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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4, 5 |
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| Subject: | SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) |
| Topic: | Anxiety and Composure |
| Lesson Length: | 15 - 20 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will practice different coping mechanisms that can help with anxiety.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should have an understanding of how breathing and body breaks can help to reduce stress.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Discuss stress:
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When was the last time you felt anxious?
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What did your body feel like? Tense? Light headed? Warm?
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Did you clench your fists?
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Did your breath start to get faster?
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Did your heart beat faster?
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- Practice different coping mechanisms for when you begin feeling anxiety.
What will students do?
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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Have you ever used one of these strategies? Did it help?
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If time allows, students can practice the strategies in the moment.
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Have students create a comic showing their personal coping strategies for anxiety.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students commit to practicing one or many of the anxiety coping strategies throughout the week.
- Revisit and reflect on how coping strategies helped after one week and ask what accommodations they will need to make to continue practicing the strategies.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Print the sample comic for students to use as a reference when feeling anxiety.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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