Feeling Thermometer for Middle School and High School Students

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Overview

Adolescents may experience intense emotions. The Feeling Thermometer assigns feelings to a color, using a scale ranging from comfortable feelings to uncomfortable feelings. Use this printable chart in the classroom as a quick, easy, and discreet way to check in with students about how they are feeling.

  Keywords: adolescent, emotion regulation, school, social emotional learning
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