Lesson Plan Format A BKs II and III

Name: Megan Duffard

Lesson Date: Oct. 7, 2015
Subject/Topic: Frustration

Cooperating Teacher: Stephanie Johnson

School: Oakwood
Grade Level: 5th
Teaching Model: Social Skills

Cooperating Teacher Initial Here________

Setting: Content Mastery
University Supervisor Initial Here________

Teaching Objective (ABCDE):

MODIFICATIONS/ACCOMMODATIONS

Given a set of cards showing different behavioral responses to frustration, the student will be able to identify each
behavior as appropriate or inappropriate getting 8 out of 10 correct as well as describe calming strategies learned
with 100% accuracy.
IEP Objective(s):
By his next annual ARD, in the classroom environment, the student will utilize positive self-talk and coping
strategies to handle stressful situations or work demands in which he manifests anxious or withdrawn behavior (i.e.
putting his head down, saying he can't do something), demonstrated by engaging in the 30 minute activity or
situation in a calm and positive manner with one prompt on 2/3 occasions.
(This lesson will address coping strategies for frustration resulting from stressful situations)
TEKS:
115.7. Health Education, Grade 5.
1. (b) Knowledge and skills.
(6) Influencing factors. The student understands how relationships influence individual and family health
including the skills necessary for building and maintaining relationship. The student is expected to:
(F) apply and practice strategies for self-control.
Background Information:
This student is in fifth grade
His eligibility is autism and speech
Materials:
Assessment materials: behavior cards with angry birds. Category headings
Calming strategy handout

Provide visual aids

Equipment:
No equipment required for this lesson
Classroom Management/Environment:
This will be a one-on-one social skills lesson. The student will be seated at a table facing the teacher.

Have student sit near

teacher/one-on-one with
teacher

Engagement/Focus:
(The theme of the lesson will be Angry birds. This is something the student really enjoys and it will keep him
engaged throughout)
Good morning! Thank you for agreeing to help me out with my lesson. Today we are going to talk about frustration
and ways that we can calm down if we are ever feeling frustrated. Guess who is going to help us learn about this?
Our feathery friends the angry birds! That's right, angry birds know what it is like to feel frustrated and can give us
a lot of information about good ways and bad ways to react. Please sit quietly while I am talking and raise your
hand if you have any questions.
Student Objective (Today you will be able to___.):
By the end of this lesson you will know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate ways to handle
frustration. You will also learn some strategies for calming yourself down when you are frustrated.
Purpose of the Lesson (This information is important because___.):
Everybody gets upset and frustrated sometimes. That's normal, but it's important to learn how to handle our
frustration because if we don't we might hurt ourselves or hurt other people. Staying calm helps us become a better
learner as well. When we are calm it is easier to listen to others, process our feelings and make good decisions.
Explanation/Procedures (Relate to prior knowledge; describe what you will teach & model, what the students are to do with you,
and what they are to do independently (I do, We do, You do); must include higher level questions you will answer) :

Provide visual aids

Relate:

Provide a lot of positive

reinforcement

Give me an example of a time that you have felt frustrated.

Check for understanding

What were you frustrated about? What did you do?

What can cause us to feel frustrated? (people being mean, can't figure out a problem on our homework, dropping
your books, losing at a game)
Inappropriate behaviors:
Let's talk about some of the ways you might deal with frustration inappropriately. There are some angry birds here
with me that don't know how to handle their emotions very well and can give us great examples of how NOT to
handle our frustration.
(Hold up Angry Eyes card) For example, this one has angry eyes. When he gets angry and frustrated he gives people
mean looks and sometimes if he gets REALLY frustrated, he even sticks his tongue out at people.
Whenever we feel an emotion, whether its anger, sadness, happiness or fear, the first place it shows up is on our
face. What kind of face do you make when you are sad? What about when you are angry? Do you think that our
expressions can make other people feel emotions too? Ex: If you glared at someone, you might hurt their feelings or
even scare them.
(Hold up Cutting Words card) In the Angry Birds game, this angry bird can fly really fast and cut through solid wood.
Just like this bird, sometimes when we are angry we can act too fast and say mean things or even yell. This can cut
through someone's heart just like the bird cuts through wood. When that happens it can really hurt somebody's
feelings. It is ok to let someone know that you are angry, but it is better to do it in a nice way and by using a calm
tone of voice.
(Hold up Throwing Objects card) This angry bird throws eggs when he is frustrated.
I know that sometimes when I get angry I feel like throwing something, but this is not a good way to handle
frustration because whatever I'm throwing might hit somebody else and hurt that person. The object could also
break. In the end it only causes more frustration because you would have to clean up whatever gets broken or get
in trouble for hurting someone else.
(Hold up Body out of Control card) This angry bird REALLY has trouble with frustration. When he gets frustrated he
can't hold it in he explodes like a bomb! His body goes out of control. Sometimes he hits other people and
sometimes he even hits himself!
When we are upset it is never ok to be like this angry bird. Wild arms and legs can really hurt somebody else. Just
like we talked about throwing things, hurting somebody else can get us into a lot more trouble. People won't want
to be your friend if you hurt them when you get frustrated. It is never a good idea to hurt yourself either because
that does not get rid of the frustration. It can actually make your frustration worse!

