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This Stressed Out Sally lesson plan also includes:
Life changes may cause stress. Here, scholars identify stressful situations in a peer's life and offer coping skills to make for a better day. A short story, "Stressed Out Sally," provides pupils with a look inside a bad day. After reading and discussing the story, they collaborate to rewrite Sally's day so it ends on a positive note.
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CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
stressors, stress management, self-management, social-emotional learning, healthy habits, responsible decision-making, responsibility, communication, oral communication, non-verbal communication, body language, anger management, expressing feelings, feelings, emotional development, emotions, identifying emotions, reading, responding to reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, problem solving strategies, problem solving techniques, coping skills
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Instructional Ideas
- Send the three follow-up questions home for parents and guardians to ask their learner when they feel stress
- Write the three follow-up questions on an anchor chart, use the questions when a class member needs assistance coping with a difficult situation
- If participants feel stressed, encourage them to write a story about their day to help identify where problems occurred
Classroom Considerations
- The first of two lessons looks closely at how life changes cause stress
- A school counselor or classroom teacher can conduct the lesson
- Pay attention and offer help to those that may feel triggered by certain situations brought up in the story
Pros
- Boosts reading comprehension skills
- Addresses social-emotional learning competencies—self-management and responsible decision-making
Cons
- None