First graders learn to show feelings with their whole body — jumping for happy, slumping for sad, freezing for scared — so an audience can tell how their character feels without any words.
Students will be able to…
Actors show feelings with their WHOLE body, not just their face! How would your body show happy, sad, or scared?
Project this and match each feeling to how your body shows it — tap a feeling, then tap the action.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Actors show feelings with their WHOLE body — how?
Children explore.
Children rehearse.
Children perform.
Children respond.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Theatre).
Use the body to show feelings.
Explore feelings in acting.
Make body choices.
Notice body language.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have children show a feeling with their body for a family member to guess. A printable body sheet is in the Arts library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.