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Looking for a powerful and relatable way to teach students about emotional regulation and coping with disappointment? This engaging Dealing with Disappointment lesson is designed to help Year 4, 5, and 6 students recognize and manage disappointment with confidence.

Through role-play, class discussions and journaling tasks, students will build self-regulation strategies that they can use in the classroom and beyond. Perfect for summer social-emotional learning (SEL), advisory periods, or beginning-of-year social skills instruction!

Your PDF download will include the following:

Hook using an ice cream disaster scenario to gain attention
What is disappointment
Common disappointment scenarios
3-step strategy to handle disappointment
role-play scenarios
Class discussion on how to manage disappointment
Printable journaling worksheet - A time I felt disappointed
Printable cool down strategy worksheet - Students will brainstorm on ways to cool down when faced with a disappointing situation.