Executive Functioning Lesson on Planning Skills

Description

This executive functioning lesson is for teaching students about planning skills: organization, time management, task initiation and completion, and goal-setting. The focus is on developing self-awareness on how these skills are used to help us be successful. This topic can easily turn into a boring lecture, but the time management activities make it much more fun!

It was designed as a tier 1 classroom social emotional learning lesson (vs. an intervention) and works as a standalone lesson, or as part of an executive functioning unit.

Who is this resource for?

• School counselors, school social workers, classroom teachers – anyone delivering SEL lessons!
• It is recommended for students in 3rd-5th grades, but you know your students’ developmental levels and capabilities best

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This resource includes:

• Movement-based opener
• Slideshow for introducing and teaching what the planning skills are and what they look like
• Partner or group practice activity to plan a hypothetical afternoon (given scaffolds and constraints!)
• Independent worksheet for developing self-awareness and self-reflection
• Self-assessment
• Closing questions and exit ticket