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Emotional Awareness Through Storytelling

Lesson Plan

Emotional Awareness Through Storytelling

Identify and articulate emotions

In this lesson, students will engage in storytelling and creative expression activities to learn how to identify and articulate their emotions. This lesson is important as it helps build emotional intelligence and empathy among peers, which are crucial skills for personal and social development.

Audience

3rd Grade Students

Time

30 mins

Approach

Identify and articulate emotions

Materials

Storybook: 'The Way I Feel' by Janan Cain, Printable Emotion Cards, Worksheet: Emotion Reflection, and Discussion Questions

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Begin with a brief discussion about emotions and why they are important.
  • Introduce the storybook 'The Way I Feel' by Janan Cain and explain that it will help us understand different emotions.

Step 2

Storytelling

10 mins

  • Read 'The Way I Feel' aloud to the class.
  • Pause after each emotion to discuss what it means and ask students to share times they have felt that way.

Step 3

Creative Expression Activity

10 mins

  • Distribute Printable Emotion Cards to each student.
  • Ask students to draw a picture or write a short story about a time they felt one of the emotions from the cards.
  • Encourage them to use colors and words that express how they felt.

Step 4

Discussion and Reflection

5 mins

  • Use the Discussion Questions to guide a conversation about the emotions explored in the lesson.
  • Ask students to share their drawings or stories and reflect on how expressing emotions can help us understand ourselves and others better.

Step 5

Closure

5 mins

  • Summarize the key points of the lesson.
  • Encourage students to continue thinking about their emotions and how they can express them in healthy ways.
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Discussion

Discussion Questions for Emotional Awareness

These questions will guide a discussion on the emotions explored in the lesson, helping students articulate their feelings and understand others.

What is one emotion you learned about today?

Encourage students to describe the emotion and share a personal experience.







How can expressing our emotions help us?

Discuss the benefits of sharing emotions, such as feeling understood and building empathy.







Why is it important to understand how others feel?

Highlight the importance of empathy and how it helps in building relationships.







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Worksheet

Emotion Reflection Worksheet

This worksheet helps students reflect on their emotions by drawing or writing about a time they felt a specific emotion.

Draw or write about a time you felt happy.

Think about what made you happy and how you showed it.







Draw or write about a time you felt sad.

Consider what happened and how you expressed your sadness.







Draw or write about a time you felt angry.

Reflect on what caused your anger and how you dealt with it.







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Worksheet

Printable Emotion Cards

These cards feature different emotions for students to use in the creative expression activity.




Happy







Sad







Angry







Excited







Scared







Surprised







Calm







Frustrated




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