Feelings and emotions wheel
Twelve feelings to name, act out and talk about, for morning meeting, calm-down corners and social-emotional learning.
12 entries
Hide a note behind a slice with a bar: cat | a small furry pet. It shows after the spin. Start a line with an emoji to draw it big. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too.
Who's away today?
Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.
Drag the wheel round and let go to flick it. Your flick sets the show. The draw is already fair: your browser's secure random generator picks the winner before the wheel moves.
Space spin, or stop sooner · R new round · M sound on or off · F full screen · Esc leave it
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How to use it
- The wheel already holds 12 entries for “Feelings wheel”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
- Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
- Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.
Ideas for class
- In morning meeting, spin a feeling and invite volunteers to share, with a pass always allowed, about a time they felt it.
- Act it out: one student shows the feeling with face and body, without words, while the class guesses.
- Connect to a story: spin, then ask how a character felt on a page and what in the picture or words showed it.
- Build a vocabulary of feelings by asking for another word that means almost the same thing, such as upset for sad.
- Pair it with a calm-down plan: for each feeling the class suggests one thing that helps when it feels too big.
Related
Questions
Should I make students share personal feelings?
No. Make sharing optional and let students pass. The wheel works well with a safe version too: ask what a character in a book felt, or what someone might do when they feel that way.
Why are some feelings uncomfortable ones?
Children need words for hard feelings as much as for easy ones. Naming a feeling is a first step in handling it, and a balanced wheel signals that every feeling is normal.
Can I change the feelings?
Yes. Edit the box to fit the age of your class, for example adding Disappointed, Grateful or Jealous for older students.
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