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Post date: Feb 8, 2014 3:42:01 PM
In February's AVID Newsletter you'll find information about VVMS's AVID sponsored semi-formal dance, AVID strategy breakout sessions offered at KHS, the GIST summarization strategy, the AVID Weekly curriculum tool for teaching critical reading skills, and see our own BPS students modeling S.L.A.N.T.
Spotlight on BPS AVID
This AVID student was out of breath as she excitedly described how much fun she was having dancing with her friends. Over 200 Valley View Middle School students attended the dance the evening of Friday, February 6th, and enjoyed music, treats, a raffle, and more. A good time was had by all!
Kennedy High School's
AVID Breakout Sessions
College Gear Days at
Valley View Elementary
Kristel Lehner presents a variety of easy to use AVID Critical Reading Strategies during the January 27th workshop day. This breakout session, in addition to other AVID breakout sessions, will be offered again during the March and May workshop days. All staff from all buildings are welcome! (See below for more information.)
The last Thursday of every month is College Gear Day at Valley View Elementary. Staff wear apparel promoting college awareness and supporting the school-wide "college-going culture".
Marking the text: one strategy taught during the breakout session.
News from the AVID District Office
AVID Weekly Subscription
AVID Weekly is a curriculum tool to help teach critical reading skills to students that have been proven to be a strong key to success in college and beyond. It uses current newspaper sources from the Los Angeles Times/Washington Post News Service to provide greater interest level for students and to broaden their critical reading skills to include various types of writing.
Ten new articles, sample lessons, and a matrix guide are available on the first of each month. All previous months’ materials from the current school year are archived and are accessible and downloadable to subscribers.
Critical Reading Strategies Addressed
• Marking The Text (including underlining claims and essential information, and circling key terms and cited authors)
• Charting The Text
• Writing In The Margins
• Summarizing Sections Of Text
A limited number of access codes are available at both VVMS and KHS (VVE should already have access codes). Please contact Cheryl Martin (KHS), Jill McDermott (VVMS) or Kelly Killorn (ESC) for more information.
Telling the AVID Story
What's the news from your AVID site? What success stories can you share? Do you have videos, photos or samples of students using WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, Reading) strategies?
We're collecting evidence like this to help spread the word and "tell the AVID story". Please bring items to share with your site team and email them to Kelly Killorn. In next month's newsletter, your picture/story/artifact may be featured in "Spotlight on Students"
AVID Resources
Do you know how to SLANT?
Bloomington AVID Students do! Watch this video to see VVE 5th, VVMS 7th & 8th and KHS 9th & 10th grade students modeling SLANT.
WICOR Strategy of the month:
Summarize using the "GIST"
S = Sit up
L = Lean forward/Listen
A = Ask questions
N = Note importance/Nod sincerely
T = Track the speaker
GIST (Generating Interactions between Schemata and Text) is a summarizing strategy. It can be used after any reading, video, lecture, class activity, etc. and in any content area! The students create a GIST by writing a summary limited to 20 words that precisely captures main idea(s) in one complete sentence. (Downloadable GIST Template available below.)
Online AVID Support
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.
This web meeting allows coordinators and teachers a wide variety of dates and times to choose from to best fits their schedule.
Upcoming AVID Events
AVID District Calendar
Check out the new AVID District Calendar! You have access through your Bloomington Google Apps login/password (the one that ends with @isd271.org). Please feel free to add upcoming events (just make sure to select "AVID District Calendar") and attend anything that is of interest to you!
AVID Breakout Sessions offered at Kennedy High School during the May workshop day:
• Cornell Notetaking
• Critical Reading
• Inquiry
Teachers from ALL schools are welcome to attend!
New Site Team Web Meetings
7:00am or 4:00pm
April 7
(Register at www.my.avid.org)
AVID Elective Teacher Workshops
• Fridley - Tuesday, February 25, 8:30 - 3:30
• Mendota Heights - Wednesday, March 5, 8:30 - 3:30
• Roseville - Tuesday, March 11, 8:30 - 3:30
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