What is our Purpose?  Essential Learning Targets: I will use metacognition to be successful in my daily life.  Learning Target: I will understand my.

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What is our Purpose?  Essential Learning Targets: I will use metacognition to be successful in my daily life.  Learning Target: I will understand my paradigm and how it affects my life.  Success Criteria:  Learn “be here now” technique  I will write a concluding sentence.  I will complete my finished paragraph.

Paragraph Structure  Topic Sentence Topic Sentence  Detail Detail  Detail  Concluding sentence Concluding sentence

How it fits?  Topic Sentences  Details  Concluding sentence  Ends the paragraph  Ties your details back to your point  Similar in topic as topic sentence BUT different words

Write your SIGNAL!

Brainbreak  Learning strategy;  Movement: 10 jumps  Hard work: 5 push-outs  Relaxation: Repeat our “focus” strategy; be here now

Strategies  Our book and our class is about finding strategies to be a better student.  Strategies Strategies  What are they?  Why do I want to learn them?  How will they help me?