Emotion Detectives Unit Plan
This unit plan for 2nd-grade teachers outlines the 'Emotion Detectives' lesson, providing a 45-minute mission plan to help students identify, name, and understand the intensity of various emotions through interactive activities and reflection.
Faces of Feelings Presentation
This vibrant slide deck introduces 2nd graders to the 'Emotion Detectives' mission, teaching them to identify core emotions (happy, sad, angry, etc.) and use a 1-5 feeling thermometer to measure emotional intensity.
Emotion Charades Game Activity
This activity resource includes clear instructions and 12 printable emotion cards (e.g., happy, sad, frustrated, proud) designed for an engaging game of charades to help students practice non-verbal emotional recognition.
My Feeling Thermometer Worksheet
This worksheet helps students practice identifying and measuring the intensity of six core emotions by drawing corresponding facial expressions and rating them on a 1-5 scale.
One Word Feeling Check-Out Ticket
This cool-down exit ticket provides two identical 'Feeling Check-Out' logs per page, allowing students to reflect on their emotions by writing a single descriptive word and drawing a corresponding face.