We started with an anchor chart where they wrote what
makes them angry. Then, they filled out an anger map where they drew a picture
of what their face looks like when they are angry. They were to think about
what being angry can accomplish (or not accomplish) and write down ways they
can handle it better. We then watched
the Pixar short "Partly Cloudy". It was a story (without words) about
friendship and how miscommunication (or lack there of) can cause us to make
assumptions and get angry over silly things or angry over something that wasn't
really a problem in the first place. The
cloud would do its best to make baby animals for the stork to take, but the
animals would turn out violent and different than what the other clouds were
making. This was wearing the stork out but the cloud really couldn't help it.
Sometimes, our friends make us mad because their "best" may not seem
like they are giving it. The stork once went to talk to another cloud, without
telling his cloud what he was doing..this made the cloud angry/sad, thinking he
had left him for a "better" cloud. IN reality, the stork was getting
some gear to protect him from the not so cuddly baby animals..because he wanted
to be a good friend and still help that cloud, no matter how difficult it was.
