Feelings Vocabulary

This worksheet helps students in Grades 1, 2, and 3 build emotional literacy, vocabulary development, and reading comprehension by identifying feelings in everyday situations. Students read short scenarios and use context clues to choose the emotion that best matches how a person might feel, strengthening their ability to connect experiences, language, and emotional understanding.

Learning Goals

• Emotion Identification (Grades 1-3) – Students practice naming emotions that match common real-life situations.
• Vocabulary Development – Expands students’ emotion word bank for clearer self-expression.
• Using Context Clues – Encourages careful reading to infer feelings from actions and events.
• Social-Emotional Awareness – Builds understanding of how experiences influence emotional responses.

Classroom & Home Use

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators with early SEL and ELA standards in mind.
• Simple, Student-Friendly Format – Clear sentences support independent or guided practice.
• Flexible Implementation – Works well for SEL lessons, literacy centers, morning work, or counseling support.
• Supports Young Learners – Ideal for building foundational emotional language and comprehension skills.

This printable worksheet helps students strengthen emotional awareness, reading comprehension, and expressive vocabulary by connecting feelings to real-life situations. By practicing how to identify emotions using context clues, learners gain confidence in understanding their own feelings and recognizing emotions in others. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this no-prep activity supports early social skills, emotional development, and meaningful communication.

This worksheet is part of our Nonverbal Communication Worksheets collection.