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What's Your Emotional Weather Forecast?

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Lesson Plan

Emotional Weather Report

Students will be able to identify and name different emotions using weather metaphors and communicate their feelings effectively to others.

Understanding and expressing emotions is a vital life skill. This lesson provides a fun, accessible way for students to talk about their feelings, fostering emotional intelligence and better communication.

Audience

Elementary School Students

Time

45-60 minutes

Approach

Through metaphors and interactive activities, students will connect emotions to weather patterns.

Prep

Preparation Steps

15 minutes

Step 1

Warm-Up: How's the Weather Today?

5 minutes

  • Greet students and ask them how they are feeling using a simple weather metaphor (e.g., 'Is anyone feeling a bit cloudy today?' or 'Is your day sunny so far?').
    - Briefly explain that just like the weather changes, our feelings can change too.

Step 2

Introduction to Emotional Weather

10 minutes

  • Present the Feeling Forecast Slides (slides 1-3).
    - Introduce the concept of emotional weather, explaining how different weather conditions can represent different feelings.
    - Discuss examples: sunny = happy, cloudy = sad, stormy = angry, rainy = thoughtful.

Step 3

Activity: My Weather Mood Chart

20 minutes

  • Distribute the My Weather Mood Chart to each student.
    - Guide students through the chart, helping them draw or write examples of when they might feel like each weather type.
    - Encourage sharing in pairs or small groups, emphasizing that all feelings are okay.

Step 4

Journal: Daily Emotional Thermometer

10 minutes

  • Introduce the Daily Emotional Thermometer.
    - Explain that this journal is a tool to track their feelings throughout the week.
    - Instruct students to choose a weather metaphor that best describes their current feeling and draw or write about it.
    - Explain that they will use this throughout the week.

Step 5

Cool-Down: Sunny Skies Reflection

5 minutes

  • Lead a brief class discussion using the prompts from the Sunny Skies Reflection.
    - Ask students what they learned about their feelings today.
    - Reiterate that it's good to talk about our feelings, just like we talk about the weather.
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Slide Deck

Welcome to Our Feeling Forecast!

How do you feel today?

Just like the weather changes, our feelings change too!

Welcome students and set a positive tone. Explain that today we'll be exploring our feelings in a fun way.

What's Your Emotional Weather?

Can your feelings be like the weather?

  • Sunny days
  • Cloudy days
  • Rainy days
  • Stormy days

Introduce the idea of connecting feelings to weather. Ask students for initial thoughts.

Emotional Weather Report

  • Sunny: Happy, joyful, excited!
  • Cloudy: A little sad, thoughtful, quiet.
  • Rainy: Upset, tearful, needing comfort.
  • Stormy: Angry, frustrated, feeling big emotions!

Go through specific examples of emotions linked to weather. Encourage students to share their own connections.

Your Personal Mood Chart

Let's create our own My Weather Mood Chart!

  • Draw or write what each 'weather' feeling looks like for you.
  • What makes you feel sunny? What makes you feel stormy?

Explain the 'My Weather Mood Chart' activity. Make sure students understand they will draw or write.

Tracking Your Feelings

Use your Daily Emotional Thermometer to track your emotional weather!

  • Pick a weather metaphor for how you feel.
  • Draw or write about it each day.

Introduce the 'Daily Emotional Thermometer' as a tool for ongoing self-reflection.

Share Your Forecast!

What did you learn about your feelings today?

It's always good to talk about your emotional weather!

Conclude the lesson by reinforcing the importance of expressing feelings. Use the Cool-Down activity prompts.

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Activity

My Weather Mood Chart

Just like the weather outside, your feelings can change throughout the day! Let's explore what your emotional weather might look like.

For each 'weather type' below, draw a picture or write a few words about what that feeling looks like for you. What makes you feel that way?


☀️ Sunny Feelings

  • What it feels like: Happy, joyful, excited, calm, peaceful.

  • When I feel this way:






  • Draw what sunny feelings look like:







☁️ Cloudy Feelings

  • What it feels like: A little sad, thoughtful, quiet, confused, unsure.

  • When I feel this way:






  • Draw what cloudy feelings look like:







🌧️ Rainy Feelings

  • What it feels like: Upset, tearful, lonely, disappointed, needing comfort.

  • When I feel this way:






  • Draw what rainy feelings look like:







⛈️ Stormy Feelings

  • What it feels like: Angry, frustrated, mad, very upset, overwhelmed.

  • When I feel this way:






  • Draw what stormy feelings look like:






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Journal

My Daily Emotional Thermometer

Use this journal each day to check in with your feelings. Think about your 'emotional weather' and describe it. Remember, all feelings are okay!


Day 1: Today's Forecast

  • What's my emotional weather today? (e.g., sunny, cloudy, rainy, stormy, partly sunny, a gentle breeze, a wild wind, etc.)



  • What happened to make me feel this way?











  • What color is this feeling?




Day 2: Today's Forecast

  • What's my emotional weather today?



  • What happened to make me feel this way?











  • What color is this feeling?




Day 3: Today's Forecast

  • What's my emotional weather today?



  • What happened to make me feel this way?











  • What color is this feeling?




Day 4: Today's Forecast

  • What's my emotional weather today?



  • What happened to make me feel this way?











  • What color is this feeling?




Day 5: Today's Forecast

  • What's my emotional weather today?



  • What happened to make me feel this way?











  • What color is this feeling?



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Cool Down

Sunny Skies Reflection

Take a moment to reflect on today's lesson about emotional weather. Think about what you learned and how you can use it.

  1. What was one new thing you learned about your feelings today?



  2. Can you think of a time when your emotional weather changed quickly? What happened?






  3. Why is it helpful to be able to talk about your feelings using 'weather words'?



  4. What is one way you can help a friend whose emotional weather seems 'stormy'?



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