Appropriate Behaviors:
Angry Birds feel lots of frustration and don't always react in the best ways, but they have learned a few strategies
that help them calm down.
There are four strategies we are going to learn today for how to handle frustration:
1. Finding a safe place (Show Nest card)
Angry birds have nests and these nests are their safe places. When they get frustrated sometimes it is better for
them to go to their nest, wait to calm down and then return to what is frustrating them.
Walking away from what is frustrating for a little while and finding a safe place to cool down is sometimes the best
thing we can do for ourselves. For some people this may look like listening to music, sitting alone in a quiet space
or even focusing on something else for a time. One way I use this strategy is if I am taking a test and I get stuck on
a problem that makes me super frustrated. I choose to skip that problem and work on a different one. Most of the
time when I come back to that problem I can work on it again without getting frustrated and the answer will come
to me. Another way I use this strategy is if I get into an argument with my sister. We both agree to stop talking for a
little while and go to our rooms to cool off. When we are ready we come back out and are ready to talk about the
problem again.
Do you remember on Monday in Social Studies you were learning about the Separatists and how they didn't agree
with King James? King James wanted to make them be a part of the Church of England and they didn't want to be.
When you were talking about this with Mrs. Harris she asked you to think of a word to describe how the Separatists
were feeling during that time. You said that they were upset and frustrated and you were right! Now think back to
what the Separatists did when they were frustrated. Did they yell at the King? Did they throw things at the King?
No! They took time to think about their situation and then they figured out a plan for how to respond. They decided
to find a safe place and that safe place for them was the New World.
2. Taking deep breaths (Show Deep Breath card)
A great strategy the Angry birds have learned is to take deep breaths if they feel themselves becoming frustrated.
Did you know that when you are frustrated or angry your heart beats faster? This can make it hard to focus and hard
to make decisions. If you take slow deep breaths it can lower your heart rate and this can calm you down. Once
your heart rate goes back to normal and you are calm, you can think clearly and make good decisions.
3. Talking to an adult (Show Eagle card)

This bird is very wise and is a lot older than the other angry birds. They know that they can come to the Eagle for
help on how to calm down when they get frustrated.
Sometimes it is easier to handle our emotions if we talk to someone else about them. When you feel frustrated and
you aren't sure what to do, sharing your feelings with an adult is a great place to start. Have you ever talked to
your mom or dad when you have been upset? It definitely helps to let your emotions out to someone who cares
about you. Chances are people older than you have experienced what you are feeling before and can help you feel
better or help you approach the problem.
4. Direct your anger (Show Slingshot card)
Just like the slingshot that launches angry birds into the air, we can aim our frustration in the direction we want it
to go. Remember that everything we do or say is a choice that we make inside. Directing our anger means that we
need to stop and think about how our words or actions might affect other people or ourselves. It allows us to ask
ourselves "Why am I frustrated and how can I react in a way that will not hurt others or myself?" If you do this it
helps you and the people around you stay safe.
Activity:
Now we are going to do an activity. I have these cards that show the different behaviors on them that we have
talked about. For example, here is the angry bird that is saying cutting words. I also have two different categories.
One is inappropriate behavior and one is appropriate behavior. I am going to look at the behavior card and decide
which category it belongs in. For this one I know that cutting words is not a good way to handle frustration because
it can hurt my friends. Because it is hurtful I know that it is inappropriate. So once I decide which category it goes
in I set the card down in that category. Then I pick up a new one.
Why don't we do the next one together? What does it say?
Do you think that is an appropriate behavior? Why or why not?
Let the student divide the rest on his own and explain why he chose the category for each one.
Extension (what will you do to go deeper into this topic):
Have the student talk about a time he did not handle his frustration well. Ask him what strategy he knows now that
might have helped him in that situation.
Elaboration (what else might you need to do/say to teach this skill/concept):
Provide a social story with visuals over a strategy the student is struggling with or provide a video that talks about

cool down strategies.

