Build a Stress Toolkit

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Build a Stress Toolkit
Health and Physical Education · Health · Grades 9-12 · 50 minutes
Time needed
50 minutes (one class period)
Prep
Copy the 2-page worksheet (one per student). No equipment needed.
Technology
None.
Student
independence
High. Reading and individual writing, with an optional two-minute seated breathing practice.
Copies to make
One 2-page worksheet per student
Materials
Pencils, Worksheet
Goal for today: Students will identify five healthy stress-management techniques, choose appropriate techniques for
realistic scenarios and plan a personal toolkit.
Before the bell
☐ Copy the worksheet, one per student (2 pages).
☐ Read the optional breathing instructions in Step 2 so you can say them aloud.
☐ Tell students the toolkit section is private and will only be seen by their teacher.
Say this to start
Today is about stress, which is something every person deals with. You will read about healthy ways to handle it,
match each technique to what it does, and then choose techniques for a few everyday situations. At the end you will
build your own toolkit. You do not need to share anything personal, and what you write on the toolkit is private.
Run of show
Minutes
What you do
What students do
0–5
Take attendance. Hand out the worksheet and read the
directions aloud.
Look over the worksheet.
5–12
Optional two-minute seated breathing: say, “Sit
comfortably. Breathe in through your nose for a count of
four. Breathe out slowly through your mouth for a count of
six. We will do this for two minutes. Anyone who prefers
can sit quietly. If you feel dizzy, go back to normal
breathing.” Then have students read the passage silently.
Try the breathing if they wish, then read
the passage.
12–22
Tell students to complete Part A (matching, questions 1–5)
and Part B (true or false, questions 6–9).
Match and answer on their own.
22–35
Tell students to complete Part C scenarios (questions
10–12).
Write short answers using techniques from
the passage.
35–45
Tell students to complete the Part D toolkit table. Remind
them it is private.
Fill in their personal toolkit.
45–50
Read the answers for Parts A and B from the key. Students
check their work. Collect worksheets.
Fix mistakes and hand in the worksheet.

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If things go wrong
• If students joke about the breathing exercise, tell them it is optional and they may sit quietly.
• If a student says the toolkit is too personal to write, they may write about a made-up person instead.
• If a student finishes early, use the early finisher list.
• If a student shares something that worries you, follow your school’s reporting procedure and tell the office
right away.
Early finishers
• Design a one-page poster listing three quick stress relievers that fit into a school day.
• Write advice to a younger student about one stress technique that has worked for you or someone you know.
Do not include private details.
Support and challenge
• Support: Let students answer only two of the three scenario questions, and use the passage list as a
reference.
• Challenge: Ask students to explain why a technique that works well for one person may not work for another.
Notes for the teacher (you fill this in)
Jot a few lines before you leave. A full Daily Sub Report is in the free Sub Survival Kit at SubstitutePlans.com.
How far the class got / what to pick up next:
Students who were especially helpful:
Anything the teacher should know: