How Might They Feel? Everyday Moments

Eight everyday moments at home and school. The student chooses how the person in each one might feel.

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Maya's balloon floats away into the sky. How might Maya feel?

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How to run it

Read each moment aloud and pause before the choices so the student can answer in their own words first. Then offer the choices. After each answer, ask why someone might feel that way, and whether they would feel the same. If they say they would feel differently, that is worth celebrating: different people feel different things about the same moment.

Cueing ladder

Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.

  1. Step 1IndependentSet up the situation and wait for the student to respond on their own.Log as correct
  2. Step 2Nonverbal cueUse a look, a gesture or a point to the visual cue card.Log as cued
  3. Step 3Indirect promptAsk 'What could you say now?' or 'How do you think they feel?'Log as cued
  4. Step 4ModelShow what to say or do, then run the moment again so the student can try it.Log as cued

Adjust it

Easier

Use fewer feelings at a time, starting with the most different ones, like happy and sad.

Harder

Role-play with a new partner, or add a twist the student has not planned for.

Matching IEP goal

Given pictures of faces and short situations, Student will name the feeling shown and one reason someone might feel that way in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than an indirect prompt.

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About this activity

Eight short moments from home and school: a balloon floating away, finishing a hard puzzle, a crash in a dark hallway, a new classmate who does not know anyone yet. For each one the student chooses how the person might feel. It moves emotion words from faces into situations, which is where students most often need them, to understand a friend or a character in a story.

What to listen for

Listen for the reason behind each choice. A student who picks the right word but cannot say why may be guessing from one key word, like party or crash. Notice whether the student uses only a few feeling words. Frustrated, nervous and embarrassed are harder than happy and sad, and the moments that need them show whether vocabulary is growing.

Carrying it home

At home, talk about feelings as they happen: you look disappointed that the game was cancelled. When reading a story, stop and ask how a character might feel and what happened to cause it. Share your own feelings and their causes in simple sentences, so the child hears the words used naturally.

What's in this activity

  • Maya's balloon floats away into the sky. How might Maya feel?
    • Sad
    • Proud
    • Sleepy
  • Leo finishes a hard puzzle all by himself. How might Leo feel?
    • Scared
    • Proud
    • Bored
  • Sam hears a big crash in the dark hallway. How might Sam feel?
    • Silly
    • Proud
    • Scared
  • Ava's friends jump out and shout surprise at her party. How might Ava feel?
    • Surprised
    • Sick
    • Lonely
  • Ben waits a long time for his turn on the swing and someone cuts in front. How might Ben feel?
    • Calm
    • Frustrated
    • Sleepy
  • Zoe's new classmate does not know anyone yet. How might the new classmate feel?
    • Nervous
    • Proud
    • Silly
  • Omar's grandma comes to visit after a whole year away. How might Omar feel?
    • Angry
    • Bored
    • Excited
  • Lily forgot her lines in the class play. How might Lily feel?
    • Proud
    • Embarrassed
    • Hungry

Questions

Who is this for?
Children from kindergarten through third grade building emotion vocabulary and linking feelings to the situations that cause them.
Can I change the items?
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Is it free?
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