Executive Functioning
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What is a planner or online calendar?
The belief that most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work.
What is growth mindset?
This acronym gives us a way to have difficult conversations.
What is IQEE?
The emotion and phyiscal response to external factors.
What is the definition of stress?
This is the definition of Connections.
What is a class that focuses on social emotional learning and building community?
The abilities in our brains that help us do tasks.
What are executive functioning skills?
You are a certain kind of person, and nothing can be done to change that.
What is fixed mindset?
These are the four different quadrants of the Courageous Conversations compass.
What are Believing, Thinking, Feeling, and Acting?
This is how anxiety is different from stress.
What is persistent and excessive worry?
The idea that our lived experiences contribute to creating unique points of view.
What are multiple perspectives?
This is the definition of working memory.
What is our ability to hold information in our heads while we are using that information?
These are some of the benefits of identifying personal strengths.
What are combating frustration and rigidity, building growth mindset, building self-confidence?
What is Interrupt, Question, Educate, Echo?
Give an example of reframing an automatic negative thought to a helpful thought.
Answers will vary.
Example: I am the worst at fractions, I'm going to fail this test.
Fractions are hard for me, I need to spend more time studying and ask for help.
This is the purpose of community circles.
What is building belonging in a classroom community and to reinforce SEL lessons?
Name two different memory strategies.
What are chunking, rehearsing, making a story, drawing, using mnemonics, paraphrasing, visualizing, or write it down?
This is an example of a SMART goal.
Answers may vary.
Example: What is:
I will participate in art club at least two times before the end of the semester.
Name two potential consequences of ignoring slurs and discrimination.
What are destruction of self-confidence, shame, guilt, inability to learn and enjoy school, powerlessness, and inability to relate to others.
These are the three words on the blue cognitive triangle.
What are behaviors, thoughts, and feelings?
These are the benefits of SEL.
What are supporting building healthy relationships, increase self-awareness, increase academic achievement (11% increase!), increase self-regulation?
Name at least five executive functioning skills.
What are planning, organization, time management, task-initiation, self-control, metacognition, attention, working memory, flexibility, and perseverance?
This is what SMART stands for in SMART goals.
What is Specific, Measurable, Relevant, and Timely?
What is unwanted aggressive action, something that happens over and over, and an action from a position of power.
What are the three criteria for bullying?
This is the definition of guided imagery.
What is a relaxation technique where you use your imagination to help lower stress, pain, or other negative feelings?
This is one thing that surprised you about buddies.
What are building connections, building positive school culture, leadership opportunities, modeling for younger students, help to identify personal strengths.