Emotions & Feelings
A curated collection of 11 books exploring emotions & feelings, each with discussion questions, activities, and printable lesson plans.
Targeted Learning Goal
Students will explore how characters navigate big emotions, and develop strategies for understanding and expressing feelings.
Standards Connections
- ELA: RL.K-7.3
- ELA: RL.K-7.6
- ELA: SL.K-7.1
- SEL
Books in This Unit
11 titles — each with a full lesson plan.
Patience & Connection
Stalactite & Stalagmite
by Drew Beckmeyer
4 learning goals · 40 minutes
Humor & Imagination
Dog Man
by Dav Pilkey
4 learning goals · 50 minutes
Counting & Humor
Truck Full of Ducks
by Ross Burach
3 learning goals · 35 minutes
Humor & Suspicion
Don't Trust Fish
by Neil Sharpson
4 learning goals · 45 minutes
Joy & Playfulness
This Book Is Seriously Silly
by Ben Clanton
3 learning goals · 45 minutes
Surprise & Adaptation
Whale That Was Unexpected
by Casey Lyall
4 learning goals · 50 minutes
Humor
Nobody's Duck
by Mary Sullivan
4 learning goals · 45 minutes
Friendship & Feelings
Nothing's Wrong!
by Jory John, illustrated by Erin Kraan
4 learning goals · 30 minutes
Humor & Imagination
You're Going to Love This Book!
by Jory John
4 learning goals · 35 minutes
Following Directions & Humor
Not How to Make a Jelly Sandwich
by Ross Burach
3 learning goals · 40 minutes
Mindfulness & Well-Being
Being a Dog
by Maria Gianferrari
4 learning goals · 30 minutes
Pacing Tools in This Unit
2 tools from the Pace-Write-Read handbook.
Point of View
Who is telling the story, who is narrating it — create options that will make a huge difference. Memorable choices have included death itself, so how do you decide? The narrator you choose quietly rewrites every scene.
Details
Serve double duty and point to what a reader must not miss and help to build out your story in extraordinary ways. One well-chosen detail does the work of a paragraph of explanation.