Small Ways to Feel Good: teacher key

Feeling Good About Yourself, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. Feeling good about yourself grows from many small things: trying, kindness, friends, sleep and the words in your own mind.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What can learning new things build?
   • Confidence (answer)
   • Sleep
   • Homework
2. What does the small word YET remind you of?
   • That you can keep improving if you keep trying (answer)
   • That you should stop trying
   • That you must win
3. In the kindness study, who gained more in how much classmates accepted them?
   • Students who only listed places
   • Students who did kind acts (answer)
   • Students who slept less
4. How much sleep do kids aged 6 to 12 need each night, as of November 2026?
   • About 3 to 5 hours
   • About 6 to 7 hours
   • About 9 to 12 hours (answer)
5. What does the word gratitude mean on these pages?
   • Noticing the good things and gifts from others (answer)
   • Winning a game
   • Being perfect
6. Why does praise feel real?
   • It is very loud
   • It is honest and fits what happened (answer)
   • It comes with a prize

Words

• confidence: belief in yourself
• gratitude: thankful noticing
• progress: steps forward
• honest: true and fair