Executive Functioning Skills and 

Our visual schedule to share who is in the group today, what story we are reading, and if we are doing an activity before we leave.

Group introduction. "Who is in our group today? Are we ready to think about the group plan?"

Using our thought bubbles to show that we have a thought response to the group discussion.

Taking a book walk through our story, Thinking With Your Eyes, to review before playing our game.

During guided reading, while introducing a new word from our story, a kindergartener drew a thought bubble to tell me he was having a thought about what we were learning, "just like we do in social group!"