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Anxiety Busters

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Lesson Plan

Anxiety Busters

Develop coping skills around anxiety

This lesson aims to help 4th-grade students develop coping skills for managing anxiety through a fun and engaging game-based approach. Students will learn practical techniques and be able to recognize situations where they can apply these skills.

Audience

4th grade

Time

30 min

Approach

Game-Based Learning

Materials

Printable Cards (English & Spanish), Exit Ticket (English & Spanish), and Video: Keeping Calm - Building Resilience with Hunter and Eve

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Welcome the students and briefly discuss what anxiety is and why it's important to have coping skills.
  • Explain that today, they will learn some techniques through a fun game.
  • Show the video Keeping Calm - Building Resilience with Hunter and Eve to introduce the concept of controlled breathing.

Step 2

Game: Coping Skills Relay

15 mins

  • Divide the students into small groups.
  • Provide each group with a set of printable cards in English and Spanish, each card describing different coping skills (e.g., deep breathing, imagining a safe place).
  • Explain the rules: Each group must act out the coping skill on the card. The first group to correctly act and name all their cards wins.
  • Encourage students to support each other and use the language they’re comfortable with.

Step 3

Discussion

5 mins

  • Gather the students and ask about their favorite coping skill from the game.
  • Discuss when they might use these skills in real life.
  • Allow students to share personal experiences if they feel comfortable.

Step 4

Closure & Exit Ticket

5 mins

  • Hand out the exit tickets in both English and Spanish.
  • Ask students to write down one new thing they learned and one coping skill they plan to use.
  • Collect the exit tickets and provide positive feedback.
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Worksheet

Printable Cards (English & Spanish)

These cards describe various coping skills for managing anxiety. Each group will use these cards to play the Coping Skills Relay game.




Deep Breathing / Respiración Profunda







Imagining a Safe Place / Imaginando un Lugar Seguro







Counting Backwards / Contando Hacia Atrás







Talking to a Friend / Hablando con un Amigo







Writing in a Journal / Escribiendo en un Diario




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Quiz

Exit Ticket

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Quiz

Boleto de Salida

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