Lesson Plan

Inside Out Explorer Lesson Plan

Students will identify personal strengths, emotions, and triggers through guided prompts and reflection, building self-awareness and emotional intelligence.

Self-awareness underpins emotional regulation, resilience, and positive relationships. This lesson helps 5th graders recognize their own strengths and feelings to support personal growth.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Preparation

5 minutes

Step 1

Warm-Up

5 minutes

Step 2

Identify Strengths

8 minutes

Step 3

Explore Emotions

8 minutes

Step 4

Reflect on Triggers

5 minutes

Step 5

Cool-Down and Application

4 minutes

Slide Deck

Inside Out Explorer

Welcome the student to the "Inside Out Explorer" session. Introduce today’s focus on self-awareness through strengths, emotions, and triggers. Explain that we’ll use interactive sheets to guide our work.

Lesson Objectives

Read the objectives aloud. Emphasize that these goals will guide each part of the lesson.

Identify Your Strengths

Hand the student the [Inside Out Personal Strengths Organizer](#inside-out-strengths-organizer). Encourage detailed examples. Ask probing questions: “Why does this strength matter?”

Explore Your Emotions

Display or hand out the [Inside Out Emotion Wheel](#inside-out-emotion-wheel). Guide the student to pick their current feeling and describe a situation that triggered it.

Reflect on Your Triggers

Provide the [Inside Out Reflection Sheet](#inside-out-reflection-sheet). Encourage writing or drawing. Prompt the student to think about people, places, or events that spark their emotion.

Cool-Down & Next Steps

Review the student’s responses. Celebrate their insights. Ask them to choose one strength-based action to try when they notice this emotion during the week.

Lesson Plan

Inside Out Explorer Lesson Plan

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Preparation

Step 1

Warm-Up

Step 2

Identify Strengths

Step 3

Explore Emotions

Step 4

Reflect on Triggers

Step 5

Cool-Down and Application

Slide Deck

Inside Out Explorer

Lesson Objectives

Identify Your Strengths

Explore Your Emotions

Reflect on Your Triggers

Cool-Down & Next Steps

Worksheet

Activity

Worksheet

Cool Down

Rubric

Inside Out Explorer

Laura Roope