Year 2 Term 1
Bright Bears
Enchanted World - Lesson 8
The Saddest King
Learning Outcome:
To answer questions about the story, drawing on own experiences (Begin
to use talk instead of action to rehearse, reorder and reflect on past experiences
linking significant events from own experience and from stories)
To talk about emotions and why experiences make us feel certain ways
( Have confidence to speak to others about their own wants and interests)
Introduction to Topic:
Read the story The Saddest King with the children. Discuss the following:
Happiness - In The Saddest King everyone in the country is always happy, no
matter what happens to them. Do you think this is possible? What does
happiness mean to you? When do you feel happy and when do you not?
Sadness - “It’s alright to be sad. Everybody needs to be sad sometimes.” The
boy reminds the King that we should be allowed to have different emotions for
different situations in our lives. Can you think of times when it is alright to be
sad? Can you think of other times when it is alright to feel a certain way?
As a group activity, have the class think of all the different feelings that a person
can have - happy, sad, angry, disappointed etc. Make a list. (Student Resource
1)
Main Activity:
Ask the children to each choose any emotion. Choose one emotion to model
sentence writing with. Using the template (Student Resource 2,) model guided
writing for the children using the sentence ‘I feel … when I ...’ (e.g. I feel happy
when I go to the park, I feel excited when it’s my birthday.) For children who are
more confident writers have them work independently. For emergent writers
sound out the words they wish to write. There is space below the writing for a
drawing.
Supplementary Activities:
 Have a circle time. Start with ‘if my friend was feeling sad I would …’
 For more able writers they can have a go at the Knowing My Emotions
worksheet – Student Resource 3
 Ask the children to have a go at drawing faces with different emotions,
using the picture template to support them – Student Resource 4
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 Make king and queen puppets from the template. Decorate with crepe or
translucent paper. Provide glitter, crayons and pens for the children to use.
Student Resource 5
 What makes me feel happy/sad/angry drawing template (for children who
are emergent writers they can draw instead.) – Student Resource 6
 Learn the songs Colours by Keira Wiley. A beautiful song about colours
and emotions. – Student resource 7
Stand Alone skills - see resource book for more ideas
 Ask the children to choose a shape or give out shapes according to cutting
ability. Cut out shapes and place them in order of size. They then can be
stuck onto a sheet of paper. Children can work in pairs or alone. (Student
Resource 9.)
Learn Profile focus: Knowledgeable
Review with the children what it means to be knowledgeable.
I am knowledgeable when I explore new things and remember what I have
learnt.
Finish off the poster today. Have a show and tell where children share with a
friend or the whole class what they are knowledgeable about. Model to the
children how to do the self-assessment. Student Resource 10
Key Vocabulary: feelings, happy, Activities to be included:
sad,
Story – 1) The Saddest King by Chris
Differentiation: provide a word
Wormell
bank for the children to copy
words from. Scribe for emergent
Songs:
writers and stretch the sounds in
 If you’re happy and your know it clap
the words so they can be heard
your hands.
more easily. Use a letter mat for
 Keira Wiley Colours the children to copy sounds from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQk
(Student Resource 11.)
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Reflection:
Show the children the poster – How are you feeling today? – Student Resource
7. Ask the children to write their names by the emotion they are feeling. Check in
on why they feel that way.
Resources:
 List of emotions template – Student Resource 1
 I feel… when I…. worksheet. Student Resource 2
 Knowing my emotions - Student Resource 3
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 How are you feeling today? – Student Resource 4
 Template for prince and princess/king and queen puppets – Student
Resource 5
 What makes me feel happy/sad/angry drawing template – Student
Resource 6
 Kira Wiley Colour lyrics – Student Resource 7
 How do you feel today? Student Resource 8
 Cutting and sticking shapes – Student Resource 9
 Self assessment for learner profile work – Student Resource 10
 Rainbow of sounds – sounds mat – Student Resource 11
Lesson Log:
Today we read the book ‘The Saddest King’ by Chris Wormell. It is a story about
a king that orders everyone to be happy but there is one boy who is sad because
his best friend, a dog, has died. We discussed how it is alright to feel the way you
feel and talked about the emotions we all have. We learnt a song called Colours,
it is all about emotions.
Colours song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQkZd27cnRE
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List all the emotions you can
think of:
Student Resource 1
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Student Resource 2
I feel __________________
when I ________________.
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Student Resource 3
Knowing my emotions.
Draw the face that matches the feeling written in the
box beside it. Then complete the sentence in each box.
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Student Resource 4
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Student Resource 5
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Student Resource 6
What makes me feel…
Happy
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Student Resource 7
Kira Willey Colors Lyrics
I am green today
I chirp with joy like a cricket song.
I am gray today
Gloomy and down like a morning fog.
I am orange today
Loud and messy like finger paint on the wall.
I am red today
Hopping mad like a playground ball.
I am black today
Strong and tall a great big bear.
I am purple today
Bright and happy like a butterfly in the air.
I'm a rainbow today
All the colors of the world.
I'm a rainbow today
All the colors of the world.
I'm a rainbow today
All the colors of the world are in me.
I am yellow today
I shine my light out like the sun.
I am white today
Soft and quite like new snow.
I am blue today
Calm as glass and cool like the sea.
I'm a rainbow today
All the colors of the world.
I'm a rainbow today
All the colors of the world.
I'm a rainbow today
All the colors of the world are in me.
All the colors of the world are in me.
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Student Resource 8
How do you feel
today?
Write your name under the emotion you feel most right now
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Student Resource 9
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Student Resource 10
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