Welcome students with a warm smile. Introduce yourself and explain that today we’ll learn about feelings when someone or something we love is gone. Encourage students to join in circle and speak kindly.

Review the safe space rules: listening, speaking kindly, and keeping everyone’s feelings safe. Model one example of gentle listening.

Briefly ask students how they are feeling today. Validate each response and emphasize there are no wrong feelings.

Define grief in a simple, child-friendly way.

Show the emotion cards one at a time. Invite students to name each feeling and share a time they felt it.

Display a picture of the sad face card. Ask: When have you felt sad? Praise sharing.

Show the angry face card. Ask students how their bodies feel when they’re angry (clenched fists, hot cheeks).

Show confused and lonely cards together. Ask for examples. Students might say they feel confused if they don’t understand why something happened.

Introduce the worksheet. Guide students to circle or color faces that match times they felt these emotions. Walk around to offer support.

Show the chart of coping tools. Read each tool and model one by drawing a quick picture.

Lead the group in one round of breathing: inhale for 3, hold 1, exhale for 3. Count out loud.

Invite each student to share one thing they learned or one way to help a friend. End with a loud, enthusiastic group affirmation.