Identifying Emotions Draw and Write Worksheet

What It Is:
A reflective social-emotional learning worksheet where students draw or write about situations that make them feel different emotions such as happy, sad, worried, and excited. This activity follows Identifying Feelings: Matching Faces and prepares students for the next worksheet Identify the Feeling, encouraging deeper emotional understanding.
Why Use It:
This worksheet helps students connect emotions to real-life experiences, supporting emotional awareness, self-expression, and empathy. Drawing and writing together make it accessible for young learners and effective for SEL instruction, counseling activities, and classroom discussions.
How to Use It:
• Students draw or write about what makes them feel each listed emotion.
• Use during SEL lessons, morning meetings, or calm-down activities.
• Invite students to share their responses to build emotional vocabulary and empathy.
Grade Suitability:
Best suited for Grades K–3.
• Ideal for early elementary SEL instruction.
• Suitable for special education, ESL learners, and emotional check-ins.
Target Users:
Elementary teachers, school counselors, special education teachers, parents, and homeschool educators.