Mood Meter Check-In Activity

Objective: Students will identify their current emotional state using the Mood Meter, fostering self-awareness and setting the stage for self-monitoring behaviors.

Time: 5 minutes
Materials:

• Mood Meter poster or printed handout
• Colored sticky dots or markers

Instructions

1. Introduce the Mood Meter (1 minute)
   • Display the Mood Meter grid with four quadrants:
     High Energy / High Pleasant, Low Energy / High Pleasant, Low Energy / Low Pleasant, High Energy / Low Pleasant.
   • Briefly describe each quadrant with simple emotion words (e.g., excited, calm, tired, frustrated).
2. Individual Reflection (1 minute)
   • Ask students to quietly reflect on how they feel right now.
   • Have each student place a colored dot (or write a word) in the quadrant that best matches their current emotion.
3. Pair Share (2 minutes)
   • Students turn to a partner and take 30 seconds each to share which quadrant they chose and why.
4. Whole Group Discussion (1 minute)
   • Invite 2–3 volunteers to share with the group where they placed their dot and how that feeling might affect their focus or behavior today.

Follow-Up:

• Reference the Mood Meter later during the lesson when checking in on self-monitoring.
• Encourage students to notice if their emotion shifts and consider how it connects to the behaviors they’re tracking.

Daily Behavior Log

Use this log to track your chosen behavior throughout the day. Record each occurrence with details and rate your entry using the Self-Monitoring Quality Criteria.

Target Behavior to Track Today: ________________________________

Entry 1

Date: ________________


Time: ________________


Context (What were you doing?):






Behavior Observed:






Outcome (Did you do the behavior? Yes / No): ____________


Quality Rating (use Self-Monitoring Quality Criteria):

Entry 2

Date: ________________


Time: ________________


Context (What were you doing?):






Behavior Observed:






Outcome (Did you do the behavior? Yes / No): ____________


Quality Rating (use Self-Monitoring Quality Criteria):

Entry 3

Date: ________________


Time: ________________


Context (What were you doing?):






Behavior Observed:






Outcome (Did you do the behavior? Yes / No): ____________


Quality Rating (use Self-Monitoring Quality Criteria):

Entry 4

Date: ________________


Time: ________________


Context (What were you doing?):






Behavior Observed:






Outcome (Did you do the behavior? Yes / No): ____________


Quality Rating (use Self-Monitoring Quality Criteria):

End-of-Day Reflection

1. Which entry best meets the quality criteria? Explain why:

1. What will you focus on improving tomorrow?

Self-Monitoring Quality Criteria

Use this rubric to rate each log entry on clarity, honesty, and timeliness.
Assign 3, 2, or 1 point(s) for each criterion based on the descriptors below.