Lesson Plan
Forecasting Feelings Plan
Students will learn to identify four core emotions—happiness, sadness, anger, fear—and match each to physical cues or thoughts, building self-awareness through naming their emotional ‘weather.’
This lesson deepens emotional vocabulary and self-management by teaching students to notice and name internal cues before they act, laying the groundwork for healthier emotional regulation.
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Prep
Prepare Classroom Materials
5 minutes
Step 1
Role-Play Weather Forecast
5 minutes
Step 2
Mini-Lecture on Brain-Body Link
7 minutes
Step 3
Feelings Forecast Card Sort
8 minutes
Step 4
Create Personal Forecast Chart
7 minutes
Step 5
Share Self-Check Strategies
3 minutes

Slide Deck
Emotions Weather Report
Core Emotions & Symbols
Physical Cues of Emotions
Brain-Body Connection
Get Ready to Forecast!
Self-Check Strategies

Script


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