“Hello, Anxiety” by Jessica Sinarski Companion Lesson

Description

This companion lesson to the story, “Hello, Anxiety” by Jessica Sinarski teaches students to cope with anxiety and worry.

♥️ STUDENTS LEARN the concepts from the story:

• We carry “heavy books in our backpacks” that hold big feelings and weigh us down
• Which feelings hide under our anxiety (i.e. stress, overwhelm, loss of control, fear of the unknown, etc.)
• How anxiety looks in our body
• Anxiety is like “sounding a false alarm” in our brain
• Anxiety makes us worry about the “what-ifs”
• Anxiety comes from the amygdala in the brain
• 4 coping skills to manage anxiety

✏️ THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:

• A digital for Google Slides™ and PowerPoint presentation that teaches the concepts from the story and offers scenarios and discussion questions to spark conversation.
• 9 instructional posters
• Bookmarks crafts: 10 designs included, plus blank bookmarks for students to design their own
• Under My Anxiety Quiz: use this tool with escalated students to help them identify their feelings, share what is triggering them, and explore which feelings are hiding under their anxiety
• Assorted worksheets and coloring pages
• Alignment to ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors

[This lesson was posted with permission from author Jessica Sinarski and Jennifer Deshler with publisher National Center for Youth Issues].