Lesson Plan

Emotion Recognition Blueprint

Student will play a 15-minute game to identify and match basic emotions—happy, sad, angry, surprised—by observing facial expressions and body cues, then reflect on their own feelings.

Building emotion recognition supports self-awareness, perspective-taking, and empathy, essential skills for positive peer interactions and emotional self-regulation.

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5 minutes

Step 1

Detective Briefing

2 minutes

Step 2

Expression Matching

5 minutes

Step 3

Clue Hunt Scenarios

4 minutes

Step 4

Detective Reflection

4 minutes

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Feelings Detective Clues

Emotion: Happy (Face Clues)

Emotion: Happy (Body Clues)

Emotion: Sad (Face Clues)

Emotion: Sad (Body Clues)

Emotion: Angry (Face Clues)

Emotion: Angry (Body Clues)

Emotion: Surprised (Face Clues)

Emotion: Surprised (Body Clues)

Scenario 1: Ice Cream Dropped

Scenario 2: Lost Favorite Toy

Scenario 3: Surprise Gift

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Cool Down

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Feelings Detective

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Bonnie Gil

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