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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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

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Emotions Weather Report

Core Emotions & Symbols

Physical Cues of Emotions

Brain-Body Connection

Get Ready to Forecast!

Self-Check Strategies

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Emotions Weather Report

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Ashley Pierce

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