RULER Family Session Feeling Words Curriculum Lamar Elementary

RULER Family Session Feeling Words Curriculum Lamar Elementary 11 -27 -17

Purpose of RULER help children find and use strategies that work for them to manage their full range of emotions

Emotional Regulation The ability to respond to strong feelings by applying strategies to move from an unhelpful emotion to a more helpful emotion. To use emotion wisely to achieve a goal in ways that don’t harm self or others.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE The attitudes, knowledge, and skills associated with: WORKBOOK PAGE 14

MOOD METER CHECK-IN R: Where are you on the Mood Meter? U: Why are you feeling this way? L: What word best describes your feeling? Your Strategy ENERGY Your Experience E: How are you expressing this feeling? Are you comfortable expressing? R: How do you want to feel? What strategy will you use to stay or shift? PLEASANTNESS

Feeling Words Curriculum (FW) • pre-k - grade 6 • each grade is assigned 15 -19 feeling words • focus on 1 word every couple of weeks • includes concrete lessons for teachers

Feeling Words Curriculum The Feeling Words integrate emotion vocabulary into existing academic curricula: STEP 1: Personal Association STEP 2: Academic Link STEP 3: School-Home Partnership STEP 4: Creative Connection STEP 5: Strategy-Building Session WORKBOOK PAGE 23

Kinder Feelings Words cheerful down angry afraid proud embarrassed caring brave lonely belong excited worried relaxed curious respect bored unkind stubborn quiet

role play Brian: child Pat: adult

guidelines for sharing stories • choose a story that is real & meaningful to you • make sure your child can relate to the story • use more than just words • share descriptive details • keep it short (no more than 2 minutes)

Think about a time in your life when you felt tremendous joy and pride in life – big or small. Silently write about that moment for 5 minutes.

PAIR SHARE Find partner you don’t know well. Partner A shares (2 minutes) Partner A reflects: one strength of story and/or telling of it one thing to improve Partner B reflects one strength of story and/or telling of it one thing to improve switch roles.

Over the next 5 minutes, silently write your own story of a time when you felt courageous. Choose a story relevant to your child.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Where was Alexander on the mood meter? How does your body feel when you have the same emotion? What caused Alexander to feel that way? How did he express his feelings? How effective was he in managing his emotions? What else could he have done when feeling that feeling?

Strategies • What are you feeling right now? • Do you want to keep feeling this way? • What can you do to help yourself? • What can we think about to feel more, less or the same amount of an emotion? • What can we do to feel more, less or the same amount of an emotion?

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