g. Excited is an emotion.
Excited
Feeling really eager about something goode.g. I feel excited about my birthday.
Worried
Feeling nervous when you are not sure what will happene.g. I felt worried before my first day at swim class.
Proud
Feeling good about something you did welle.g. I feel proud of my drawing.
Frustrated
Feeling upset because something is not workinge.g. I feel frustrated when my puzzle won't fit.
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