MEGA BUNDLE Executive Functioning Skills Unit Lessons & Activities for Teens

Do your students struggle with executive functioning deficit? Improve executive functioning skills by explicitly teaching your students' all eight executive functioning skills: planning & prioritizing, time management & task initiation, organization, attention, working memory, self-control & self-regulation, perseverance and the problem solving process as well as a rubric for their skill use. 

These digital, no prep, interactive lessons and activities each include at least one teaching video, strategies, tools, and apps for students to use to help learn how to improve their executive functioning skills. These digital lessons and activities are perfect for high school or middle school students that need explicit instruction on each skill and includes direct explanations on what each skill is, and how the process works. The lesson includes practice scenarios and the ability to apply the skill to their own life. Graphic organizers are included with each skill to act as a visual aid for the process. 

Whether you teach general education, special education, are a speech language pathologist or other support professional this resource is what your students need! Works for in person or online learning! Can be done digitally or on paper.

What are executive functioning skills?

Executive functioning skills are the skills you need to be a successful person. These skills involve: planning, prioritizing, time management, working memory, self-control, metacognition, attention, task initiation, and perseverance.

Students who struggle in school often have weak executive functioning skills. In order to be successful in school and in life, students who struggle need to be taught these skills explicitly. I have created an entire course and curriculum at my school based on this premise, and have students to this day come back and tell me that the “real world skills” they learned in my class, help them as adults. (Over 90% graduation rate for students who take my class)

INCLUDED: * COMPLETE No Prep Lesson & Activities for Teens + Digital Rubric
1. Planning & Prioritizing

46 Google Slides: (can also be printed and done on paper)

• 2 Instructional Videos for Students to Watch - 10 minutes total
  (1 Video is Teaching the Skill, 1 Video Reviews Activity Directions & Examples)
• 1 Student Video on How to Make a Copy/Save their Digital Planner Template
• 3 Slides of Teacher Directions/Suggestions
• 32 slides for students

2. Time Management & Task Initiation

27 Google Slides: (can also be printed and done on paper)

• 1 Instructional Video for Students to Watch
• 2 Slides of Teacher Directions/Suggestions
• 25 slides for students

3. Organization

34 Google Slides: (can also be printed and done on paper)

• 2 Instructional Videos for Students to Watch - 10 minutes total
  (1 Video is Teaching the Skill, 1 Video Reviews Activity Directions & Examples)
• 2 Slides of Teacher Directions/Suggestions
• 30 slides for students

4. Self-Regulation & Self Control

39 Google Slides: (can also be printed and done on paper)

• 2 Instructional Videos for Students to Watch - 14 minutes total
  (1 Video is Teaching the Skill, 1 Video Reviews Activity Directions & Examples)
• 3 Slides of Teacher Directions/Suggestions
• 36 Slides for students

5. Attention

37 Google Slides: (can also be printed and done on paper)

• 2 Instructional Videos for Students to Watch - 10 minutes total
  (1 Video is Teaching the Skill, 1 Video Reviews Activity Directions & Examples)
• 3 Slides of Teacher Directions/Suggestions
• 1 Video of my OWN Take a Break Corner
• 32 slides for students:

6. Working Memory

44 Google Slides: (can also be printed and done on paper)

• 2 Instructional Videos for Students to Watch - 9 minutes total
  (1 Video is Teaching the Skill, 1 Video Reviews Activity Directions & Examples)
• 2 Videos to ‘test’ students working memory - 1 Visual, 1 Auditory 
• 3 Slides of Teacher Directions/Suggestions
• 1 Video of my OWN Take a Break Corner (examples of fidgets included)
• 40 slides for students

7. Perseverance

36 Google Slides: (can also be printed and done on paper)

• 2 Instructional Videos for Students to Watch - 12 minutes total
  (1 Video is Teaching the Skill, 1 Video Reviews Activity Directions & Examples)
• 4 Slides of Teacher Directions/Suggestions/Additional Resources
• 32 slides for students:

8. Problem Solving Process

27 Google Slides: (can also be printed and done on paper)

• 1 Instructional Video for Students to Watch
• 2 Slides of Teacher Directions/Suggestions
• 25 slides for students

HOW TO USE:
Please see the individual lesson slides for directions and teaching videos on how to use with students.

NOTES FOR USE:
- I would ONLY teach one skill per week, not all the skills in one week!
(This could last eight weeks)
- Each of these lessons took my students longer than 45 minutes, due to their ability level. (I used almost two full class periods)

- I have used this lesson for 9, 10, and 11th grade as well as my post grad students

9. Digital Rubric

• Year Long Rubric with options for customization and adding additional months
• Self Reflection Question Prompts (Editable) to Use with Students each month 
• 8 Instructional Slides - 2 for Student Use
• 3 Instructional Teacher Videos (can use one for students)

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Grade 10 Primarily students with mild to severe disabilities, & on the autism spectrum

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Check out my Executive Functioning Skills Lessons

→ BUNDLE 1 (Planning/Prioritizing, Time Management/Task Initiation, & Organization)

→ BUNDLE 2 (Self-Control/Self-Regulation, Attention, & Working Memory)

Individual Lessons:

• Problem Solving Process
• Planning/Prioritizing
• Time management/Task initiation
• Organization
• Working memory
• Self-control/Self-Regulation
• Attention
• Perseverance

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