Executive Functioning Curriculum
EF Activities for Middle & High School
- Grades
- Grades 6–12
- Formats
- Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
- Pages
- 80
- Answer keys
- Included
Opens our store on Teachers Pay Teachers, where you can see the full preview and buy.
Teach executive functioning skills so they actually stick: one skill a week, practiced in real life. This complete executive functioning curriculum for middle and high school gives you 12 weeks of ready-to-teach EF activities: 10 skills, 40 practical strategies, a pre and post self-assessment, weekly goal check-ins, progress-monitoring sheets and an IEP goal bank. Teen-respectful, no-prep and built for advisory, SEL, study skills, resource room or small groups.
What's included
- Teacher guide, a guide to using it in 5 settings (advisory, SEL, study skills, resource room, small groups) and differentiation (support, on level, challenge)
- 12-week pacing guide with objectives, 2-minute hooks and three schedule options
- IEP goal bank: 30 measurable sample goals (3 for each skill)
- Progress-monitoring data sheet with graph + group check-in data sheet
- CASEL and ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors alignment + table of contents
- Week 1 launch: "Meet Your Executive Functions" mini-lesson, 30-statement pre/post self-assessment and EF skills profile graph
- Weeks 2-11, one skill per week, 5 pages each: one-page mini-lesson, guided notes with word bank, practice activity, real-life application (school, home, job and sports) and a Reflect & Set a Goal page with a weekly check-in and exit ticket
- The 10 skills: planning & prioritizing, organization, time management, task initiation, working memory, sustained attention, flexible thinking, self-monitoring, emotional control, goal-directed persistence
- 10 practice activities with real data and documents: Priority Points, Desk & Drive Makeover, Ethan's Tuesday (time blocks), The Start-Time Tracker, Capture It (lab directions + voicemail), Focus Lab, "Plan B, Plan C" (bus reroute), Error Log Detective, The Reaction Chain, Goal Coach
- 40 real-life scenarios across school, home, a job and sports
- Week 12: "Then & Now" post-assessment comparison + "My EF Toolkit" capstone project, toolkit builder and 20-point rubric
- 10 desk strategy cards (one per skill)
- 16 scenario task cards + recording sheet
- 12 family take-home notes (one for each week)
- Complete answer keys for every guided-notes page, practice page, exit ticket and task card
How to use it
Teach one skill a week for 12 weeks. Short periods? Split each week into two 25-30 minute sessions. Longer classes? Add the real-life page, scenario cards and practice with real assignments. Every skill week also stands alone, so you can choose the skills your students need most from their Week 1 profiles. It works for whole classes, resource rooms, counseling groups and one-on-one sessions. Print and go: just cut apart the cards and family notes.
Skills practiced
Planning & prioritizingorganizationtime managementtask initiationworking memorysustained attentionflexible thinkingself-monitoringemotional controlgoal-directed persistencegoal settingself-reflection