Closure (objective & purpose are restated; address how are you going to include the students in this) :
Today you learned appropriate and inappropriate ways to act when you are frustrated. Remember that it is
important to handle your frustration so that you do not hurt yourself or other people. Here is a hand out that has
the different strategies for calming down that we talked about. You did such a great job of paying attention and
you had some really great comments about what you have learned. Thank you so much for helping me with my
lesson today!
Assessment (how will you know when the student knows the information or can do the skill youve taught) :
Student will be given a set of behavior cards showing different responses to frustration (ex: cutting words, hitting,
counting to ten etc.) He will have to sort them by appropriate/inappropriate getting 8 out of 10 correct. He will
also need to explain calming strategies with 100% accuracy.

Resources: http://mrshsresourceroom.blogspot.com/2012/02/angry-birds-anger-management.html

Directions for assessment

given orally. Provide first
example. Student can
match appropriate and
inappropriate behaviors to
the correct category and
explain orally why he
sorted them that way.

Our emotions usually show up on our face. Sometimes we give people mean looks when we are upset or we stick out our tongue at them. Our eyebrows come down
and our mouth becomes a frown. This may hurt other people's feelings.

These little angry birds can cut right through wood! If we say mean words to other people we are just like this bird because we our cutting words can hurt someone's
heart.

This bird throws eggs when he is angry! Sometimes it is very tempting to want to throw something when we are upset, but this might hurt someone or break the
object we have thrown. This will only get us into more trouble!

In Angry Birds what does this bird do? He explodes! Sometimes when we get angry we lose control. This is not ok though because it hurts us or the people around
us.

Talk to an Adult
Adults usually know how to help us feel better. They also know how to help us solve problems that are frustrating because they are older and have experienced
frustration before. Talk to an adult!

Take a Deep Breath

Did you know that getting frustrated or upset can make our heart beat faster? Taking deep breaths can help slow our heart rate back to normal. This helps us stay
calm and make good decisions.

Safe Place
Walking away from what is frustrating us for a little while can help us calm down. It also gives us time to think about how we might approach the situation. When
we are ready we can face what is frustrating us and handle it better.

Direct Your Anger

Taking time to stop and think about how our actions and words can affect others is very helpful. We have to remember that we have a choice to choose good
behavior!

Our emotions usually show up

on our face. Sometimes we give
people mean looks when we are
upset or we stick out our tongue
at them. Our eyebrows come
down and our mouth becomes a
frown. This may hurt other
people's feelings.

These little angry birds can cut

right through wood! If we say
mean words to other people we
are just like this bird because
our cutting words can hurt
someone's heart.

This bird throws eggs when he

is angry! Sometimes it is very
tempting to want to throw
something when we are upset,
but this might hurt someone or
break the object we have
thrown. This will only get us into
more trouble!

In Angry Birds what does this

bird do? He explodes!
Sometimes when we get angry
we lose control. This is not ok
though because it can hurt us
or hurt the people around us.

Adults usually know how to help

us feel better. They also know
how to help us solve problems

Talk to an Adult

Take a Deep Breath

Safe Place

that are frustrating because

they are older and have
experienced frustration before.
Talk to an adult!

Did you know that getting

frustrated or upset can make
our heart beat faster? Taking
deep breaths can help slow our
heart rate back to normal. This
helps us stay calm and make
good decisions.

Walking away from what is

frustrating us for a little while
can help us calm down. It also
gives us time to think about
how we might approach the
situation. When we are ready
we can face what is frustrating
us and handle it better.

Taking time to stop and think

about how our actions and
words can affect others is very
helpful. We have to remember
that we have a choice to choose
good behavior!

Direct Your Anger

Inappropriate Behaviors

Appropriate Behaviors

How should I react

when I'm frustrated?