Middle School Executive Functioning Lesson: Working Memory, Grades 6-8

Can you hold on to a list of directions? Students find out. Working memory is the "workspace" that holds information for a short time while you use it, and this lesson gives students four strategies to lighten the load: Write It Down, Chunk It, Say It Back and Picture It.

What's inside

• 17 slides, with speaker notes on all 17
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Answer key, 1 page
• Strategy Cards, 1 page: 4 cards plus 2 blank "My Own Strategy" cards
• Word wall cards, 1 page
• Exit ticket, 1 page, two to a page

Answer key included

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