Anxiety Toolbox Adventure

Darcy Lord-Evans

Tier 1

Lesson Plan

Anxiety Toolbox Adventure

Teach tools for handling anxiety

This lesson introduces 4th-grade students to tools for managing anxiety through engaging activities. Students will participate in a game-based learning activity to explore different anxiety management strategies, followed by a collaborative project to create a 'toolbox' of these strategies. The lesson concludes with a worksheet to reinforce learning and an exit ticket to assess understanding. This lesson is important as it equips students with practical skills to manage anxiety, promoting emotional well-being and resilience.

Audience

4th Grade Boys and Girls

Time

30 minutes

Approach

Game-Based Learning, Project-Based Learning, Collaborative Learning

Materials

Post-it notes, Markers, Worksheet: Anxiety Management Tools, and Exit Ticket: Anxiety Toolbox Reflection

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

Begin with a brief discussion on what anxiety is and how it can feel.
Ask students if they have ever felt anxious and what they did to feel better.

Step 2

Game-Based Activity

10 mins

Introduce a simple game where students pick a card with an anxiety scenario and act it out.
Other students suggest tools or strategies to manage the anxiety in the scenario.
Discuss each strategy briefly.

Step 3

Collaborative Project

10 mins

Divide students into small groups.
Each group creates a 'toolbox' of strategies using post-it notes and markers.
Encourage creativity in how they present their toolbox.

Step 4

Worksheet Completion

3 mins

Distribute the 'Anxiety Management Tools' worksheet.
Students complete the worksheet individually, reflecting on the tools they learned.

Step 5

Closure and Exit Ticket

2 mins

Hand out the 'Anxiety Toolbox Reflection' exit ticket.
Ask students to write one tool they will use next time they feel anxious.

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Worksheet

Anxiety Management Tools

This worksheet helps students reflect on and reinforce the anxiety management tools discussed in class.

List three tools you can use to manage anxiety.

Describe a situation where you might use one of these tools.

Quiz

Anxiety Toolbox Reflection