Lesson Plan
Feeling Detective? Lesson Plan
In this 25-minute session, students will become “Feeling Detectives” by identifying and labeling emotions using clues and mapping their own feelings. Goals: build emotional vocabulary, practice empathy, and develop self-awareness.
Developing emotional literacy helps students recognize and regulate feelings, fosters empathy, and creates a supportive classroom community that values peer understanding and self‐awareness.
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Teacher Preparation
10 minutes
Step 1
Detective Introduction
5 minutes
Step 2
Emotion Clue Investigation
8 minutes
Step 3
Mood Mapping Challenge
7 minutes
Step 4
Peer Empathy Share
3 minutes
Step 5
Reflection Exit Ticket
2 minutes

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