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Triggers and Causes of Feelings

Understand that feelings have causes — something happens (a trigger) and that makes us feel a certain way — and begin to identify what triggers their own emotions

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Link a fictional character's stated emotion to an event without claiming every feeling has one obvious cause.

Link a fictional character's stated emotion to an event without claiming every feeling has one obvious cause.

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  • Describe a trigger for at least three different emotions from their own experience
  • Complete 'I felt ___ because ___' sentences accurately
  • Identify what made a character in a story feel a particular way
“When your child gets upset about something at school, can they explain to you what happened that made them feel that way?”

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Type
Conceptual
Subject
Personal & Social Development
Domain
Emotional Literacy
Age range
Ages 5–7

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