Fist to Five

How well do you understand how your emotions affect your thinking?

Neurons in a network

Neuron Vocabulary

How does it think?

Left Hemisphere:•Reading•Writing

•Math•Language

Right Hemisphere:•Art

•Music•Colors

Hypothalamus:•EMOTIONS!!!!•Hunger/thirst•Body temp.

When fear or anxiety occur, our method of thinking changes in our brain.

How do we get control of it?Emotions affect thinkingWhen people are under stress, your body releases the

hormone adrenaline.

Physical symptoms are:

SweatingIncreased Heart RateRapid BreathingBrain LockStomach Contractions

THINK-PAIR-SHARE:

Describe a time when you were really stressed out or afraid.

Partner A, take 45 seconds to tell about that situation with no interruptions.

Repeat process for Partner B.

WHIP AROUND:DIRECTIONS: 1. Silently, fill in the sentence frame below.2. Be prepared to share your answer with the class.

When I get stressed out, you would know it because I _________________.

Personal Stress Symptoms Personal Stress Symptoms InventoryInventory

Highlight in the color PINK the symptoms that you have when you have stress/anxiety.

Highlight in the color YELLOW the seven (7) things that would most negatively affect a student at school.

What does STRESS or ANXIETY look like?

anxiety

anxiety

Let’s De-StressLet’s De-Stress

Square BreathingPositive Self-Talk and Reframing “Chunking” tasksVisualization

Before a stressful situationDuring a stressful situation

Fist to Five

How well do you understand how your emotions affect your thinking?