Grade 1 · SEL · Lesson 30

Handling Disappointment

Have you ever been really excited about something, and then it did not happen the way you hoped? That heavy, let-down feeling is called disappointment. Every person — children and grown-ups — feels it. What matters is what you do next.

What this lesson teaches

1Recognize disappointment as a normal feeling
2Match a disappointing situation to a healthy coping response
3Use the sentence "I feel disappointed, but I can ___" to help myself move forward

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