Reframing Thoughts About Feeling Unloved
Grade 7th Grade · Health · 20 min
What's Included
Learning Objective
I can identify and reframe negative thoughts about feeling unloved.
Warm-Up Video
SEL Sketches · 4:40
Automatic Negative Thoughts - Meet the ANT Buddies!
Guided Notes
3 key concepts
- 1
Automatic Negative Thoughts, or ANTs, are negative thoughts that can leave you feeling bad and stop you from problem solving.
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The "ANT Buddies" try to keep us safe by helping us identify what might hurt us and helping us to try and learn from our mistakes.
- 3
To manage ANT Buddies, you can recognize the thought, swat the ant buddy with a thought-stopping statement, catch it to examine it, and question the thought to challenge the bug.
Practice Questions
3 questions · Short answer
Exit Ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Describe a situation where you felt unloved, identify the negative thought (ANT) you had in that moment, and then reframe that thought into a more positive or realistic one.”
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