Maile Kaneko WTR 2014 Internship Class Guidance Lesson: Stress Management Domain: Personal Social Time: 25 minutes

s Materials/Supplies: Notecards (enough for each student in the class) White board markers/transparency markers Common Core State Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 910 and 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. ASCA Student Competencies and Indicators: PS:B1.4 Develop effective coping skills for dealing with problems PS:B1.5 Demonstrate when, where and how to seek help for solving problems and making decisions Directions: Introduction: (1 minute) 1. Introduce self, then say: Today were going to talk about stress. Stress is something that everyone experiences and that everyone needs practice dealing with. In this lesson were going to talk about what causes you all stress, brainstorm ideas about how to deal with stress, write down some of those good ideas. What causes you stress: (6 minutes) 2. Ask the class: Please take out a piece of scratch paper and a writing utensil. Wait for them to complete. 3. Ask the class What causes stress for you? Ill give you a couple minutes to write down your ideas on your piece of paper. After three minutes, remind the class they have one more minute left. 4. Bring the class back together and ask for volunteers. Write up their ideas on the white board. If nobody volunteers say some things that cause people stress are family, worrying about having enough food or money, poor grades, fights with friends, and trying to manage their time with all of their classes and activities. How do you experience stress: (6 minutes) 5. Talk about how people feel physically and mentally when their stressed. Instruct the class to remember a time when they were really stressed and overwhelmed. [Pause] Where did you feel this stress in your body? Have a few students share out ideas. 6. Explain flight or fight. Who has heard of the idea of fight or flight? Originally, this was meant to keep people from danger, but now puts us in a situation where the stress it causes harms us. It causes our muscles to clench, our hearts to beat fast, our stomachs to cramp up, and make it difficult for us to think about things or learn new things. In the past, if a wooly mammoth was chasing you, fight or flight response works really well because those are your best two options. Now, however, if you were given a test it wouldnt make sense to run away or get in a fight so we have to find another way to deal with the stress. How do you deal with stress: (7 minutes)

Maile Kaneko WTR 2014 Internship Class 7. Explain: there are lots of ways to deal with stress. Some ways are actually bad for us and can cause more stress such as drinking, doing drugs, overeating, etc. 8. Pair-share/small tables: In pairs or in groups (2 per pair/4 per group of 4), think of some healthy ways of dealing with stress that you know about. Give the students 3-4 minutes. Remember to remind them when they have one minute left. 9. Write their answers on the board. If they are having trouble coming up with ideas start them off with some like, exercising, reading a book or magazine, listening to music 10. Notecards: pass out notecards and have students write their top favorite 3 ideas for dealing with stress, one on each card. Tell them to put these cards in their wallets, purses, backpacks, or at home and when theyre feeling stressed out they can grab one and do that activity to feel better. Summarize: (1 minute) 11. Tell the students that one important part of dealing with stress is taking care of yourself every day. Give them the self-care worksheet to start working on. Tell them they can finish with their advisor on another day. If youve run out of time then just tell them that the advisor will work with them on it on another day. Feedback sheets: (4 minutes) 12. Ask students to fill out the feedback sheets so we can keep improving this lesson for others.

Maile Kaneko WTR 2014 Internship Class Guidance Lesson: Stress Management Breathing Activity Domain: Personal Social Time: 20 minutes Materials/Supplies: Common Core State Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 910 and 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. ASCA Student Competencies and Indicators: PS:C1.10 Learn techniques for managing stress and conflict PS:C1.11 Learning coping skills for managing life events Directions: Introduction: (1 minute) 1. Introduce self, then say: Today were going to learn one specific technique to deal with stress: deep breathing. Review unit 1: (5 minutes) 2. Ask the class: High school students are often very busy you may be balancing school, family, jobs, volunteering, taking care of siblings, and more. Lets quickly review some of the things that cause us stress. Take 3-5 volunteers to provide answers to class. 3. Last time we met we talked about what some of the specific strategies we can each use to deal with stress in a healthy way. What were some of those strategies Take 3-5 volunteers to provide answers to class. 4. Knowing some healthy ways for dealing with stress is very important because when we are stressed, we sometimes are not able to focus as well and think about ways to manage our stress. Activity - Breathing/Body awareness exercise: (10 minutes) 5. Tell the students that Today, we will be practicing one way to help deal with stress: deep breathing. Instruct students to turn their chairs/desks to face outside of the room. It can be helpful to have them move them towards the walls as well. Say: please make sure that you are not making eye contact with anyone else. Give them time to complete this. 6. Reference Fight or Flight and talk about how, in that situation, we need to slow the body down. Say: One easy way to manage stress is to take deep breaths. We all breathe all of the time but we often take shallow breaths which can actually keep us feeling stressed rather than reduce stress. When we take deep breaths we are breathing into our bellies. So, everyone, put one hand on your chest and one hand on your belly. Breathe in. If your chest is rising more than your stomach, imagine pushing your breath all the way down into your belly. Try taking a deep breath again. 7. Now we are going to breathe together and I will count out loud. You are going to breath in for a count of three, hold your breath for a count of three, and breathe out for a count of 4. Breath in, 1. 2. 3. Hold, 1. 2. 3. Breath out, 1. 2. 3. 4. (do this 5 times out loud). Next tell the students: Keep breathing for 7 more breaths and while youre breathing, feel your feet on the ground and your bottom in your chair. Summarize: (1 minute)

Maile Kaneko WTR 2014 Internship Class 8. Tell the students that one important part of dealing with stress is taking care of yourself every day. Give them the self-care worksheet to start working on. Tell them they can finish with their advisor on another day. If youve run out of time then just tell them that the advisor will work with them on it on another day. Feedback sheets: (3 minutes) 9. Ask students to fill out the feedback sheets so we can keep improving this lesson for others.