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A composite image with a close-up photo of a smiling first grade girl leaning forward in the center. Smaller photos above and below show six different K-2 classrooms, each with groups of children expressing the word
Emotion Vocabulary Activity 1
Play The Statue Game to embody core emotions and engage students in the inferencing process through physical expression. Visit this page for example videos and support.
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Planning Details
Time
5 min set up, 2 min per word
Space
Room to move around and pose
Materials
none
 
Children in different classroom settings using their voice dramatically
Vocal Expression Activities
Use rhythm & repetition to explore vocal choices and build expressive skills & confidence. Visit this page to find Vocal Expression Activities with supports & video exampl...
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Activities on this page include…
I am Using My Voice!
Expressive Dialogue Game
Puppet Vocal Warm Up
 
Three students using their bodies and faces to show the three advanced emotion vocabulary words baffled, enraged and panicked.
Emotion Vocabulary Activity 2
Play The Statue Game to introduce advanced emotion vocabulary & support personal connections through physical expression. Visit this page for example videos and support.
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Planning Details
Time
4 min set up, 2-3 min per word
Space
Room to move around and pose
Materials
none
 
A classroom teacher and her students standing at the rug during a 5-senses journey under the water. The studentss are making a wide variety of physical choices to show what they are imagining .
5 Senses Journey
Collaborate as a class to describe and act out the details you see, hear, touch, taste and smell in a story setting. Visit this page for example videos and supports.
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Planning Details
Time
12-15 minutes
Space
Standing with space to move safely, in a circle or assigned spots.
 
Student uses emotion mapping tool to get ideas for how to draw expressive puppet faces.
Emotion Vocabulary Activity 3
Use Emotion Mapping to visually compare & contrast advanced emotion words that your class explored in The Statue Game. Visit this page for example videos and support.
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Planning Details
Time
2 min set up, 2-3 min per word
Space
Make sure all can see The Emotion Map
Materials
Emotion Map, Advanced vocab cards, Tape, blank cards, marker
 
Composite image: 1) Student experimenting with yellow torn paper strips and crumpled blue paper 2) A student shows a dramatic example of what the feeling surprise could look like 3) A girl shows the puppet character she has drawn 4) a child wiggles his eyebrows to make the same face as the puppet he has collaged with 5 shapes.
Centering Artistic Choicemaking
Examples, tips and tools to help you support children in developing their choicemaking skills across expressive media
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Find tools for…
…removing barriers to choice
…focusing, clarifying and supporting choice
…assessing choicmaking in your lessons
 
Kindergartner admires the puppet head she made with a sad face and big eyelashes.
Working with Emotions
How can teachers support kids in working through the emotional highs and lows of their art making process?
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Find tools for…
…supporting joy.
…dealing with frustration.
…addressing emotionally charged content.
 
A composite image- 1) A blank copy of
Describing Tool: Make your own
Give yourself support to notice & describe the choices that artists make Give yourself support to notice & describe the choices that artists make in your art form. We recommend...
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Use this tool to…
...call attention to the expressive possibilities with your artform
...notice the variety of choices students make.
…help you to describe the variety of choices that students make with specificity.
 
Kids pretending to be bored zombies, stiff arms stretch in front of them, heads dripping in differnet directions, mouth open, eyes closed. Write up of the steps to play the Emotion Character Grab Bag game
Support Packet Emotion Character Grab Bag
Physically explore how characters express emotion. Prepare to create stories through art, writing or puppetry. Download steps, standards and QR code for example video.
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Planning Details
Time
10 minutes
Space
Room to move & pose
Materials
A bag of Emotion words & a bag of characters
 
A photo of student playign the Expressive dialogue game, leaning forward and opening their mouths to project loudly next to the steps to play the expressive dialogue game.
Support Packet- Expressive Dialogue Game
Download the planning & preparation guide, steps and tips for the Expressive Dialogue Game.
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Planning Details
Time
5-10 minutes
Space
Two groups facing each other
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