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Using Words for Feelings

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

  1. Your friend takes your crayon. What is a good first step?

    • Grab the crayon back.
    • Tell a grown-up how you feel.
    • Hide under the table.

  2. Which sentence uses words to share a feeling?

    • I feel sad when my tower falls.
    • I threw the blocks.
    • I ran out of the room.

  3. Using more than one feeling word, like 'sad' and 'worried,' helps others understand you better.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. You feel left out at recess. What should you do?

    • Tell a teacher how you feel.
    • Sit alone and stay quiet.
    • Push your way into the game.

  5. Your sister changes the TV channel. Which sentence uses the 'I feel ___ when ___' words?

    • Give me the remote.
    • I feel annoyed.
    • I feel annoyed when you change the channel.

  6. You lost your favorite toy. Which words best describe how you might feel?

    • Only happy
    • Sad and worried
    • No feelings at all

  7. Zoe says only 'I feel bad' about a hard day. What could make her sentence stronger?

    • Adding a second feeling word, like 'sad and tired.'
    • Not saying anything at all.
    • Saying it louder.

  8. Max yells 'You always ruin everything!' when his brother knocks down his tower. What did Max forget to do?

    • Build a taller tower
    • Ask for a snack
    • Use an 'I feel ___ when ___' statement
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  1. Tell a grown-up how you feel. · Telling a grown-up how you feel uses words, not actions.
  2. I feel sad when my tower falls. · That sentence names the feeling and why. It uses the 'I feel ___ when ___' words.
  3. True · Two feeling words paint a clearer picture of how you feel.
  4. Tell a teacher how you feel. · Telling a teacher lets a grown-up help, instead of staying upset alone or pushing in.
  5. I feel annoyed when you change the channel. · This sentence names the feeling and says why, using both parts of the sentence.
  6. Sad and worried · Losing a toy can bring more than one feeling, like sad and worried.
  7. Adding a second feeling word, like 'sad and tired.' · One word like 'bad' is fuzzy. Two clear feeling words tell more of the story.
  8. Use an 'I feel ___ when ___' statement · Max named no feeling and no reason. An 'I feel ___ when ___' statement would help more.
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