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Emotional Regulation Role Play Scenarios
Calling the teacher “Mom” in the middle of math is funny later and mortifying right then.
- 20 scripted scenes
- 100 discussion cards
- Printable
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- Grades
- 2–5
- What you get
- 20 scripted scenes with characters
- Type
- Role Play
- Use it
- PrintView & Print in your browser
- Competency
- Self-Management
- Topic
- Managing Emotions
About this resource
Calling the teacher “Mom” in the middle of math is funny later and mortifying right then. These emotional regulation role play scenarios give Grades 2–5 twenty scripted scenes in which the Feelings Manager notices what a feeling makes them want to do and picks a helpful next step, whether it’s embarrassment, boredom, missing someone or a grumpy mood that started at breakfast. It’s SEL practice in Self-Management for feelings other people can’t see.
What students practice
- Spotting what a feeling makes me want to do
- Choosing when and where to show a feeling
- Handling embarrassment
- Handling a feeling while there’s work to do
- Letting a feeling out by talking, drawing or writing
What’s inside
- A detailed teacher script and an activity outline
- A materials list that adds paper, crayons or markers and paints for the drawing, painting and letter-writing scenes; 50 pages
A look inside
A Letter From Cabin Six and The Comic in Four Boxes let feelings out on paper: a letter home on the second night of camp, and a four-box comic after singing the wrong words in front of visiting parents.
How to use these emotional regulation role play scenarios
Grade fit
The moments come from places students know: a laundromat on Saturday, a bowling-alley birthday party, the science museum, a grocery store aisle, a camp cabin. Boredom, embarrassment and missing someone are feelings Grades 2–5 already recognize, and the role play scripts can be read aloud or improvised.
Good to know
The PDF’s cover and teacher pages use the name Managing Emotions; it’s the same set of 20 scenes and 100 cards.
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Questions teachers ask
Is this about hiding feelings?
No. The teacher pages say it isn't about hiding feelings or pretending to be fine; students practice choosing a good time and place to show a feeling and ways to let it out.
What do I need besides the scripts?
Paper, crayons or markers and paints for the drawing, painting and letter-writing scenes, plus optional props such as a coloring book, a cereal box and seed packets.
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