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Who Am I Feeling?

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Clase Lykaoz 2025

Tier 1
For Schools

Lesson Plan

Emotion Exploration Blueprint

Students will identify and name four basic emotions—happy, sad, angry, and surprised—through interactive games and reflective drawing, building foundational emotional awareness.

Understanding and articulating feelings enhances self-awareness, supports emotional regulation, and fosters empathy—key social skills for Kindergarten success.

Audience

Kindergarten Class

Time

20 minutes

Approach

Interactive games and reflective journaling.

Materials

  • Faces and Feelings Slides, - Mirror Me Emotion Game, - Feelings Picture Journal, and - Emotion Emoji Exit Ticket

Prep

Setup and Review Materials

5 minutes

  • Project the Faces and Feelings Slides for whole-class viewing.
  • Prepare the Mirror Me Emotion Game prompts or cards.
  • Distribute or place at seats each student’s Feelings Picture Journal.
  • Print and organize Emotion Emoji Exit Ticket sheets for distribution.

Step 1

Warm-Up: Feeling Flashcards

3 minutes

  • Display each slide from the Faces and Feelings Slides.
  • Point to a face and invite students to call out the emotion.
  • Model saying each emotion word using expressive tone and gestures.

Step 2

Mirror Me Emotion Game

7 minutes

  • Introduce the Mirror Me Emotion Game.
  • Have students stand facing you.
  • Teacher makes a facial expression; students mirror it and name the emotion.
  • Cycle through happy, sad, angry, and surprised.

Step 3

Journal Reflection

6 minutes

  • Hand out the Feelings Picture Journal to each student.
  • Ask students to draw a face showing how they feel right now.
  • Students say the emotion aloud and share with a partner.

Step 4

Exit Ticket: Emoji Check-In

4 minutes

  • Distribute the Emotion Emoji Exit Ticket.
  • Instruct students to circle the emoji that matches their current feeling.
  • Collect the sheets for teacher review to gauge emotional understanding.
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Slide Deck

Faces and Feelings

Let's look at some faces and learn what feelings they show!

Welcome, friends! Today we're going to look at different faces and learn the feelings they show. Encourage students to watch closely and get ready to name each emotion.

Happy

🙂 This face shows happiness. We smile when we feel happy!

Point to the smiling face and ask: “What feeling do you think this is?” After students respond, say: “Yes, this is happy! When we feel joy or have fun, we smile big like this.”

Sad

☹️ This face shows sadness. We might feel this when we miss someone or feel lonely.

Ask students to mimic the frown. Say: “When might you feel sad? Maybe if you lose a toy or miss someone.”

Angry

😠 This face shows anger. We feel this when things don’t go our way.

Demonstrate furrowed eyebrows and a tight mouth. Ask: “What makes you feel angry?” Guide students to stomp feet or cross arms gently.

Surprised

😲 This face shows surprise. We see this when something unexpected happens!

Model wide eyes and an “O” shaped mouth. Ask: “What surprises you? Maybe a surprise party or a big gift!”

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Activity

Who Am I Feeling? Activity: Mirror Me Emotion Game

Description: A kinesthetic mirroring activity where students stand up and copy the teacher’s facial expressions while naming each emotion aloud. This helps build self-awareness and reinforces vocabulary for happy, sad, angry, and surprised.

Materials:

  • Optional: Faces and Feelings Slides to display each expression as a visual cue.

Time: 7 minutes

Instructions:

  1. Have students stand facing you with enough space around them.
  2. Model the “happy” expression: big smile, bright eyes. Say, “I’m feeling happy—what does happy look like?”
    • Students mirror the smile and cheerfully say, “Happy!”


  3. Transition to “sad”: drop your smile into a frown, lower your head slightly, and say, “I feel sad—show me sad.”
    • Students mirror the frown and quietly say, “Sad.”


  4. Continue with “angry” (furrowed brows, tight lips, maybe stomp a foot) and “surprised” (wide eyes, open mouth). Each time, model first, then have students mirror and name it.


  5. Variation (if time allows): Invite one or two volunteers to stand in front of the class and lead an emotion. The rest of the class mirrors their expression and names the emotion together.

Teacher Tips:

  • Use exaggerated expressions and clear labels to help students connect facial cues to feeling words.
  • Encourage laughter and fun, but maintain focus on the emotion vocabulary.
  • Praise accurate mirroring and naming to build confidence.

Next Steps:
After the game, transition students to the Feelings Picture Journal reflection, where they draw a face showing how they feel right now and share with a partner.

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Journal

Feelings Picture Journal

  1. Draw a face showing how you feel right now:











  1. Circle the word that tells your feeling:Happy  Sad  Angry  Surprised
  2. Write the feeling word on the line:I feel ________________________



  1. Tell or draw what made you feel this way:




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Cool Down

Emotion Emoji Exit Ticket

  1. Circle the emoji that shows how you feel right now:

🙂  ☹️  😠  😲



  1. (Optional) Draw or tell why you chose this feeling:






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