April 19-23, 2021
Theme: Stress Management Language & Techniques
Skill Building: Identifying Stress Management Techniques
Person-Centered Thinking & Safety
Monday April 19, 2021
Today happens to be...
Garlic Day
Take a look at 30 recipes that put garlic front and center
Check In (5 min)
How was your weekend?
Introduce the Week (3 min)
This week we will review stress management techniques and language to use when we are in stressful situations. Skill builder of the week is finding ways to utilize these stress management techniques in situations we almost all run into throughout our lives.
Show & Share (10-min)
Show and share your favorite recipe with garlic to celebrate Garlic Day
Tomorrow's Show & Share:
Something that is red. It can be a piece of clothing, a decoration, just anything that is red!
Plan Your Week- Stress Management Techniques (10 min)
PRESENTERS: Each week will start with reviewing portfolio planners to update tasks, appointment or other things that should be marked in their portfolio planner.
Update any activities for the week **Planner Pages April 18 to 24**
- What habits will you be tracking?
- What is stress management & how do stress management techniques positively impact us on our most stressful days?
As a group:
- Define stress management as a group. Ask participants to give examples.
- Have participants write one stress management technique they would like to try in their portfolio planners
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High Priority Vocabulary: Short Stories
PRESENTERS: Complete the High Priority Vocabulary worksheet as a team-PLEASE Note that it was placed in Printout for tomorrow 4/20/2021 but it is for TODAY.
Are you good at word scramble? Test your skills with the next activity. Complete the High Priority Vocabulary worksheet **Short Stories** Once your finish, share your answers with the team.
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Optional Level-Up:
Identify three stress management techniques that you think would be beneficial to you in your everyday life.
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Civics & Community Awareness
Tuesday April 20, 2021
Today happens to be...
Chinese Language Day
There are over 302 languages in the country of China. Check out a brief history of how Chinese language has evolved over time.
Check In (5 min):
How was your Monday?
Recap of yesterday (1 min):
What did you learn?
Show & Share (10-min)
For today’s activity we will explore different types of communities that we are members of… and we may not even realize it!
Tomorrow's Show & Share: Show or describe one way that you can help the earth
Life Skills Story— Good for Good Workers Part 2 (10 min)
Presenters: This week we will finish part 2 of the life skills story we started last week. When you finish reading and reviewing the story, complete the questions that correspond.
Review the second part of the life skills story you can use the LARGE TEXT option:
When complete, answer the corresponding questions as a team.
Stress Management in shared living spaces (10 min)
PRESENTERS: Review some tips and tricks about living in shared living spaces. Add an experiences that you've had as an examples if you are comfortable.
Here are 10 tips for living with a roommate from University of Wyoming
- Why do you think that managing stress when you share a living space with someone else is important?
- What are ways in which you can help mitigate stress?
Share a list of ways that you can make shared living spaces less stressful:
- Clean up after yourself
- Be aware of your volume
- Respect differences in schedules
- Come up with an outline of expectations
Write one way you plan on keeping shared living spaces stress-free in your portfolio planner.
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Life Skills Story Work Sheet: Choosing Workplace Options
PRESENTERS: Complete the Life Skills story worksheet as a team.
How do you choose where to work? Is it based off of work attire? Work shift? Working evnviroment, inside or outside? Use this next activity to help you decide what is most comfortable for you.
Complete the Life Skills story worksheet **Choosing Workplace Options** Once you finish, share your answers with the team
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Optional Level-Up:
Create a template for a shared living space contract that you would like to use in the future if you shared a living space with someone else.
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Well Being and Social Connection
Wednesday April 21, 2021
Today happens to be...
National Tea Day
Check In (5 min)
How are you feeling today?
Recap of Yesterday (1 min):
What is one thing you learned about keeping our living spaces stress free?
Show & Share (10 min): Show or describe one way that you can help the earth
Tomorrow's Show & Share: Your favorite photo of earth. Any outdoor photo you love
Portfolio Planner Activity – Mid week check in (10 min):
PRESENTERS: Use the attached worksheet in this week's printable to complete the mid-week check in.
Update your portfolio planner on habits, appointments, or anything else that needs to get added to your weekly schedule., **Planner Pages April 18 to 24 ** Gauge how the week is going so far – share it with your team.
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Meditation (5 min):
PRESENTERS: Explain what meditation is to the team. Review history of meditation by searching the internet as a group.
