How Do I Feel?

What You'll Learn

🧠 Happy, sad, angry, scared, excited, confused, proud, embarrassed. You have MANY feelings, and they're all okay! The first step in emotional thinking is NAMING what you feel. Here's how to do it: 1. Look carefully at the problem. What do you see? 2. Think about what you already know. Does this remind you of something? 3. Try an answer! It's totally okay to be wrong — that's how we learn. 4. Check: did it work? If not, try something else! You're building your thinking muscles. The more you practice, the stronger they get!

Key Concept: Identifying and naming emotions

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Think About This

🎒 You're at school and something happens that involves identifying and naming emotions. Your teacher asks the class to think about it. What do you notice? What questions pop into your head?

Thinking Steps

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👀 What Do I See?

Look at the problem about identifying and naming emotions. What do you notice?

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🤔 What Do I Know?

What do you already know that could help? Have you seen something like this before?

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💡 What's My Idea?

Think of an answer. Can you think of a second one too?

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⭐ What Did I Learn?

Check your answer. Was it right? What did you figure out? Tell someone!

Key Points

Master identifying and naming emotions

Apply emotional & social thinking in real situations

Build habits of emotional & social thinking

Key Vocabulary

Empathy

Understanding how someone else feels

Kind

Being nice to others

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Why This Matters in Real Life

Grown-ups use emotional social every day in their jobs. The practice you're doing now builds skills that last a lifetime!

Talk About It

Discuss these questions with a friend, parent, or classmate.

1Can you explain identifying and naming emotions to a friend using your own words?
2What was the most interesting thing you learned today?
3Draw a picture of what you learned and show it to someone!

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is the main idea of identifying and naming emotions?