Counselora · Classroom lesson
Naming a feeling and choosing a next step
Grades K–2 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Name a possible feeling and choose a safe next step.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What could they feel and ask for?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
Rain means Rae’s class will play inside. One child wanted to run outside. Another likes the indoor game. Rae has not said how they feel.
One possible response · 4 minutes
Rae may feel disappointed. “What can we play inside?”
Practice · 10 minutes
What could they feel and ask for?
1. The planned art activity changes to reading. Pip wanted to draw.
2. Jo finishes a hard picture and wants to show it to someone.
Possible answers
1. “I wanted to draw. What are the choices now?” Pip may feel disappointed or another feeling.
2. Jo may feel proud or happy. “Can I show you my picture?”
Student page · 5 minutes
Use the ready-to-print student page at the end of this lesson. Students may write, draw, or give an answer aloud.
Exit question · 3 minutes
“Choose one of the stories. What could the student say or do first?”
Student page to print
Naming a feeling and choosing a next step
Read aloud. Point, draw, tell, or pass.
An example
Rain means Rae’s class will play inside. One child wanted to run outside. Another likes the indoor game. Rae has not said how they feel.
What could they feel and ask for?
One possible response: Rae may feel disappointed. “What can we play inside?”
1. The planned art activity changes to reading. Pip wanted to draw.
What could they feel and ask for?
2. Jo finishes a hard picture and wants to show it to someone.
What could they feel and ask for?
One sentence to keep
What could you say or do?