Executive Functioning Essentials

Teach students how to plan smarter—not harder—with this Backward Mapping lesson and activity. This resource helps middle school students break down assignments, projects, and test preparation into clear, manageable steps while building essential executive functioning and study skills. Perfect for students who feel overwhelmed or don’t know where to start, this activity guides them step-by-step through planning backwards from a goal to create a realistic, actionable plan. Perfect For:Middle schoo

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Students may request the chance to retake a test by reflecting on their performance, communicating with guardians and teachers, and taking the initiative to do so. This is excellent to support study skills and test-taking skills in middle school. This allows students to take ownership of their studying and communicate with their family and teacher.

Enhance your students' creativity, responsibility, note-taking abilities, research abilities and time management skills with this project. Start by having students take Cornell notes on a class-wide article to promote engagement and note-taking practice. Then, let them independently research, take notes and create a final product based on a topic of their choice. Give the project an authentic touch by having students send their product to a travel agency, professional climber, gear shop, or othe

SUPER flexible printable that I use with many of my class assignments. This poster/ handout covers 11 executive function skills. This can be used alongside any class activity for students to: - identify EF skills that will be needed for the assignment - for group/ partner activities, students can balance each other's strengths/weaknesses - reflect on an assignment and what EF skills were used The checkboxes can be used by the teacher OR student

Cornell notes is a note-taking strategy to support organizing notes, formulating questions, and summarizing information. This resource can be used in any subject to help with note-taking and studying. It comes in four different versions: blank, lined, graph, and dotted.

I use this template for study hall and in academic skills. This supports students who have missing assignments piling up or students who need a "one-sheet wonder" to stay on top of assignments Start by writing in classes that have upcoming or missing assignments in. Then, write in 1-3 assignments with due dates (when they were due or are due). Prioritize top “must dos” by writing numbers 1-3. Examples of priority assignments are ones that are worth more points or activities that build on one an

This resource can be used with any article that you feel is suitable and engaging for your students. It provides a step-by-step template that guides students through the process of annotating the article and writing a reflection. The template includes bullet points to help students plan their approach to the assignment, a list of things to look for when annotating, and a rubric for evaluating the reflection.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with our engaging and informative activity pack! In this resource, your students will have the opportunity to explore the history and culture of this important holiday through a variety of activities. This activity pack includes: A Cinco de Mayo reading passage that provides an overview of the holiday's origins and significance.Short answer questions that require students to use text evidence to support their answers.A graphic organizer that asks students to identify the

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This product includes two variations of the student vision board template and a handout with ideas and prompts. The ideas and prompts page can either be printed for individual students or displayed for everyone to view. The vision board templates can be utilized in a variety of ways, such as: cutting and pasting images from magazines or online sourcesdrawing and writing descriptions of imageswriting down bulleted ideas in the provided boxes.

Using an article of your choice (or students' choice), learners will review and reflect on the content by following a rubric. Some sources to use alongside this worksheet are: - Newsela - Scholastic - Time for Kids - Wonderopolis

This can be implemented at the start of the new year when students return from their holiday break. The students will be able to set, track, and accomplish goals.