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= LESSON PLAN = created by: First Grade Central Elementary

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Standard II Objective 1:d Describe and demonstrate appropriate social skills necessary for working in a group.

__Student learning objective__:
Students will be able to identify and express feelings in appropriate ways.

__Materials needed__:
Chart paper to record discussion ideas Index Card for writing feeling scenarios

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
Read to the class one of the following read aloud:
 * When Sophie Gets Angry . . . really, really angry by Molly Bang
 * The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
 * When I Feel Sad by Cornelia Maude Spelman

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Students and Teacher brainstorm as many different feelings as they can and make an emotions web on chart paper. Work together as a class to group similar feelings together (ex. angry, mad, furious, sad, fear, or love, surprise, happy, excited, joyful)

Students will play "How Would You Feel?" game Put these scenarios onto 3X5 cards and the teacher draws one out at a time. Call on students to come up and act out how they would feel and act appropriately in that scenario. *You forgot your homework *You lost your backpack *Your dad gives you a big hug when he gets home *Your baby brother tore a page out of your book *You see a beautiful butterfly on the playground *It's your first day of school *A math problem was too hard for you *You have to do chores before you can play with your friend *You got a new puppy *You lost your mom in the store *Your mom and dad plan a surprise birthday party for you *The teacher asks you to share your story in front of everyone *You fell and skinned you knee *You lost your favorite toy *Cant' find your shoes *You won a prize at school *You lost your special ring *You had to stay in and finish work during recess *The tooth fairy brought you money

Read the following shared reading with the class, and teach them the hand motions.

MY FEELINGS When I am sad, I feel like crying. (rub eyes) When I am proud, I feel like trying. (head held high) When I feel curious, I want to know. (point to head) When I am impatient, I want to go. (cross arms and tap foot) When I feel angry, I look this way. (angry look) When I feel happy, I smile all day. (big smile) When I am puzzled, I make a shrug. (shrug shoulders) When I feel loving, I want to hug. (hug yourself)

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
Students will identify and draw feelings on a worksheet with 6 blank faces. [] and write a personal sentence using each feeling word. Use this format I feel _ when _.

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Use their worksheet and sentences as your assessment.