Emotions and Feelings Year 1 Unit

Teach emotional literacy through practical Year 1 contexts with a complete set of editable and printable resources. Students build a useful feelings vocabulary, notice face and body clues, understand that the same event can prompt different feelings, recognise changing energy levels, choose safe calm-down tools and ask trusted adults for support.

The editable PowerPoint presentation supports explicit whole-class teaching and guided discussion. A matching ten-question editable quiz provides review or a formative check. Colour displays, check-ins and games make the concepts concrete, while low-ink black-and-white worksheets and assessments support guided practice, independent work and evidence of learning.

What's included

• Editable 15-slide PowerPoint presentation: Emotions and Feelings
• Editable 22-slide PowerPoint quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs
• 23-page unit plan PDF with a table of contents and 22 resource pages
• Classroom display: Feelings Give Us Clues
• Emotion Makers activity mats: Happy and Sad
• Emotion Makers activity mats: Worried and Angry
• My Feelings Check-In activity
• Feelings Bingo calling page and Boards A and B
• How Would You Feel? scenario cards and talk board
• Worksheet 1: Face Clues, plus answer page
• Worksheet 2: Body Clues, plus answer page
• Worksheet 3: Feelings in Situations, plus answer page
• Worksheet 4: My Feelings Story
• Worksheet 5: Calm Choices, plus answer page
• Feelings Detective Assessment 1, plus answer page
• Feelings Detective Assessment 2
• Emotions and Feelings - Year 1 Rubric
• 60-page combined preview PDF

Learning focus

• Name a range of common feelings
• Recognise face and body clues linked to emotions
• Explain how different people can feel differently in the same situation
• Notice blue, green, yellow and red energy levels
• Choose safe, helpful regulation and support strategies
• Communicate feelings and needs respectfully

Classroom use

Use the presentation and display for explicit teaching, then choose from the check-in, Emotion Makers, Feelings Bingo, scenario activity and worksheets for guided groups, partner practice, class discussions or independent work. Finish with the editable quiz, two-part Feelings Detective assessment and rubric, or use them as formative checks throughout the unit.

Formats, page count and answers

Formats: PDF and editable PowerPoint (PPTX)

Page and slide counts: 23-page unit plan; 15-slide presentation; 22-slide quiz; 60-page combined preview

Answer key: Included for Worksheets 1, 2, 3 and 5, plus Assessment 1. Worksheet 4 and Assessment 2 are open-ended.

Teacher benefits

• A coherent teaching sequence and matching student resources in one unit
• Editable presentation and quiz for classroom flexibility
• Colour display, activity and game resources for active learning
• Printable low-ink practice and assessment pages
• Answer pages and a five-level rubric for efficient feedback

Digital product and licence

Digital product only. No physical item is supplied. Purchase permits use by the purchasing teacher in one classroom. Please do not share, resell, redistribute or upload the files to a public location.