Express How You Feel

This worksheet supports students in Grades K-2 as they build emotional awareness, vocabulary, and early self-expression skills through simple sentence completion. Using a feelings word bank, students read short, relatable situations and choose the emotion that best matches how someone might feel, strengthening emotional literacy, reading comprehension, and communication skills.

Learning Goals

• Emotional Awareness (Grades K-2) – Identify and name common emotions connected to everyday experiences.
• Vocabulary Development – Build understanding of feeling words and their meanings in context.
• Self-Expression Skills – Practice expressing emotions accurately through language.
• Recognizing Emotional Triggers – Begin identifying situations that cause specific feelings.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed for early elementary SEL and ELA instruction.
• Simple, Accessible Format – Clear sentences and word bank support independent success.
• Real-Life Connections – Uses familiar situations students easily understand.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for classroom lessons, morning meetings, counseling activities, or homeschool learning.

This printable worksheet helps young learners develop the language they need to express how they feel. By matching emotions to everyday situations, students strengthen emotional vocabulary, self-awareness, and communication skills. Perfect for classroom and homeschool settings, this activity lays an important foundation for emotional regulation, empathy, and healthy coping strategies as children grow.

This worksheet is part of our self-regulation in social settings worksheets collection.