Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8
Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8

Middle School Anxiety & Stress Coping Skills SEL Lessons Bundle | Grades 6–8

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Middle school comes with BIG worries. Help students SAS-SQUASH them!

From starting middle school to navigating friendships, social media, peer pressure, and preparing for high school, students face different challenges at every grade level.

Sas-Squash Your Worries! is a complete middle school SEL counseling bundle for grades 6–8, featuring three grade-specific lessons, a coordinated scope and sequence, engaging activities, and reusable coping skills cards.

Meet Sas, a laid-back Sasquatch who helps students learn to manage stress, recognize what they can control, challenge worried thoughts, and know when to ask for help.

Each lesson builds on the previous grade while addressing the real-life situations middle school students face.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

GRADE 6: Sas Gets Real — Starting Middle School

40-minute lesson

Help sixth graders navigate new schedules, changing friendships, unfamiliar classrooms, and the worries that come with transitioning to middle school.

  • Complete 3-page lesson plan

  • Sas's Two Circles of Control poster

  • Circles of Control sorting activity

  • My Calm-First Reset worksheet

  • Who Can I Go To? trusted adults activity

  • Real-life scenario cards and exit ticket

  • Control Target extension activity

GRADE 7: Sas Under Pressure — Friends, Feeds & Fitting In

45-minute lesson

Help seventh graders manage friendship drama, group chats, social media comparisons, peer pressure, and the stress of fitting in.

  • Complete 3-page lesson plan

  • Thought, Feeling, Action poster

  • Thought Check activity

  • Pressure Check worksheet

  • Feed Reality Check activity

  • How to Help a Friend worksheet

  • Real-life scenario cards and exit ticket

GRADE 8: Sas Looks Ahead — Stress, Choices & Staying Steady

45-minute lesson

Help eighth graders recognize stress warning signs, challenge anxious thinking, prepare for high school, and create a realistic plan for managing overwhelming situations.

  • Complete 3-page lesson plan

  • What's My Stress Zone? poster

  • My Warning Signs worksheet

  • Check the Evidence activity

  • The Part I Can Control worksheet

  • My Stress Plan with take-home wallet card

  • Who to Tell, and When help-seeking activity

  • Real-life scenario cards and exit ticket

PLUS: SCOPE & SEQUENCE AND COPING CARDS

Middle School Scope & Sequence

A coordinated, grade-by-grade plan showing how stress management, coping skills, circles of control, thinking skills, and help-seeking develop from sixth through eighth grade.

Includes learning objectives, ASCA standards alignment, suggested pacing, and follow-up booster activities.

16 Printable Reset Tools Cards

  • 12 coping strategies students can practice

  • 4 blank cards for personalized strategies

  • Reusable across all three grade levels

SKILLS STUDENTS WILL LEARN

  • Anxiety and stress management

  • Healthy coping strategies

  • Circles of control

  • Emotional regulation

  • Identifying stress warning signs

  • Challenging unhelpful thoughts

  • Managing friendship and social media stress

  • Handling peer pressure

  • Problem-solving and decision-making

  • Asking for help and supporting friends

PERFECT FOR

  • Middle school classroom counseling lessons

  • Grades 6, 7, and 8 SEL instruction

  • School counseling scope and sequence planning

  • Stress management and anxiety prevention lessons

  • Small-group counseling

  • Back-to-school and transition activities

  • Mental health awareness instruction

ASCA STANDARDS ALIGNMENT

Primary standard across all three grades:

B-SMS 7: Effective coping skills

Supporting standards include B-SMS 2, B-SS 3, B-LS 1, and B-SS 1.

WHY COUNSELORS WILL LOVE IT

Three grades. Three different lessons. One connected approach.

Instead of repeating the same anxiety lesson every year, students build on familiar coping concepts with new activities and age-appropriate situations.

The lessons are low-prep, printable, and designed specifically for school counselors. Each includes clear teaching directions, student activities, real-world scenarios, and opportunities to practice coping skills.

The scope and sequence makes it easy to plan consistent SEL instruction across your middle school program.

Help your middle school students SAS-SQUASH their worries, one coping skill at a time!

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