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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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| Subject: | SEL (Social-Emotional Learning); Special Education |
| Topic: | Self-Awareness |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
This lesson is intended to reinforce and create an individualized calm down strategy for students.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should be exposed to multiple calm down strategies prior to starting this lesson and be able to identify which strategies work for them.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Display a visual of calm down strategies that you have taught you students, or expectations that have already been established.
- Ask students which calm down strategies help them when they are triggered and experiencing negative emotions.
What will students do?
- Have students identify a trigger for them, e.g., losing a game at recess, someone cutting you in line, being left out by a friend etc.
- Have students create a comic that illustrates their trigger, and then shows them successfully utilizing their calm down strategy.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students share their comics in small groups or with the whole class if they are comfortable.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Create the comic with students individually as needed.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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