Feelings Check-In Strip

About this resource

EVERYTHING INSIDE — 23 pages, 194 type-in fields

• The same ten-word feelings self-report bank the collection's wall chart already carries: happy, sad, angry, scared, worried, tired, sick, calm, surprised, silly — split into 3 ready-made strips so every strip clears the 5-piece cutting minimum
• Feelings Strip 1 (happy, sad, angry, scared), Feelings Strip 2 (worried, tired, sick) and Feelings Strip 3 (calm, surprised, silly), each printed as two identical 2.75-inch wide strips so one sheet gives a location copy and a spare
• Every strip twice: a full-color strip and a black-and-white ink-saver strip for a photocopier or a second adult
• An "at a glance" picture row above the cut pieces on every strip page, so the words read before any cutting happens, plus a suggested acknowledgment line for each feeling on the two smaller strips
• A blank strip template: two identical 2.75-inch strips, four type-in lines each, for any feeling word the three ready-made strips do not cover
• A how-to page: cutting the sheet, taping it where a check-in might happen, checking in, what to do when a feeling surprises you, picking which strip goes where, one strip for several adults, and replacing a worn strip
• A Feelings Check-In Log (16 rows: date, time, location, feeling shown, how checked in, notes)
• A weekly roll-up (8 weeks) with a check-ins-per-week graph — counting how often the strip was used and how many different feelings came up, not a percent, because there is no right feeling to check in with
• A filled example — an invented student, one school day across four locations and three weeks on the roll-up, every count re-counted from its own row
• A family page with a six-word reference strip and acknowledgment lines, and a week of home tries to initial
• A hand-off page so a paraprofessional, specials teacher or substitute uses the same strip the same way
• A phrase bank: 24 lines in 6 groups (what to say when pointing to the strip, written starters for the log, the roll-up and the note home)
• A storage and binder label sheet
• Start Here, a contents page with page thumbnails, and a "what's next" back page

This one is a size variant of the collection's larger wall-mounted feelings chart and board: the same ten words are the same words, re-laid from the ground up into strips narrow enough (2.75 inches) to tape at a desk or other spot where a check-in might happen, instead of mounting on a wall. The ten-word bank is split into three strips rather than printed on one, because a strip wide enough for all ten would need more rows of cut pieces than a single cutting page should carry; the split is a straight slice of the bank in its own order, not a grouping by feeling type.

The Ten Feelings, Across Three Strips

• Feelings Strip 1: happy, sad, angry, scared
• Feelings Strip 2: worried, tired, sick
• Feelings Strip 3: calm, surprised, silly

Every word and picture is imported from the same ten-word bank the collection's Feelings Chart and Check-In Cards and Feelings Check-In Wearable Ring Cards already use; no new picture enters the collection with this product. There is no wrong feeling to pick at a check-in — the strip names what the student is feeling, it does not say whether that feeling is expected or a concern.

Why A Strip, Not Just The Wall Chart

A wall chart stays where it is posted. A strip taped along the edge of a desk, a small-group table or a transition spot puts the same ten words within reach wherever a check-in actually happens, without needing wall space. Two copies of each strip (two lanes on one sheet) means one to tape and one spare for a second location, a backpack, or the family page.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF: type into the log, the roll-up, the family page, the hand-off page and the blank strip, or print and use a pen. The strip sheets print on cardstock or plain paper and cut along dashed lines. It works offline with no account or subscription. It is NOT an editable online slideshow or word-processor document.

It is a way to tape a feelings self-report tool where a student is already sitting or working, and for an adult to write down which feeling was named. It is not a behavior plan, a clinical finding, a program of any kind, or a claim about what a feeling means, and it promises no outcome. The goal line and the criterion field are blanks for your district's own wording and your team's own number.

Who This Is For

Special education teachers, paraprofessionals and related-service providers who want a feelings check-in taped where a student already works, plus the case managers who need that check-in to show up as data, and the families who get the home page sent home.

More In The Collection

This single sits alongside Feelings Chart and Check-In Cards, Feelings Check-In Wearable Ring Cards, and Visual Supports Starter Set FREE in the Visual Supports Collection; more picture-card sets — schedule cards, routine strips, choice boards — are being added to the collection regularly, all on the same cards-plus-data shape.

Pictures (color pages): Noto Emoji by Google, Apache License 2.0. Pictures (ink-saver pages): Fluent Emoji, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, MIT License.