Health · Week 2 · Mental, Emotional, and Social Health
Toolbox for Tough Days
Students try three quick coping strategies in class, compare how well each might work in different situations, and pack a personal coping toolbox.
- Students will
- Students compare at least three coping mechanisms for managing stress and practice two of them in class.
- SEL skill
- Choose and practice a coping strategy that fits a situation
- What it looks like
- Students regulate emotions by choosing and practicing a coping strategy that fits a situation.
- Content focus
- Comparing and practicing healthy coping strategies
- Format
- Rate and compare
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- 5.2.M: Mental, Emotional, and Social Health, Standard 5 (Decision-Making), item 5.2.M
- 7.2.M: Mental, Emotional, and Social Health, Standard 7 (Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors), item 7.2.M
- Student page: Health journal page
- CA Health overarching standard: Standard 5: Decision-Making
- CA Health overarching standard: Standard 7: Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors
More self-management activities for Health
- Recharge Mode Self-managementStudents learn how much sleep teens need, diagnose what is draining an imagined teen's sleep battery, and build a realistic wind down plan.
- Small Steps, Real Goals Self-managementStudents identify common barriers to healthy eating and activity, then write a SMART goal with if then plans that get around those barriers.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.