AVID April 2015
Post date: Apr 12, 2015 4:21:47 PM
In April's AVID Newsletter you'll find information on the 10% Summary ant START Topic Sentence strategies, Valley View Middle School's 2nd Annual AVID Sponsored Dance, Kennedy High School AVID students' recent field trips, Valley View Middle School's 2nd Annual 8th Grade Goals Presentations, new articles from AVID Weekly, and available AVID resources.
Spotlight on AVID
Kennedy AVID Students Visit Hennepin Tech
AVID 9th and 10th grade students visited Hennepin Technical College to get a tour of the programs offered. It was a great experience!
Kennedy AVID Students Meet Toro Ementors
Kennedy AVID Students Attend Cargill Career Day
Tenth grade AVID students attended the Cargill career day. This was a full day of breakout sessions focused on a variety of careers found at Cargill.
Ninth grade AVID students met their e-mentors at Toro Company in Bloomington. Students corresponded with their e-mentors through email once a week for 7 weeks. Students had the chance to ask questions about career and college. They also attended a meet-and-greet, which included a keynote speaker, lunch, and tour of the company.
AVID Resources
WICOR Strategy of the Month:
10 Percent Summary and START Topic Sentence
This summarizing strategy helps students use the main or most important ideas within a text that relate to one another and write them into a shorter, coherent whole. See the attachment for a student handout of directions.
- students determine two to four central ideas within the text and write one complete sentence describing each.
- students use the 'S"T"Art' template to create the topic sentence:
AVID Weekly Article of the Month:
Elementary: Soccer Ball Timeline
This activity is intended to provide students an opportunity to utilize organizational and note-taking skills while learning about advancements in technology related to the evolution of the soccer ball. Students use information from a graphic, focusing on features of a timeline, and organize data into a 3-column chart.
Secondary: Are cities treading a slippery slope considering bans on sledding?
In the article “Are cities treading a slippery slope considering bans on sledding,” James Fussell argues that the true meaning behind the ban on sledding is not to protect locals from injury, but rather to protect local governments from lawsuits.
All AVID Weekly articles, lesson plans and activities are archived monthly and are available in the following Google Folders for anyone to access and use:
S = Source
T = Title
A = Author
R = Right verb
T = Topic
- students add their previously developed central idea sentences to complete the summary.
In ________________ (Source is italicized) article ____________ ("Title" in quotes), ___________ (author's last name) ___________ (Right verb, e.g. argued, explained, discussed, proposed) __________ (Topic - in a few words describe what the article is about). Write the two to four central idea sentences in the remaining space.
AVID Support and Events
Online AVID Support
Daily/weekly elective class lesson plans
Informational/instructional videos, handouts and downloads covering many AVID Essentials, including Writing, Inquiry, Tutorials, Data and Site Teams.
A time-sensitive support and collaboration forum for AVID Elective Teachers and Site Coordinators, providing an opportunity to collaborate with other coordinators and teachers from all over the country about issues and topics affecting their students and classes right now.
Upcoming AVID Events
SAVE THE DATE!
You are invited to attend Valley View Middle School's Second Annual Goal Setting presentation! Please come and listen to 8th grade AVID students discuss their short-, mid-, and long-range goals.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 6th, 8:30am - 9:30am
WHERE: Valley View Middle School Cafetorium
Watch the video slideshow below for photos of last year's event
This web meeting allows coordinators and teachers a wide variety of dates and times to choose from to best fit their schedules.
*If you would like access to any of these resources and do not currently have an account on my.Avid.org, contact Kelly Killorn