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Pumpkins!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discuss emotion, draw pumpkin faces and write about the way their pumpkin is feeling. In this emotions lesson, students make pumpkin faces and match pumpkin seeds to a card with seeds.
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A Happy Time

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to stories about feelings and identify their own feelings during certain times of their lives. In this a happy time lesson, 2nd graders explore writing elements as a way to communicate with a variety of audiences...
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Smiles Change the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore ways to notice when others are sad, happy, calm, or angry. They act out feelings and have others try to identify them. The listen to The Brand New Kid, focusing on plot, characterization, and illustrations. They create a...
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Esperanza Rising- Metacognition

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders develop metacognitive skills while reading Esperanza Rising. In this comprehension strategies lesson, 6th graders read a chapter from the book and discuss questions with a small group. Students share with their peers. 
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People and Feelings: Interpreting Feelings

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this interpreting feelings worksheet, learners read 6 one-sentence illustrated stories. Students choose from 2 emotion words the best answer that describes the feeling in the story.
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Interpreting Feelings

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this feelings and emotions worksheet, students read the sentences and study the pictures to interpret the feelings. Students complete 5 exercises.
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The Human Organism

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils identify their feelings and learn constructive ways of handling conflict. In this feelings and conflict lesson plan, students read a story about conflict and identify ways to understand emotions and resolve conflict.
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Words That Name Feelings

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this feeling words worksheet, learners read the words that describe feelings and their definitions. Students then read the descriptions and write the word from the box that tells how each person is feeling.
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If You're Happy and You Know It - Matching Words and Emotions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this emotions worksheet, students decide if they feel "happy" or "sad" by looking at the corresponding pictures. Then, each student writes either "happy" or "sad" on the bottom line, and draws a picture of his or her face in the...
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Social Skills: Anger Management, Recognizing Anger

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students recognize the emotion of anger. They complete a writing journal and record the feelings of anger as they occur. The teacher models anger, and presents new skills of dealing with anger as the lesson plan evolves.
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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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Puppet Frogs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars identify the elements of line, shape, and color and expressive qualities of pictorial representation. Students create their own puppet frog using emotion and perform in a reader's theater. Young scholars listen to various...
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The Cat Came Back

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students are read the story "The Cat Came Back". Using Spanish, they communicate the context of the story with each other. They practice using new vocabulary, identifying main characters and putting the events into order. They use the...
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Anger Management

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify at least three feelings or emotions. They identify the difference between negative ("bad") emotions and negative behavior. Students make a list of as many emotions as possible. They identify different situations...
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Friendship Masks

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the concept of friendship and how it is developed and based upon some different emotions. They examine samples of masks that display emotional responses. Then students have class discussion about emotions and the...
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Dealing With Emotions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a variety of activities in order to comprehend the feelings and emotions that people have. They conduct classroom discussion about feelings and how a wide variety of people might deal with them.
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Pieces of Mind: Remembering What Matters

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students watch the program "Pieces of Mind" from PBS and participate in a class discussion about PET scans and their advantages. Students then brainstorm activities a PET scan could be used for.
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A Difference of Mind

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners discover the individual variance in brain response to its four main functions. They perform activities related to each function at four stations set up in the classroom. They discuss their responses as a class.
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Grade 11 and 12 - Personal Development (Mental Well-Being)

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students relate emotional health and well-being to personal productivity and to the workplace design, implement, assess, and evaluate a plan to promote personal, school, and community well-being
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Grade 10 - Personal Development (Mental Well-Being)

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders propose strategies for enhancing and maintaining emotional health and well-being encourage respect for others.
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Dogo News: Scientists Say Being 'Hangry' Is Normal

For Students 5th - 8th
Article reports on the science behind being "hangry" - a term that refers to the grumpiness that often accompanies hunger. Includes video.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Motivation and Emotion: Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module with comprehensive multi-media resources, including assignments, projects, and assessment on motivation and emotion.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: All About Emotions: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week children will learn to label emotions and how they can express them in different ways.
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Understood.org: The Bullying Problem: What You Need to Know

For Students 9th - 10th
When you were in school, did you ever see kids pick on other kids? Today, more than 70 percent of students say they've seen bullying at school. Kids who are bullied can feel a lifetime of hurt and self-doubt. It's a big problem, but you...