Words Convey Feelings – Anchor Chart Pair

A feelings-vocabulary anchor chart groups synonym clusters under seven emotion categories and pairs the completed chart with a matching fill-in-the-blank version.

Grades: Grades 1–3, Elementary
File type: PDF
Preparation: Print ready

Updated Apr 05, 2022

Subject: Vocabulary, Language Development, ELA
Topic: Reading Anchor Chart, Vocabulary
Resource types: Anchor Charts, Teacher Tools
Preparation: Print ready
Ontario expectations: B2.4

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About this resource

This resource is a set of 2 charts">anchor charts teaching that words convey feelings. The first chart is complete. The second chart is fill in the blank. These charts work well on a bulletin board or inserted into students' interactive reading notebooks.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Recognize and use varied vocabulary for the same broad emotion (e.g., 'giggled,' 'joyful,' 'beamed' for happy)
Distinguish near-synonym feeling words such as 'shy,' 'bashfully,' and 'timidly,' or 'frustrated' and 'angry'

Teaching tips

Post the completed chart near the writing area so students can pull precise feeling words instead of defaulting to 'happy' or 'sad.'
Use the blank/cloze version as a quick vocabulary recall check or independent fill-in activity.
Pair with a character-emotion activity in a read-aloud, having students select the word cluster that best matches a character's reaction.

Skills covered

Emotion vocabulary building — students select precise synonyms (e.g., 'fumed' vs. 'yelled' vs. 'mad') for a broad feeling category.
Word recall — students fill in blanked feeling words on a cloze version of the same chart from memory.

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Ontario curriculum

Ontario curriculum expectations

Ontario expectations

B2.4 — Ontario Grade 2 Language B2.4: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of words, acquire and use explicitly taught vocabulary in various contexts, including other subject areas, and use their developing morphological knowledge to analyze and understand new words in context.

Core concepts

Emotion vocabulary
Synonyms
Feelings

Topics

Reading Anchor Chart Vocabulary Adjectives Feelings Feelings Word Chart Anchor Chart

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Vocabulary Language Development ELA Anchor Charts Teacher Tools Grade 1

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