On a Scale of.....

One of my favorite counseling techniques is scaling feelings.  In an elementary school, I am constantly educating my students on feelings.  What is a feeling? Is it normal? What does it do to your body? What causes certain feelings?  When a student visits with me, I always ask how they are feeling as my initial conversation.  The students typically use my bear of feelings poster to help identify.  I then ask students on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the angriest, 10 being the happiest, what number they are.  The student visualizes in their head and provides me with a number.

I have been looking for a feelings scale all over pinterest and driving myself crazy to find one that I felt was simple and easy to understand.  When I couldn't find one I liked, I decided it was time to create my own!  So here it is...it was so simple to make.  Here is what it took:

10 pieces of red construction paper

Number cut outs from the $ store

Feelings Faces.  I used Teacherspayteachers

It took me about 15 minutes to make and put on my wall.  I'm really excited for my students to see it and use it!