How Does Our Brain React to Being Upset?

Lesson Outline:
Skills addressed from the Guidance Roadmap:
3rd Grade:
Hardworking Student 1.When a difficult situation occurs, I am able to stop, identify the problem and my feelings, before making a choice about how to respond.  I know what it means to have coping strategies and can name at least 3 that I know work for me.

Review previous lesson about responding to peer aggression. Ask the question: When you are in a tough situation, dealing with difficult feelings, how do you avoid lashing out at others?

Model of the brain- activity and discussion- introduce idea of emotional intelligence

What makes you "flip out"?  Write a list of things that upset you.  Associate a feeling word(s) with each situation.

As a class, focus in on the situations at school most likely to lead to difficult feelings.  Part of the trick of dealing with our feelings is knowing how we react to different situations and know which things are difficult a

If time remains, start exploring what works for each student when they are feeling upset.