Emotions Worksheet — Social Emotional Learning

Help your students understand the nuances that define each emotion, as well as be able to read the facial and body cues that indicate these feelings. This is a valuable social-emotional skill for children to develop at an early age. The greater the number of specific words that children can use to describe these feelings, the better equipped they are to express them as they grow. These worksheets also support students’ understanding of non-verbal communication through facial expressions.

A teacher has designed this set of five worksheets to help students identify and read different emotions. They include the following emotions:

• Happy
• Scared
• Proud
• Calm
• Frustrated
• Nervous
• Excited
• Angry 
• Sad

Use these worksheets during the back-to-school period to understand your student’s knowledge of these main emotions.

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding  

To challenge students who finish these worksheets quickly, have them write different scenarios of when they have felt each of the main emotions covered in the worksheets. 

For students who may need extra support completing these worksheets, have them sit in a small group with a teacher aide or yourself to help guide them through each of the emotion activities. 

Easily Download & Print

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the PDF or Google Slides version of this resource. 

Because this resource includes an answer sheet, we recommend you print one copy of the entire file. Then, make photocopies of the blank worksheet for students to complete.

To save paper, we suggest printing this 2-page worksheet double-sided. 

Turn this teaching resource into a sustainable activity by printing on cardboard and slipping it into a write-and-wipe sleeve. Students can record their answers with a whiteboard marker, then erase and reuse them. 

Additionally, project the worksheet onto a screen and work through it as a class by having students record their answers in their notebooks.

This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a Teach Starter Collaborator.