Lesson 4: Emotional adjectives

Learning the appropriate vocabulary to describe different emotions.

Learning objectives

  • To explore the different adjectives that can be used to describe feelings.

EYFS outcomes

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

  • Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.
  • Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
  • ELG: Self-regulation: Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others, and begin to regulate their behaviour accordingly.

Characteristics of effective learning

> Active learning

Before the lesson

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Activity

Teacher notes

Key vocabulary

Prompts for learning

Observations

Next steps

To explore different facial expressions and what they mean.

Note any specific next steps for individual pupils.

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