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Wheel of Emotions Spinner
1 2 3 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources Language for Interacting With Others 4 Pages

Wheel of Emotions Spinner

This handy mood and emotion wheel, is a great way for students to express a variety of emotions and share how they’re feeling in a simple way. This is also a great tool for non-verbal students and for class discussions about mental health and R U OK Day.

This resource is very versatile and can be used individually (laminated on a student’s desk) or as a whole class resource (as a wall poster).

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to recognise the impact that facial expressions and gestures have when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands.
  • We are learning to recognise the impact that facial expressions and gestures have when interacting with others.
  • We are learning to explore different ways of expressing emotions.
  • We are learning to identify and use language to express feelings and preferences about texts.
  • We are learning to identify and use language to express feelings, morals and character qualities.

Curriculum alignment

EN1-1A old Communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations EN1-6B old Recognises a range of purposes and audiences for spoken language and recognises organisational patterns and features of predictable spoken texts EN1-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions EN1-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas EN1-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
VCELA199 Understand that language is used in combination with other means of communication VCELA201 Explore different ways of expressing emotions, including verbal, visual, body language and facial expressions VCELA200 Understand that there are different ways of asking for information, making offers and giving commands VCELA236 Identify language that can be used for appreciating texts and the qualities of people and things

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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