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TITLE:  Feeling Flashbacks (SDMPS

AUTHOR:  Bonnie Custer, St. Agatha School; Portland, OR

GRADE LEVEL:  1-8

OVERVIEW:  Here's a lesson that involves visual, auditory,
and kinesthetic learners.  This lesson uses a cooperative
learning structure (Mill and Mingle) to help students share
and express feelings and build a sense of community among
students.

Note:  This lesson should be used after these feelings have
been discussed and modeled.

OBJECTIVE(s):  To share and express feelings
               To build a class sense of community

MATERIALS:  Cards with Feelings (for visual learners)
            Tape recorder or record player
            Music appropriate for grade level
            Space to move around freely

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:

Mill and Mingle  --  While music plays students circulate
through classroom.  When the teacher stops the music, they
form pairs by turning to the person closest to them.  The
teacher calls out a feeling (use cards, also, as cue for
visual learner) and the pair shares with each other a time
when they have felt that way.  The music starts and they
mill and mingle again and the process is repeated several
times.

Possible feelings:  happy, angry, embarrassed, lazy, scared,
frustrated, shocked, loved, proud, important, curious,
pleased, bored, disappointed, upset, joyful, sad, surprised,
terrific, alienated, ashamed, worried

TYING IT ALL TOGETHER:  After activity ask students to
identify similarities and differences in feelings shared.

Journaling:  Ask students to write about this experience of
shared feelings in their journal.

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