Grades 2–3
Feelings Secret Code
Crack the number code to find three big ideas about feelings, like “Name it to tame it,” then explain one in your own words.
SEL worksheet · Feelings and emotions
Feelings Word Scramble
Unscramble eight feeling words with a clue for each, like a word for how you feel before a test, then use one in a sentence.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Naming feelings, Emotional vocabulary, Reading facial expressions, Self-awareness
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Unscramble each feeling word. Use the clue to help.
- You feel this at a birthday party.
- Your face gets hot and red.
- A loud noise in the dark.
- No one to play with.
- The night before a big test.
- You finished a hard puzzle.
- Quiet and peaceful inside.
Teacher tip
Let kids use the feelings chart on the wall to check their spelling.
How to use it
- Make faces together in a mirror before the sheet: happy, sad, mad, surprised.
- Remind kids that every feeling is okay; it is what we do with it that matters.
- Use it during morning meeting or right after recess, when the topic is fresh.
Watch for
Kids who only use happy, sad and mad. Celebrate new words like frustrated, nervous and proud.
Talk about it
- What helps you when you feel this way?
- Have you ever been in a moment like this? What happened?
Take it further
Start a daily feelings check-in with names on clothespins on a feelings chart.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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