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Feelings & Friends Check-In

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Lesson Plan

Feelings & Friends Check-In

Students will be able to identify basic emotions and demonstrate an understanding of positive friendship behaviors.

Understanding and expressing emotions, as well as building positive relationships, are fundamental social-emotional skills that contribute to a child's overall well-being and success in school and life. This lesson helps teachers identify areas where students may need additional support.

Audience

Kindergarten Students

Time

30 minutes

Approach

Interactive discussion, visual cues, and a fun activity.

Materials

Whiteboard or projector, Markers or crayons, SEL Feelings & Friends Slides, Feeling Faces & Friendship Choices Activity, and How Do I Feel? Cool Down Ticket

Prep

Teacher Preparation

15 minutes

Step 1

Warm-Up: How Do You Feel Today?

5 minutes

  • Begin with a quick check-in using the first slide of the SEL Feelings & Friends Slides.
    - Ask students to share one feeling they are experiencing today and why. Encourage them to use simple words or gestures.

Step 2

Introducing Feelings

5 minutes

  • Display slides with different emotion faces from the SEL Feelings & Friends Slides.
    - Ask students to identify the emotion shown and describe what it looks like or feels like in their bodies.
    - Discuss how we can recognize these feelings in ourselves and others.

Step 3

What Makes a Good Friend?

5 minutes

  • Transition to friendship by asking: "What does a good friend do?" (Slide 4 of SEL Feelings & Friends Slides).
    - Encourage students to brainstorm ideas and share examples of positive friendship behaviors.
    - Guide the discussion to highlight sharing, taking turns, helping, and kind words.

Step 4

Feeling Faces & Friendship Choices Activity

10 minutes

  • Distribute the Feeling Faces & Friendship Choices Activity.
    - Explain the two parts of the activity: identifying feelings by drawing faces and circling good friend choices.
    - Circulate and provide support as students complete the worksheet individually.

Step 5

Cool-Down: Self-Reflection Ticket

5 minutes

  • Distribute the How Do I Feel? Cool Down Ticket.
    - Instruct students to draw a face that shows how they feel about learning about feelings and friends today, and circle if they think they are a good friend.
    - Collect tickets as an exit pass to gauge initial understanding and self-perception.
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Slide Deck

How Do You Feel Today?

Let's share one feeling you have right now!

Welcome students and ask them to share one feeling they are having today. Model sharing your own feeling first.

Happy!

Smiling eyes, big grin, feeling joyful inside!

Show the first emotion face. Ask students: "What emotion do you see? How do you know? What does it feel like when you are [emotion]?" Encourage full-body expressions or descriptions.

Sad...

Droopy mouth, tears, a heavy feeling.

Show the next emotion face. Ask students to describe sadness. "What makes us feel sad sometimes? What can we do when we or a friend feels sad?"

Angry! Grrr!

Frowny face, tight muscles, a hot feeling.

Show the next emotion face. Ask students to identify anger. "What does angry look like? What does it feel like? What can we do when we or a friend feels angry in a safe way?"

Surprised!

Wide eyes, open mouth, unexpected!

Show the next emotion face. Ask students: "What emotion is this? What makes us feel surprised?"

What Does a Good Friend Do?

Sharing toys? Helping hands? Kind words?

Introduce the topic of friendship. Ask students to think about what a good friend does. Write down their ideas on the board or chart paper.

Friendship Choices!

Share and take turns!
Help each other!
Use kind words!
Listen to friends!

Emphasize key friendship behaviors. "Why are these things important? How do they make others feel?"

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Activity

Feeling Faces & Friendship Choices

Name: ____________________________

Part 1: Feeling Faces!

Draw a face in each circle to show the feeling!

  1. Happy





  2. Sad





  3. Angry





  4. Surprised





Part 2: Friendship Choices!

Circle the pictures that show a good friend.

Picture 1: Two kids sharing a toy.







Picture 2: One kid taking a toy from another.







Picture 3: Two kids helping each other clean up blocks.







Picture 4: One kid pushing another on the playground.







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Cool Down

How Do I Feel? Cool Down Ticket

Name: ____________________________

Part 1: How do you feel about learning about feelings and friends today?

Draw a face in the box to show how you feel!











Part 2: Am I a good friend?

Circle YES or NO.

YES


NO

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