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SEL Worksheets-Feelings SEL Word Search and SEL Crossword Puzzles

Feelings vocabulary appears first in a letter-grid search and then in a crossword asking learners to identify emotions. The paired formats require different retrieval processes: visual scanning for written terms and clue-based naming for crossword entries. Both pages stay within the same social-emotional topic, allowing repeated exposure without duplicating the task structure. The compact pair can be completed as a focused vocabulary review.
Grades
Grades 1–5, Elementary
Pages
2
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PDF
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Updated Dec 23, 2024

Subject
Life Skills, Social Skills, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Special Resources
Topic
Sel Worksheets, Sel
Resource types
Crosswords Puzzles, Word Searches, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
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About this resource

In these SEL worksheets, you will get an emotions/feelings word search as well as a crossword puzzle. These are fun activities for students to do after a social emotional learning lesson, morning work, brain breaks, or for early finishers. It is a fun and easy way to integrate SEL in your school day. The answers are on the worksheets and I would recommend covering this up before you print off for students. I would also recommend giving students a word bank so they can get assistance in figuring out what words they are looking for. This is super helpful as some of the feelings words are unique.

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For more feelings and emotions activities, please check out these SEL products:

https://teachsimple.com/product/sel-feelings-centres-kit-k-2-no-reading-required (This is a robust bundle with 5 different centres activities all related to SEL topics. You will get an emoji find the differences, feelings play dough mats, emotions bingo, emotions scenarios, and feelings charade cubes. These are fun for students and if you would like to do an SEL centres activity, you have everything here that you need. This is best for kindergarten, first and second grades. Pre-K could use this resource with some support.)

https://teachsimple.com/product/lets-identify-emotions-an-sel-deck-with-audio (Boom Cards with audio on every card. Students will learn about different feelings and emotions and get to take turns with the task cards, choosing what feeling is being displayed on each card. This is appropriate for grades kindergarten, first and second grades. )

https://teachsimple.com/product/being-responsible-safe-and-respectful-sel-boom-cards-plus-handouts (Boom Cards to help students learn about being responsible, safe and respectful and unpack these important character traits. These are often traits that schools who use PBIS really can benefit from.)

https://teachsimple.com/product/how-is-my-engine-running-a-car-sel-lesson-on-self-regulation (this is a great lesson to teach students about self-regulation. Plus there is a fun car craft to reinforce the concepts and take home to share with their families.)

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognize feelings words within a letter grid

  • Name emotions from crossword prompts

  • Transfer social-emotional vocabulary between two puzzle formats

Teaching tips

  • Complete the feelings word search before moving to the crossword’s emotion-identification prompts.

  • Compare vocabulary appearing across the two puzzles after both pages are finished.

Skills covered

  • Emotion vocabulary — learners recognize and name feelings terms.

  • Visual scanning — target words are located inside the SEL letter grid.

  • Clue interpretation — emotion names are entered into the crossword structure.

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