---
title: Calm Down Strategies
description: This lesson is intended to reinforce and create an individualized calm down strategy for students.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/calm_down_strategies-001.png
---

**Subject: SEL (Social-Emotional Learning); Special Education**

**Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins**

**Topic: Self-Awareness**

**Grade Level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CASEL: SELF-MANAGEMENT](https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/what-is-the-casel-framework/#interactive-casel-wheel)

**Brief Description:**  This lesson is intended to reinforce and create an individualized calm down strategy for students.

**Know Before You Start:** Students should be exposed to multiple calm down strategies prior to starting this lesson and be able to identify which strategies work for them.

**Hook:**

- 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.

**Activity:**

- 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.

**Closure:**

- Have students share their comics in small groups or with the whole class if they are comfortable. 

**Differentiation:**

- 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.

 

**Resources:**

- [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/qmmamwj) to print or display

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- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078531110531739648/thumbnail.png) Middle School ](https://content.pixton.com/middle-school)

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