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Intro to Mindfulness
Overview
The following lesson is an introduction to mindfulness. It includes a few mindful sits and a few questions to guide student discussion.
Brian-Based Lesson
Lesson Objectives:
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Grade: 5th grade Time frame:30minutes |
Lesson Title: Intro to Mindfulness | ||
Brain-based Strategies Used in the Lesson: Stress management Visual Learning Socialization | Formative or Summative Assessments: Formative assessment through google forms | ||
| Prior to this lesson: What understanding and/or knowledge was taught prior? Where does this lesson fit in your unit? This lesson would be introductory to our unit on social-emotional learning(SEL). With the following year, it has become even more important to teach our young students about their emotions and how to manage them. Over this time students and adults have had a difficult time adjusting to the new precautions, and rules that must be taken to remain safe. For most students school is considered a safe place, some may have it as their only safe place. With students not being able to attend school, it has left them with many questions. Students not knowing the answers to these questions can build anxiety, and that anxiety can turn to depression, anger, obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD). This lesson would serve as an introduction to stress management and the effects of stress on the brain. | |||
| Materials: Include a copy of everything required to teach. Use hyperlinks when possible. You may add additional pages to the bottom of this lesson plan also. Include the assignment that students will be completing. | |||
| Content Core Standard: (List the standard(s) and then hyperlink it to the standards website.Shape America Standard: Standard 4. The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others. (there are no specific SEL standards in MD, but Wicomico county follows the standards of Shape America. They list the CASEL core competencies as their guide for the national standards.) The castle concept covered in the lesson will be self-management | |||
| Technology used: Laptop, Zoom, Google Slides(discussion questions/ video) | |||
| Time | Materials | Lesson Procedures(Include the materials & technology.) | |
| 5Mins | Intro: Students will turn and talk to a neighbor/ neighbors about things that stress or worry them. These will be things that stress them at home or school on a daily basis. They will also talk about what they do to calm down. | ||
| 5 Mins. | What is mindfulness | Introduce New Information: (Teaching)I will ask students if they have ever heard of mindfulness or know what it is. Students will watch this video as an introduction to mindfulness and its importance in relieving stress. | |
| 10 Mins | Hands-on Activity Steps(Teaching): I will explain to students this may seem weird or awkward the first time they do this. They can keep their eyes open or close them depending on how comfortable they feel.
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| 5 Mins. | Feedback: Group discussion Students will be placed in groups They will discuss the strategies they learned while performing the different mindfulness sits. They will talk about what they liked with the sits, what they didn’t like, what was weird for them, and if they feel relaxed after doing any of the sits | ||
| in-class assignment | Assessment(s): (assignments and/or activities) |
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