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Post date: Dec 8, 2014 2:47:57 PM
In December's AVID Newsletter you'll find information about WICOR Yoga, KHS Visit to the U of M, VVE's College Gear Day, ways VVE students engage in collaborative work, the AVID One Pager Strategy, and current articles from AVID Weekly
Spotlight on AVID
Kennedy AVID 9th Graders Visit the University of Minnesota
Valley View Elementary College Gear Day
VVM AVID Students do WICOR Yoga!
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Valley View Elementary Students Engage in Collaborative Work!
Using the "Cats and Fish" discussion format to discuss articles they read.
Working together to identify why some math problems are trickier than others!
Discussing connections, predictions and inferences through higher-level questions about a piece of text.
AVID Resources
WICOR Strategy of the Month:
A One Pager
Valley View Elementary 5th graders created one pagers for The Island of the Blue Dolphins.
A One Pager is a single-page response that shows students' understanding of something they have read or something they have learned about. It is a way of making a representation of individual, unique understandings and it is a way to be creative!
Students will...
- use blank paper (not lined paper)
- fill up the entire page
- use color and patterns to illustrate your thoughts and ideas clearly and creatively,
- include the title and author of the book they have read
- create a border around the page (e.g. important words or characters from the story the theme of the story, or even a pattern of pictures or symbols that reminds them of something from the story),
- include many elements of understanding (pictures, quotes, personal thoughts), not just a summary
Additional Options:
- Important quotes that make students think or wonder, or remind them of something. Students use different colors or writing styles for each quote.
- An illustration of something important to students from the book.
- A few “I wonder…” questions.
- The theme of the story.
- Important places or characters. This can include both pictures and descriptions of them.
- Personal thoughts about the book:
- a connection
- an opinion about something that happened in the book
- a final thought about the book
AVID Weekly Article of the Month:
Elementary:
New Health Scans Provide Data on Ancient Mummies
This article describes the process of using CAT scans to learn more about Egyptian health and history by analyzing mummy remains.
Secondary:
Schools Add Yoga to Helps Students Unwind
In the article “Schools add yoga to help students unwind,” Lauren Roth discusses the importance of teaching students how to calm the mind and deal with stress.
All AVID Weekly articles, lesson plans and activities are archived monthly and available in the following Google Folders for anyone to access and use:
AVID Support and Events
Upcoming AVID Events
Informational/instructional videos, handouts and downloads over 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.
VVM and KHS AVID Site Visit
Tuesday, December 16
- Guests from Minnesota State University-Mankato and Waseca Public Schools will be touring Valley View Middle School and Kennedy High School to learn more about Bloomington's secondary AVID Programs. They will observe the AVID Elective, Tutorials, and a variety of content classes to see AVID practices in action!
This web meeting allows coordinators and teachers a wide variety of dates and times to choose from to best fits their schedule.
*If you would like access to any of these resources and do not currently have an account on my.Avid.org, contact Kelly Killorn
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