Executive functioning activities for middle and high school

Executive functioning skills are the ones that help students plan, organize, start, stick with and check their work. Many students are told to "get organized" without ever being shown how. These resources teach each skill directly, then give students scenarios, tools and routines to practice it.

You will find a full EF curriculum, quick lessons on time management, study skills and note-taking, task initiation strategies, working memory games and an EF escape room. They fit advisory, special education, study skills classes and school counseling.

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Executive Functioning Skills Bundle cover Save 26% Executive Functioning Skills Bundle Grades 6–10, 6 resources Executive Functioning Activities Bundle cover Save 25% Executive Functioning Activities Bundle Grades 6–12, 4 resources

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Executive Functioning Activities for Middle School cover Executive Functioning Activities for Middle School Grades 6–9 Time Management Activities for Teens cover Time Management Activities for Teens Grades 6–10 Study Skills Lessons cover Study Skills Lessons Grades 6–10 Cornell Notes Template & Note-Taking Strategies cover Cornell Notes Template & Note-Taking Strategies Grades 6–12 New Year Goal Setting for Middle & High School cover New Year Goal Setting for Middle & High School Grades 6–12 Self-Advocacy Skills for Students cover Self-Advocacy Skills for Students Grades 6–12 Executive Functioning Self-Assessment & Student Organization Checklist cover Free Executive Functioning Self-Assessment & Student Organization Checklist Grades 6–12 Executive Functioning Curriculum cover Executive Functioning Curriculum Grades 6–12 Task Initiation Activities cover Task Initiation Activities Grades 6–12 Behavior Tracker & IEP Goal Tracking cover Behavior Tracker & IEP Goal Tracking Grades 6–12 Executive Functioning Escape Room cover Executive Functioning Escape Room Grades 6–12 Impulse Control Activities cover Impulse Control Activities Grades 6–12 Logic Puzzles & Brain Teasers cover Logic Puzzles & Brain Teasers Grades 6–12 Genius Hour Passion Project cover Genius Hour Passion Project Grades 6–12 Working Memory Strategy Games cover Working Memory Strategy Games Grades 6–12 Executive Functioning Team Missions cover Executive Functioning Team Missions Grades 6–12 Digital Organization for Students cover Digital Organization for Students Grades 6–12

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