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Prioritizing and Organization Skills

Lesson Plan

Prioritizing and Organization Skills

Prioritizing and organization

This lesson focuses on teaching 8th-grade students the essential skills of prioritizing and organizing tasks effectively. By engaging in experiential and active learning activities, students will learn how to manage their time and tasks efficiently, which is crucial for academic success and personal development. This lesson will help students reduce stress and improve productivity by learning to prioritize tasks and organize their schedules.

Audience

8th Grade

Time

30 mins

Approach

Experiential Learning, Active Learning

Materials

Worksheet on Prioritizing and Organization, and Video: How to Manage Your Time Better

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Begin with a brief discussion on the importance of prioritizing and organization in daily life.
  • Ask students to share examples of when they felt overwhelmed with tasks and how they managed it.

Step 2

Executive Functioning Introduction

5 mins

  • Explain what executive functioning skills are: mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks.
  • Conduct a quick activity: Ask students to list steps needed to complete a simple task (e.g., making a sandwich) and discuss how executive functioning skills help in organizing these steps.

Step 3

Video Viewing

5 mins

Step 4

Group Activity

10 mins

  • Divide students into small groups.
  • Provide each group with a scenario where they have multiple tasks to complete (e.g., homework, chores, extracurricular activities).
  • Ask them to prioritize the tasks and create a plan to organize their time effectively.

Step 5

Worksheet Completion

5 mins

  • Distribute the worksheet on prioritizing and organization.
  • Have students individually complete the worksheet, applying what they learned from the video and group activity.

Step 6

Closure

5 mins

  • Discuss as a class the different strategies students used to prioritize and organize tasks.
  • Encourage students to reflect on how they can apply these skills in their daily lives.
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Worksheet

Prioritizing and Organization Worksheet

This worksheet helps students practice prioritizing and organizing tasks. It includes scenarios and questions to guide students in applying the skills learned during the lesson.

List three tasks you need to complete this week and rank them in order of priority.

Consider deadlines and importance.







Describe a strategy you can use to organize your time effectively for these tasks.

Think about using a planner or setting reminders.







Reflect on a time when you felt overwhelmed. How could prioritizing and organizing have helped?








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