Tuesday, January 30, 2018 What You Need: Springboard Notebook While You Wait: Take out your SOAPSTone organizer you started last week and continue evaluating the article about homework.

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Today’s Agenda Today’s Learning Target(s) SOAPSTone– Homework Article Today’s Learning Target(s) I will evaluate the elements of an argumentative text. Homework/Important Date(s) Membean–180 minutes/12 sessions–due March 4 by midnight Membean– January Assessment– 5 bonus points for completing in first 24 hours! USA TestPrep Sentence Structure Assignments– due February 3rd by midnight Evidence of Independent Reading– Log #3– due February 5th

Applying SOAPSTone: “Kids have three times too much homework, study finds; what’s the cost?” The article provided will be used as research for our class model essay. Continue evaluating the article using the SOAPSTone organizer you created on your notebook paper. When you are finished, turn in your organizer to the class tray. You may then work on any of the following: Membean USA TestPrep Evidence of Independent Reading Journaling

USA TestPrep– Sentence Structure You will be completed a series of assignments that focus on sentence structure (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex). Your assignment will show up under the assignments tab. There are five assignments in this group. You must do them in order. Your benchmark will count as a pre-test. It is due today. Do your best. It may get you out of future assignments. When you are finished with the benchmark, you should continue with the other assignments in the group. You will receive a grade in Synergy for the last two assignments. You can attempt them up to 3 times to improve your score. These are due by February 3rd.

What questions do you have that I haven’t thought to address yet What questions do you have that I haven’t thought to address yet? Write them on a post-it note and place it on the board.

Supplies to Help Our Class As we start the new semester, there are a few important items we are starting to run short on. If you are able to, I would appreciate any of the following donations: Tissues Scotch Tape Refills Glue Sticks Computer Paper

Due: January 29, 2018 (at midnight) Membean January Requirements 135 Minutes Total No Less Than 9 Sessions/Days Sessions Should Be No Longer Than 15 minutes No More Than 15 Minutes In A 24 Hour Period Students off track at the beginning of each week will be placed on a Membean Contract to get themselves back on track. Due: January 29, 2018 (at midnight) January Assessment– The January Assessment will be pushed out on January 30th. Students who complete the assessment during the first 24 hours will receive 5 bonus points.