Feelings and Faces

Melissa Hathaway

Tier 1

Lesson Plan

Feelings and Faces

Identify emotions through expressions

This lesson helps students in grades 3-5 identify different emotions by exploring facial expressions and body language. Through interactive activities, students will enhance their emotional literacy and learn to empathize with others, which is crucial for their social development and daily interactions.

Audience

Grades 3-5 Students

Time

25 minutes

Approach

Identify emotions through expressions

Materials

Printable Emotion Cards, Whiteboard and Markers, and Discussion Questions

Step 1

Introduction

5 minutes

Begin by asking students if they can name different emotions.
Write their responses on the whiteboard.
Explain that today they will learn how to identify emotions by looking at facial expressions and body language.

Step 2

Activity: Emotion Cards

10 minutes

Distribute the Printable Emotion Cards to each student.
Ask students to pair up and take turns showing each other a card without revealing it to the other.
The partner must guess the emotion based on the facial expression shown.
Encourage students to discuss why they think a particular expression represents an emotion.

Step 3

Discussion

5 minutes

Use the Discussion Questions to guide a conversation about how understanding emotions can help in daily interactions.
Encourage students to share personal experiences where recognizing emotions helped them or others.

Step 4

Closure

5 minutes

Recap the key points of the lesson.
Ask students to reflect on one new thing they learned about emotions today.
Encourage them to practice identifying emotions in their daily lives.

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Worksheet

Printable Emotion Cards

These cards feature various facial expressions representing different emotions for students to use in the activity.

Happy

Sad

Angry

Surprised

Confused

Excited

Scared

Calm

Discussion

Discussion Questions

These questions are designed to facilitate a conversation about the importance of recognizing emotions.

Why is it important to recognize emotions in others?

Discuss how recognizing emotions can improve communication and relationships.

Can you think of a time when understanding someone's emotions helped you?

Encourage students to share personal stories and reflect on the outcomes.