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What Made You Feel That Way?

Personal & Social Development · Emotional Literacy · ages 5-7
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Ben says, 'I felt sad because my balloon popped.' What was the trigger?

    • Ben crying afterward
    • The balloon popping
    • Ben feeling sad inside

  2. What is a trigger for a feeling?

    • A feeling word that names how you feel inside
    • An action you take after a feeling has started
    • Something that brings on a feeling

  3. You must always know why you feel a certain way.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Ana feels sad after putting on her coat. She has not said why. What do we know about the coat?

    • Putting it on must have caused her sadness.
    • Putting it on cannot affect anyone's feelings.
    • We do not know if it caused her sadness.

  5. Ella says sharing a snack made her happy. Finish her sentence: 'I felt happy because ___.'

    • my friend shared a snack with me
    • I felt happy and I felt happy again
    • my happy feeling was a happy feeling

  6. Ali says, 'Remembering our picnic made me happy.' What brought on his feeling?

    • Remembering the picnic
    • Feeling happy afterward
    • Saying the word happy

  7. Noor says a dog's bark made her feel scared. Which sentence gives her feeling and its cause?

    • I felt scared because a dog barked nearby.
    • I felt scared because I felt scared inside.
    • The dog barked because I felt scared of it.

  8. Zak says, 'I feel mad, but I do not know why.' What could he do?

    • Decide that he cannot really feel mad
    • Think about possible reasons with help
    • Invent a reason so he has an answer
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  1. The balloon popping · Ben tells us that his balloon popping brought on his sadness.
  2. Something that brings on a feeling · A trigger brings on a feeling. It can be an event, a thought or a memory.
  3. False · Sometimes the reason is unclear. You can name your feeling without knowing its cause.
  4. We do not know if it caused her sadness. · Putting on the coat happened first, but that alone does not show that it caused Ana's sadness.
  5. my friend shared a snack with me · The 'because' part gives Ella's reason: her friend shared a snack.
  6. Remembering the picnic · Ali names a memory as his trigger. A trigger does not have to be a new event happening nearby.
  7. I felt scared because a dog barked nearby. · Noor names scared as her feeling and the bark as its cause. Her fear did not cause the bark.
  8. Think about possible reasons with help · Zak can explore possible reasons with a trusted grown-up. He does not have to invent one.
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