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Board Description:

This 5-minute teaching demo helps Kindergarten students identify and express basic emotions through colors, using The Color Monster by Anna Llenas. Students will listen to the story, discuss feelings, and color their own monsters to show how they’re feeling.

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NYS Next Generation ELA Standard – Kindergarten:

SL.K.1 – Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

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The story The Color Monster introduces emotions through colors, making it easy for young learners to understand feelings. This book supports emotional literacy and encourages self-expression.

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SWBAT: Identify basic emotions (happy, sad, angry, scared, calm) and match them to corresponding colors after listening to the story.

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What Color Are You Feeling?

1. Read or picture-walk through The Color Monster.

2. Show large color cards (yellow, blue, red, black, green).

3. Call on students to pick a color and say:

“This color means ___.”

or “I feel ___ when ___.”

4. Give each student a Color Monster worksheet to color based on their current feeling.

5. Play soft music while they color.

Materials Needed:

Book or video

Color cards

Printable worksheet

Crayons

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-Observe students as they pick a color and share their feeling.

-Check if the emotion matches the color.

-Glance at their coloring sheets for understanding.

Exit question: “What color are you feeling today?”

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The Color Monster - Read Aloud by Mr. Joshua Brooks