1.

 Name  of  Lesson:  Expressing  Emotions  

2.  Grade  Level:  4th  Grade  

3.  Suggested  Group  Size:  Small  Group  and  Individual    

4.  Subject:  Health  –  Personal  Health  and  Fitness  

5.  Standard:  (4)1.3  –  “Discuss  healthy  ways  of  expressing  emotions  (e.g.,  anger,  happiness,  

fear)”  

6.  Objective:  Students  will  learn  how  to  identify  different  emotions  by  first  understanding  that  

there  are  different  emotions  and  various  ways  to  express  them  in  a  healthy  way  through  the  

PowerPoint  that  I’ve  created.    Then,  they  will  show  that  they  understand  the  different  emotions  

through  the  group  activity,  it  consists  of  providing  the  students  different  scenarios  of  what  

someone  might  be  feeling,  and  they  will  identify  that  feeling  by  using  signs  with  different  facial  

expressions  expressing  said  feeling.    For  example,  I’ll  ask  them,  “What  would  a  person  feel  like  if  

they  didn’t  do  well  on  a  test?”.    Then,  they  would  discuss  it  as  a  group  and  put  up  the  

correlating  facial  expression.    Lastly,  students  will  be  tested  individually  on  understanding  the  

different  emotions  that  can  occur  by  illustrating  the  different  facial  expressions  on  a  worksheet  

and  labeling  them  properly  with  the  options  that  were  given  (happy,  sad,  angry,  and  scared).    

The  last  part  of  the  worksheet  requires  the  student  to  pick  from  one  of  the  options  (happy,  sad,  

angry,  and  scared),  and  share  how  they  can  express  them  in  a  healthy  way  on  a  separate  piece  

of  paper.      

7.  Materials:  The  materials  I  would  need  is  the  PowerPoint  that  I’ve  created,  two  different  

worksheets,  and  the  paddles  with  facial  expressions  I  will  be  creating  for  each  group.    For  the  

two  worksheets,  there’s  one  that  has  the  different  scenarios  that  I  will  be  using  for  the  group  
activity.    The  other  worksheet  is  for  the  independent  work  where  they  will  draw  on  it.    Lastly,  

the  paddles  with  facial  expression  will  be  made  out  of  popsicle  sticks,  and  paper  plates.    On  

those  paper  plates,  I  will  glue  on  different  facial  expression  and  write  the  expression  on  the  

back  of  the  plate.    Then  I  will  glue  the  popsicle  sticks  to  the  bottoms  of  these  plates,  thus,  

looking  like  paddles.      

8.  Procedures:  

•   Mini  Lesson:  There  is  a  PowerPoint  that  I’ve  created  that  shows  different  types  of  

emotions,  and  how  they  can  express  them  in  a  healthy  way.    The  oral  presentation  that  

goes  along  with  the  PowerPoint  shouldn’t  be  more  than  5  minutes  long  (it’s  just  reading  

off  the  slides).  

 
  

•   Guided  Practice:  Split  the  students  into  groups  of  4  or  5  (or  in  their  table  arrangements  

which  already  have  about  4-­‐5  children  in  each  group).    Then  pass  out  one  bundle  to  

each  group  (each  bundle  contains  paddles  with  5  different  facial  expressions  on  each  
one).    There  is  a  worksheet  with  6  different  scenarios  on  it  (which  is  with  the  bundles  of  

paddles  that  I’ve  provided).    I  would  like  you  to  go  over  each  scenario  with  the  class.    

Pause  after  you’ve  read  each  scenario,  so  the  groups  in  the  classroom  can  discuss  

amongst  themselves.    Then,  I  would  like  the  children  to  hold  up  the  paddle  with  the  

facial  expression  that  their  group  has  chosen.  

 Scenarios*
*
1.#Did#not#do#well#on#a#test.#
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2.#Being#bullied.#
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3.#Won#1st#place#in#a#marathon.#
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4.#Seeing#someone#sad.#
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5.#Receiving#a#hug#from#their#loved#one.#
#
6.#Received#a#A+#on#an#assignment.#

•   Independent  Practice:  For  the  independent  practice,  I  would  like  you  to  handout  the  

worksheet  labeled  “Emotions”  on  it  and  pass  one  to  each  student.    For  this  worksheet,  

the  students  will  work  on  this  individually.    For  the  worksheet,  the  student  needs  to  
draw  the  facial  expressions  on  each  face  and  label  what  expression  they  drew  from  the  

words  that  are  given  (happy,  sad,  scared,  and  angry).  

  
 •   Exit  Slip:  Lastly,  all  the  students  will  participate  in  a  “snowball”  activity,  where  the  

students  will  write  down  one  thing  that  they’ve  learned  from  this  lesson  onto  a  piece  of  

paper,  wad  it  up,  throw  it  across  the  room.    Then,  each  student  will  pick  up  a  scrunched  

paper  nearest  them  and  share  it  with  the  class.  

9.  Assessment:  I  will  assess  the  students  using  a  rubric  to  grade  them  for  both  the  group  

activity  and  independent  activity.    Below  is  a  sample  of  the  rubric  I  would  use:  

Rubric  for  Expression  Emotions  Lesson  

  Quality  

Criteria   1   2   3  

Group  Activity   Did  not   Participated  partially   Fully  participated  

participate  with   with  the  other  group   with  group  
group  members,   member  but   members  by  being  
and/or  did   remained  quiet  in   a  part  of  the  
something  else.   some  parts.   discussion  and  
figuring  out  the  
answer.  

Independent  Activity   Did  not  complete   Got  partial  answers   Filled  out  the  
worksheet  and   done  correctly  or  did   worksheet  correctly  
did  not  get   not  completely  finish   and  neatly.  
answers  correctly.   the  worksheet.