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Understanding and Managing Emotions

This worksheet helps 5th-grade students understand and practice strategies for emotional regulation, identifying different emotions and healthy coping mechanisms.

Grade 5 Social studies Social SkillsEmotional Regulation
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NCSS.D2.Psy.2.3-5NCSS.D2.Psy.3.3-5emotional regulationsocial skillsfeelingscoping strategiesgrade 5
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Understanding and Managing Emotions

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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. This worksheet will help you explore different emotions and how to manage them in healthy ways.

1. Which of the following is NOT considered a basic emotion?

a

Joy

b

Sadness

c

Confusion

d

Anger

2. What is a common physical sign that someone might be feeling angry?

a

Smiling

b

Clenched fists

c

Relaxed posture

d

Quiet voice

Fill in the blank with the correct emotion word.

3. When something unexpected and good happens, you might feel  .

4. If you lose your favorite toy, you might feel  .

5. Before a big test, it's common to feel a little  .

Read each statement and circle True or False.

6. It's always bad to feel angry.

T

True

F

False

7. Taking deep breaths can help you calm down when you're upset.

T

True

F

False

8. Describe one healthy way you can deal with feeling frustrated.

9. Imagine a friend is feeling sad. What could you do or say to help them?

Use the words below to match the emotion with a healthy coping strategy.

Talk to a trusted adult
Take a break
Practice gratitude

10. Feeling worried:

 

11. Feeling overwhelmed:

 

12. Feeling ungrateful:

 

Look at the image below. Describe what emotion you think the child is experiencing and why.

Child expressing an emotion

13. What emotion do you see?

14. What makes you think that?