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    Don't Pop Your Cork On Mondays: Level: Goal: Materials Needed

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    This activity involves students identifying their stress responses by reading a story about how different people and animals deal with stress. Students circle animals that reflect how they respond to stress at home and school. They then list stressful things at school and ways to decrease stress. The goal is for students to accurately recognize their stress response and develop coping strategies. Follow up books by the same author address anger, grief, truth-telling, divorce, and anti-violence.

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    This activity involves students identifying their stress responses by reading a story about how different people and animals deal with stress. Students circle animals that reflect how they respond to stress at home and school. They then list stressful things at school and ways to decrease stress. The goal is for students to accurately recognize their stress response and develop coping strategies. Follow up books by the same author address anger, grief, truth-telling, divorce, and anti-violence.

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    This activity involves students identifying their stress responses by reading a story about how different people and animals deal with stress. Students circle animals that reflect how they respond to stress at home and school. They then list stressful things at school and ways to decrease stress. The goal is for students to accurately recognize their stress response and develop coping strategies. Follow up books by the same author address anger, grief, truth-telling, divorce, and anti-violence.

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    Don't Pop Your Cork On Mondays: Level: Goal: Materials Needed

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    Nicoleta Popu
    This activity involves students identifying their stress responses by reading a story about how different people and animals deal with stress. Students circle animals that reflect how they respond to stress at home and school. They then list stressful things at school and ways to decrease stress. The goal is for students to accurately recognize their stress response and develop coping strategies. Follow up books by the same author address anger, grief, truth-telling, divorce, and anti-violence.

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    Don’t Pop Your Cork On Mondays Skill Area(s):


    Stress/Behavior

    Level: beginner, intermediate, advanced


    Goal: Students are able to accurately identify their stress response
    Materials needed: Book- Don’t Pop Your Cork by Adolph J. Moser, Dav Pilkey supplemental
    worksheets, animal pictures, magazines or other pictures

    Activity:
     Read the story to the group. Have them listen without doing anything the first time.
     Depending on the level of the group, they can fill out the worksheet either after you read the
    book or if students need more help, they can fill out the worksheet while you are reading it a
    second time.
     Students should circle the animal they are most like at home and put an X through the animal
    they are most like at school.
     Have the 5 animal pictures on the board and ask students to identify words that go with each
    animal picture. They can take turns writing the words up under the pictures. Examples: Lion-
    yell, Bull- break things, etc.
     Then have them go back and look at how they rated themselves to see if they were accurate.
    Talk about it as a group.
     The second part of the worksheet is to list 5 things that are stressful for the student at school.
    This could be done in a group or individually.
     Finally, have students brainstorm things they can do to help decrease their stress level both at
    school and home. This can be added to their stress meter.

    Follow up: Other books by this author include: Don't Feed the Monster on Tuesdays!: The
    Children's Self-Esteem Book by Adolph J. Moser, Nancy R. Thatch, David Melton
    Don't Rant and Rave on Wednesdays!: The Children's Anger-Control Book by Adolph Moser, David
    Melton, Nancy R. Thatch
    Don't Despair on Thursdays!: The Children's Grief-Management Book (The Emotional Impact Series)
    by Adolph Moser, David Melton, Nancy R. Thatch
    Don't Tell a Whopper on Fridays!: The Children's Truth-Control Book
    by Adolph Moser, David Melton
    Don't Fall Apart on Saturdays! : The Children's Divorce-Survival Book
    by Adolph Moser, David Melton
    Don't Be a Menace on Sunday: The Children's Anti-Violence Book
    by Adolph Moser, David Melton

    Social Skills Activities ~ 2004 Summer Writing


    Liz Stock (OT), Mandy Shearer (SLP) and Cindy Meester (SLP)
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    Name:_____________
    Date:______________

    Listen along to the story Don’t Pop Your Cork on


    Mondays. This story explains how all people deal
    with stress and react differently to it. As you
    listen, think about yourself and how you react to
    stressful situations.

    Circle which type of animal reflects how your


    react to stress. Put a circle around how you are
    at home and an X through the animal that you
    are most like at school.

    Social Skills Activities ~ 2004 Summer Writing


    Liz Stock (OT), Mandy Shearer (SLP) and Cindy Meester (SLP)
    52

    Social Skills Activities ~ 2004 Summer Writing


    Liz Stock (OT), Mandy Shearer (SLP) and Cindy Meester (SLP)
    52

    Social Skills Activities ~ 2004 Summer Writing


    Liz Stock (OT), Mandy Shearer (SLP) and Cindy Meester (SLP)
    52

    Social Skills Activities ~ 2004 Summer Writing


    Liz Stock (OT), Mandy Shearer (SLP) and Cindy Meester (SLP)
    52

    Social Skills Activities ~ 2004 Summer Writing


    Liz Stock (OT), Mandy Shearer (SLP) and Cindy Meester (SLP)
    52

    Social Skills Activities ~ 2004 Summer Writing


    Liz Stock (OT), Mandy Shearer (SLP) and Cindy Meester (SLP)

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