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Friday, Jan 31

1/30/2025

Learning Intention

I can assess an online source using the 5 credibility criteria
I can evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a source.

Agenda

SSR
Study Tip #1 - Cold Recall/Review
Birds and Fake News
Source Credibility (slides)
- Currency - date published
- Relevance – does this source relate to your topic
- Authority - author/publisher have credentials to validate what they are writing about: they have extended education, work experience, proven research, etc.
- Accuracy - Source represents factually correct info, AND looks at ALL relevant facts, not just the ones that defends their perspective.
- Purpose – Reason something was published/outlook.

Thursday, Jan 30

1/30/2025

Agenda

SSR books in library
Topic brainstorm

Wednesday, Jan 29

1/29/2025

Learning Intention

note taking
learning conditions and goal setting

Agenda

Taking notes (slides)
Learning Conditions and Goals (slides)
Email Mr. Restad: (how to email a teacher)
- Make 1 process goal for this class, 1 process goal for your life this semester, and one product goal.

Tuesday, Jan 28

1/28/2025

LEARNING INTENTIONS

Policies
Neuroplasticity
Metacognition

AGENDA

Class policies (Open Disclosure)
Neuroplasticity and Metacognition (slides)
- Metacognitive Skills Self-Evaluation

Monday, Jan 27

1/26/2025

LEARNING INTENTIONS

What is learning
Growth vs. Fixed Mindsets
Neuroplasticity (if we get there)

AGENDA

Slides
Partner Discussion:
- What is learning?
- How does learning work?
- What does it take to learn a new skill? A new concept or idea?
- What makes something challenging to learn?
- How do you adapt to those challenges?
Read "The Key to Learning: Knowing how Learning Works". Stop and jot – Write down responses to these in your notebook/paper and be prepared to share them with your group.
1. What does the line “It’s not just what you know. It’s what you know about what you know” mean to you?
2. What strategies HAVE you learned that help assist learning and completing school assignments?
3. What are "metacognitive strategies”? Why do you think they help promote learning and success in school?
4. Of the learning strategies listed on the 2nd page, how many do you use now? Which ones do you think would be most helpful? Why?

THE WEEK AHEAD

Monday - How learning works
Tuesday - Open Disclosure and Neuroplasticity
Wednesday - Automatic Thoughts
Thursday - Input/Output goals
Friday - Review and Assessment

Wednesday and Thursday, Jan 22-23

1/21/2025

Good luck on finals.

Complete the fall semester in Google Classroom.

Tuesday, Jan 21

1/20/2025

EDIT ESSAYS

MLA FORMAT (listen… or Google it)
Separate paragraphs into individual sentences and evaluate grammar, punctuation, word choice. Then rejoin sentences to paragraphs. Don’t use grammar that you don’t know. (e.g. I don’t get semicolons, so don’t use them!)
Print/read it aloud - “Relative to silent reading, proofreading aloud improved detection of both types of errors [typos and grammatical]“ - American Psychological Association, 2022
Run that spell check
TURN IT

Monday, Jan 17

1/20/2025

Learning Intentions

Revising and editing

Agenda

Revise essay:
- Revision activities: Slides 8-12 in the Revision/editing Slide Show
IF YOU FINISH
- MLA formatting
- Using Google Citations

Friday, Jan 17

1/17/2025

Success Criteria

I can create a rough draft

AGENDA

Finish draft.
If you finish, take a 10 minute break then, start going through the revision and editing checklist. (Posted in Google Classroom)

Thursday, Jan 16

1/16/2025

Success Criteria

I can create a rough draft

AGENDA

Drafting your essay (slides). Goal is to have a completed draft by end of day tomorrow.

Wednesday, Jan 15

1/14/2025

Success Criteria

I can generate ideas to write about
I can create a rough draft

AGENDA
Finishg your planning sheet AND/OR begin drafting your essay. Goal is to draft as much of your essay as possible.

"Results of an analysis of variance showed performance declined significantly when listening to music."
Music links that won't mess your brain up while you write.

Lo-fi beats
Chillhop Essentials - I feel dumber just writing the word "chillhop" but it's pretty good stuff.
Bill Evans - Jazz
Miles Davis - Jazz
Gonzales - Piano
Brahams - Classical
Studio Ghibli - piano soundtracks
8 Best of Debussey - Classical Piano

Tuesday, Jan 14

1/13/2025

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Make a plan for organizing essay

AGENDA

Discuss Planning an essay (slides)
Essay Planning in google Classroom.

Monday, Jan 13

1/13/2025

Learning Intentions

Essay writing

Success Criteria

I can generate ideas for a topic
I can choose a topic on which I can create a specific, arguable, defendable thesis statement to guide my writing.

Agenda

Read Exemplar essays
- Write three notes/observations on EACH essay about what you notice as you read (organization, word choice, structure, main idea, evidence and reasoning, what you like, what you think is done well, etc.)
Begin brainstorming ideas, review invention and thesis (slides, assignment doc),
Routine Writing - Week 14 in Google Classroom
Begin planning your idea, approach, and focus.

Friday, Jan 10

1/10/2025

LAST DAY TO TURN IN MISSING WORK IS TODAY AT 3:15 PM

AGENDA

Catch up/Mental Health Day - CHOOSE ONE thing to do to get your head in a better place for the weekend.
- Start brainstorming essay ideas
- Catch up on homework
- Reflect through journaling
- Color
- Read for pleasure
- Try a meditation session
No one has EVER said, "You just need 45 more minutes on Youtube or you phone and you're mental health is going to skyrocket."

Monday, Jan 13

1/9/2025

DO NOW

Read and take notes on the two exemplar essays linked in the Google Classroom Assignment.

Learning Intentions

Topic Selection
Thesis writing

Agenda

Let's write some essays! (Essay Assignment Document)
- Invention and Planning
Select a topic and write a thesis

Success Criteria

I can choose a topic on which I can create a specific, arguable, defendable thesis statement to guide my writing.
I can find a valid source and educate myself on my chosen topic.

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