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Recognizing Feelings - Flashcards
A set of 12 flashcards to help students recognize common feelings and emotions.
A set of flashcards to help visually describe common feelings and emotions.
Feelings and emotions include:
- Happy
- Sad
- Excited
- Angry
- Frustrated
- Nervous
- Scared
- Surprised
- Confused
- Annoyed
- Bored
- Embarrassed.
Print out the flashcards on cardstock for added durability. Cut them out and use them in various ways when teaching students about different feelings and emotions.
When incorporated into a social-emotional learning lesson or when teaching about character feelings in a fictional text, they work well as a visual reminder.
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Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.9
With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events

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We have updated this resource and used photographs to properly show each feeling.
Change by Natalie Dec 29th, 2020
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