Feelings Bingo

My 5th and 6th graders were in need of expanding their vocabulary in regards to feeling words.  So with our annual testing time coming up, and the limited time I had for lesson planning (combined with a crazy schedule for me)...I made up a list of entertaining feeling words. 

Giving the kiddos a blank Bingo card, they were able to create their own card and learn just a little about the words.  I did not give them the definitions in the beginning...they just had to write the words down on their cards.  While calling out the different words, I would use them in a sentence so that they were able to become familiar with them.  After a number of rounds of regular Bingo, Big X, Big T, and various other versions of "bingo", I had the kids group up and choose three words.  They were to use their iPads to look up the definition and then they had to create their own sentence using the word.  Laughter was a significant part of this lesson and it was a great stress relief for not only myself...but the kids as well!

Fun Bingo Words:

irascible

love-struck

ferocious

exasperated

guilty

rejected

content

bitter

numb

valued

jealous

hysterical

awkward

frustrated

envy

resentment

animosity

amiable

complaisant

optimistic

pessimistic

indignant

infatuated

adored

cherished

irritable

jovial

tolerant

And here are just a couple of the sentences they came up with:

• Ms. Davis is very pessimistic without coffee.  (Gee...thanks guys!  I think it may be more that I'm half-asleep!)
• Megan is irascible when Zeke is annoying.
• I have animosity toward healthy food.  (I think they were really wanting a Girl Scout cookie...which was the reward for winning Bingo)
• The CRT's make me exasperated!

I love hearing the students use some of these new vocabulary words to describe how they are feeling!