- Describe differences in meditative practices.
- How can you implement meditation in your life to help manage stress?
- Add at least one benefit of meditation to your portfolio planner worksheet **Mid Week Check in Learning about Meditation**
High Priority Vocabulary: Puzzling Words (5 min)
PRESENTERS: Complete the High Priority Vocabulary worksheet as a team.
Are you a big fan of word puzzles? This next activity has a bit of a twist, use the synonym to complete cross word puzzle.
Complete the High Priority Vocabulary worksheet, **Puzzling Words**. Once you finish, share your answers with the team
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COVID-19 Mitigation Moment: Sleep Hygiene (5 min):
PRESENTERS: Review sleep hygiene tips and how sleep hygiene impacts our health
Get plenty of sleep and take care of yourself. Sleep is an important part of staying healthy.
Sleep hygiene tips:
- Be consistent
- Keep your room dark and quiet to sleep
- Comfortable temperature
- Remove electronics from your room
- Avoid large meals, caffeine, and alcohol before bedtime
- Exercise
Optional Level-Up:
Create an outline of your sleep hygiene routine. Add one (or more) things that you would like to change to better the routine in the future.
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Rights & Self Advocacy
Thursday April 22, 2021
Today happens to be...
Earth Day
Check In (5 min)
What are things you do daily to help the earth?
Recap Yesterday (3 min)
Yesterday we reviewed the history and benefits of meditation. Everyone identified one benefit in their portfolio planner. We completed the puzzling words worksheet, and discussed sleep hygiene.
Show & Share (10-min)
Your favorite photo of earth. Any outdoor photo you love
Tomorrow's Show & Share: your favorite book
How nutrition impacts our stress levels: (5-10 min)
PRESENTERS: Review the following links to explore ways that nutrition impacts our health.
Nutrition and Stress a Two-Way Street
- Did you know what you eat has an impact on your stress levels?
- Identify types of food as a team
- Search for types of food and how they impact your stress levels.
- Identify one food that is linked to making you more stressed, anxious, etc.
- Identify one food that is linked to making you less stressed, anxious, etc.
- What surprises you about these?
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Life Skills Worksheet - Getting Enough Sleep(5-10 min)
PRESENTERS: Complete the Life Skills story worksheet as a team.
Getting enough sleep is important, it helps us make it through the day. Without enough sleep we can feel completely different. Use the next activity to explore how you feel without enough sleep.
Complete the Life Skills story worksheet **Getting Enough Sleep** Once you finish, share your answers with the team
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Optional Level-Up:
Record all the food you eat in one day. After you are done recording your foods, research the food online and identify which food choices are related to stress (or alleviating stress).
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Knowledge & Fun
Friday April 23, 2021
Today happens to be...
World Book Day
Check In (5 min)
What are your weekend plans? What are you looking forward to?
Recap Yesterday (3 min)
Yesterday we discussed ways that nutrition impacts our health and stress levels
Show & Share
Share your favorite book to celebrate world book day.
Next week's Show & Share: Any special talent you have or show the group how to do something.
Portfolio Planner Activity – Week Wrap Up (10-15 min)
PRESENTERS:Use the portfolio planner print out to discuss weekly wrap up questions.
Portfolio Planner: **Weekly Goal Reflection** and **Planner Pages April 18 to 24 **
- What are you looking forward to next week?
- What are your goals?
- What goals did you achieve this week?
- What goals would you like to work on next week?
- What are habits you would like to try?
- What went well?
- Rate your week
Start to review and plan for next week:
Update your Appointments. Tasks, Errands, Meetings, Goals for the week, Priorities for the week, Habit tracker.
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Game Time: Find a food grown near you (10-15 min)
PRESENTERS: Review the steps. Using a google search, find examples of foods that are grown in California. See if any of the foods are grown near your site's location.
Examples of Foods Grown in California
California's Agricultural Production Statistics
- Brainstorm a list of foods that are grown
- Pick a food and search where it is grown
- Have each participant try to find one or more foods that are grown within 100 miles of the city you are in.
Optional Level-Up
Create a recipe only using foods that are grown within 50 miles of your home. Write the recipe in your portfolio planner
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Choosing Fun Stuff to Do
Need some help deciding on an afternoon activity?
The activities are numbered. These numbers corrospond to brief activity descriptions listen in the linked document below.
