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Cyrus and His 5 Senses
Cyrus and His 5 Senses
4 pages
Author: Emily Johnson
SCHOOL
ANXIETY
SENSORY
STRUGGLE
BRAVERY
Summary
1.Cyrus is a black male 4th grader 2.Cyrus is in school and gets overwhelmed in math class due to feeling pressure about a math question that he doesn’t have an answer to. 3.All these thoughts came into his head: -I’m not smart -Why don’t I understand -I’ll never be good at school -Everyone’s better than me -Numbers and signs 4.He started to have an anxiety attack: -His heart started to race -He felt like he couldn’t breath -He was shaking and a bit dizzy -He felt sad, angry, confused, and a bit scared 5.His teacher, Mr.A, came over and sat down next to Cyrus (And he asked Cyrus...) 6. Tell me 5 things you can see: (1.The ground) (2.Mr.A’s tie) (3.His fingernails) (4.His pencil) (5.The green poster on the classroom wall) 7. Tell me 4 things you can touch: (1.His other hand) (2.His pants) (3.The zipper on his sweater) (4.the carpet) 8. Tell me 3 things you can hear: (1.Mr.A’s voice) (2.Music from the other classroom) (3.The classroom clock) 9. Tell me 2 things you can smell: (1. The pineapple pencil he got from his mom) (2.pine cones from the melty wax thing Mr.A puts on whenever the room gets a little…) 10. Tell me 1 thing you can taste: (1.The breakfast burrito from earlier that had eggs, bacon, and peppers…it didn’t taste that good, honestly, but I still ate it!) 11. Cyrus had calmed down! Mr.A asked him what happened and he told him. Mr.A heard him, helped him and walked with him to get water. 12. Later, Cyrus had some of the same thoughts come again in science class, but he remembered to think about his five senses!
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