Executive Functioning
Executive Functioning is important because:
Opinion based!
What is a result that a person wants and works for?
The things you need to bring to class everyday:
What is your chromebook, pencil, and binder (schoolwork)
Working memory - what animal was hidden throughout a PowerPoint a few weeks ago?
BONUS - do you remember how many?
Squirrel! (9)
True or False - you have control over your own executive functioning
True!
Prioritizing
What is determine the order for dealing with (a series of items or tasks) according to their importance
What do we do in class every day:
- Lesson
- Missing Work Check
What is a coping mechanism and name the one that works best for you!
Strategies used to manage stress and difficult emotions
Name the 3 types of Stress Responses
What is Fight, Flight, or Freeze
Task Initiation
What is the ability to start a task?
What are fidgets
Tools not toys
Where do you check the following:
- missing work report?
- new copies of assignments?
BONUS - what do you do if you don't know?
- Infinite campus (two ways!)
-Schoology
Executive Functioning helps us (2):
What is control behavior and achieve goals
Motivation
What is the reason for behaviors or for acting a certain way
You are graded on:
Participation and preparedness
Name an organization tool:
BONUS: why is it important to stay organized?
Planner, google calendar, checklist, binder, trapper keeper
Name 3 components of executive functioning
What is:
Planning, Prioritizing, Organization, Focus, Flexibility, Time Management, Stress Tolerance, Impulse Control, Goal Setting, etc.
Executive Functioning
What is a set of skills that underlie our capacity to plan ahead and meet goals, display self-control, follow multiple-step directions even when interrupted, and stay focused despite distractions, among others.
Name 2 of the classroom rules we discussed at the beginning of the semester
Be Kind, Be Respectful, Listen Etc.
*check out classroom rules and character traits!
Prioritize this list:
Study for an exam at the end of the week
Complete algebra homework for tomorrow
Research a science project due in two months
1. Algebra Homework
2. Study
3. Research