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Feelings Word Match

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About this MicroSim

Feelings Word Match is an interactive MicroSim for this health-education textbook.

Students expand their Emotions Vocabulary by matching feeling-word cards to picture cards showing a face with that expression.

Use the controls in the panel below the drawing to interact with the model, then talk through what changed and why. The MicroSim is width-responsive and can be embedded in any course page with the iframe shown above.

Bloom's Taxonomy level: Remember (L1) — match, recall, identify

Lesson Plan

Audience

This MicroSim is designed for Kindergarten. For the K-3 bands the teacher typically drives the activity on a shared screen; older students can explore the MicroSim independently.

Learning Objective

Students expand their Emotions Vocabulary by matching feeling-word cards to picture cards showing a face with that expression.

This activity targets Bloom's Remember (L1) (match, recall, identify).

Suggested Use (about 10 minutes)

  1. Warm up (2 min). Ask students what they already know about the topic and let one volunteer describe what they see on the screen.
  2. Model it (3 min). Demonstrate the interaction once, thinking aloud so students hear the reasoning behind each choice.
  3. Guided practice (3 min). Invite students to try the interaction and to predict what will happen before they act.
  4. Discuss (2 min). Ask why the result came out the way it did, connecting the on-screen result back to the learning objective above.

Check for Understanding

Have each student (or pair) explain their result in one sentence, using the vocabulary from this chapter. Look for reasoning that matches the Remember-level objective rather than a lucky guess.

Specification

The full specification below was extracted from Chapter 3: Feelings And Kindness.

Type: microsim
**sim-id:** feelings-word-match<br/>
**Library:** p5.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified

Bloom Taxonomy: Remember (L1)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: match, recall, identify

Learning objective: Students expand their Emotions Vocabulary by matching feeling-word cards to picture cards showing a face with that expression.

Canvas layout:
- Left column (250px): Five picture cards, each showing a simple face expressing one emotion (happy, excited, frustrated, proud, lonely)
- Right column (250px): Five word cards in scrambled order, each showing one feeling word read aloud by the teacher
- Bottom strip (60px): Score display ("4 of 5 matched!") and a Reset button

Visual elements:
- Picture cards and word cards both have a distinct pastel background color that is consistent between a matching pair once solved, so children get a visual reward for pairing correctly
- A connecting line is drawn between matched pairs once solved

Interactive controls:
- Drag-and-drop or tap-tap-to-connect: child selects a picture card, then selects the word card they think matches
- Button: "Reset" to shuffle and start again

Default parameters:
- Cards appear in a shuffled but fixed starting layout for the first play so a teacher can preview it
- Only 5 pairs shown at once to avoid overwhelming a pre-reader audience

Behavior:
- When a correct pair is selected, both cards glow gold, a soft chime plays, and a line connects them permanently
- When an incorrect pair is selected, both cards gently shake and return to their unselected state — no harsh error sound
- After all 5 pairs are matched, show a celebration message: "Wow, look at all the feeling words you know!"

Instructional Rationale: This is a Remember-level (recall/match) objective, so a matching-pairs pattern is appropriate — it reinforces new vocabulary through repetition and visual pairing rather than requiring the child to read or write independently.

Implementation notes: Use p5.js. Store each pair as linked objects with a shared "pairId." Keep all card text large (26px+) and always paired with a picture, since this is a read-aloud/pre-reader audience.

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