Book of the Month Activities

The Way I Feel

By Janan Cain

Vocabulary: Emotion Words

Silly thankful scared disappointed happy

Angry sad jealous shy bored

Frustrated excited proud

Language Arts:

 Have students make a list of words that are synonyms and antonyms; Sad, happy, angry

 Discuss with students the rhyming words that are in the book; night light, cry try, crowd proud

 Discuss with students the adjectives: describing words

 Have students make a list of the contractions words that are in the book. I’m = I am, can’t = can not

Writing:

 Have students write about their personal connections to an emotion.

I feel ______when ______

I express this feeling by ______

 Have students create a shape poem.

 Journal Response: When do you feel . . . .

Text to Text Connection:

Compare this book to the book by Dr. Seuss – My many Colored Days.

Social Studies:

 Discuss with students the emotions and how we deal with our emotions.

 Create collogues of feeling using pictures.  Have students describe themselves using symbols instead of words, for example use a rainbow to show you are happy; a raindrop to show you are sad.

Create a graph of your feelings. Using the graph have students determine which one has more, less, equal. How many more, less?

Science:

Dramatic play: Discuss how emotions and feelings are a natural part of life and it is normal to have lots of different feelings. Make a list of feelings and brainstorm different ways people express these feelings. Discuss the positive and acceptable ways that we express feelings at home and in school.

Pair up students and have them role play the different emotions while a second group tries to guess the emotion that they are acting out.

Give each student a mirror. Call out a feeling for situations which would evoke an emotional response. Allow students to look in the mirror while demonstrating these expressions. Ex: Someone took your favorite toy and now it is broken. How do you feel?

Websites:

The following are websites that are related to the books that offer activities and downloads for you to use.

http://www.parentingpress.com/activitie http://www.nchealthyschools.org/docs/lessonplans/k/grade01.01.pdfs.html