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Mood Booster Break

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Lesson Plan

Quick Uplift Plan

Students will engage in quick interactive activities that uplift mood, foster positive emotions, and practice healthy emotional outlets, aiming to reset energy and promote well-being in just 10 minutes.

Short, structured wellness breaks help 7th graders manage stress, build emotional awareness, and return to academic tasks energized and focused.

Audience

7th Grade Group

Time

10 minutes

Approach

Interactive games and brief reflections to boost emotional wellness.

Materials

Prep

Review Session Materials

5 minutes

Step 1

Warm-Up: Emotion Emoji Poll

2 minutes

  • Direct students to open or display the Emotion Emoji Poll.
  • Ask each student to select the emoji that best represents their current mood.
  • Quickly share aggregated results to validate emotions and build group awareness.

Step 2

Booster Game

5 minutes

  • Project the Booster Game Slides.
  • Play “Positive Word Relay”: students form two lines and take turns shouting out uplifting words.
  • Follow with “Silent Celebration”: play a cheerful sound clip and have students celebrate nonverbally (claps, dance move).
  • Encourage laughter and positive energy throughout.

Step 3

Feel-Good Bingo

2 minutes

  • Distribute or display the Feel-Good Bingo cards.
  • Instruct students to mark any squares that describe recent positive experiences (e.g., “Shared a smile,” “Listened to music”).
  • Ask students to call out “Bingo!” when they complete any row and briefly share one item they marked.

Step 4

Cool-Down: Mood Meter Check

1 minute

  • Guide students to the Mood Meter Check.
  • Have each student drag an indicator to show how they feel now after the activities.
  • Lead one deep breath together and remind them of one healthy coping strategy to use later.
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Slide Deck

Booster Game: Let’s Boost Our Mood!

  • We’re going to play two quick games to energize us and spread positivity.
  • First: Positive Word Relay
  • Second: Silent Celebration

Introduce the Booster Game segment. Explain that we'll play two activities to lift energy. Encourage enthusiasm.

Positive Word Relay

  1. Split into two teams and form lines.
  2. First person of each line shouts a positive word and tags the next.
  3. Continue until everyone has contributed.
  4. Aim for as many uplifting words as possible in 2 minutes!

Explain the rules clearly. Encourage each student to think of a positive word quickly. Keep the pace brisk. Celebrate each word.

Play the cheerful sound clip. Instruct students to celebrate silently – claps, dance moves, thumb wars, whatever fits. Focus on nonverbal joy for 1 minute.

Next Up: Feel-Good Bingo

  • Grab your Feel-Good Bingo cards.
  • We’ll look for fun ways we’ve experienced positivity today.
  • Be ready to shout ‘Bingo!’ and share your win.

Transition to the next activity. Make sure students have their cards. Build excitement.

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Game

Feel-Good Bingo Instructions

  1. Distribute each student a Feel-Good Bingo card. Each card has a 5×5 grid of simple, positive actions or moments.
  2. Ask students to quietly reflect on their day so far and mark any square that matches something they’ve done or experienced recently.
  3. When a student completes five marked squares in a row—horizontally, vertically, or diagonally—they call out “Bingo!”
  4. The student with Bingo briefly shares one of the items they marked and how it made them feel.
  5. Continue play for 1–2 minutes or until several students have had a turn to share.

Sample Bingo Grid

Shared a smileTook a deep breathListened to musicDid a quick stretchGave someone a compliment
Drank waterFREE: Self-care momentDrew a doodleDid a dance moveSent a friendly text
Read a jokeSaw something funnyPositive affirmationHigh-five someoneClosed eyes for 10 sec
Tried a new stretchSipped a warm drinkThought of a happy memoryTouched something softSmiled at yourself
Took a walkSung a few notesUsed a squeeze ballSaid “thank you”Wrote down something you’re grateful for

Feel free to customize any square to better suit your students’ interests or classroom context!

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Warm Up

Emotion Emoji Poll Instructions

  1. Display the following emojis for students to choose from (on your polling tool or printed chart):
    😀 Happy 😔 Sad 😃 Excited 😟 Worried 😡 Angry 😌 Calm
  2. Ask each student to select the one emoji that best represents how they feel right now.
    • If digital: have students click or tap their emoji.
    • If paper: give each student a sticker or marker to place under their chosen emoji.
  3. Quickly project or read out the tally of responses to normalize all feelings and build group awareness.
  4. Acknowledge any patterns (e.g., “I see a lot of 😟 and 😀 today.”) and use that as a bridge into our Booster Game.

Let students know that any emotion is okay, and today’s activities are here to help uplift and reset!


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Cool Down

Cool-Down: Mood Meter Check

  1. Display the four-quadrant Mood Meter below (either physically on a board or digitally):
High Energy & Pleasant
😊 Excited, Energetic		High Energy & Unpleasant
😟 Anxious, Overwhelmed
Low Energy & Pleasant
😌 Calm, Content		Low Energy & Unpleasant
😔 Sad, Tired
  1. Ask each student to drag or place a marker in the quadrant that best describes how they feel right now.
  2. Reflection Prompt: Write or draw why you placed your marker there and name one healthy coping strategy you can use later today.






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