Embedded Files
Post date: Feb 11, 2016 12:00:17 AM
In February’s AVID Newsletter you'll find information on Valley View 8th Grade AVID Students' visit to Kennedy High School, an AVID Culturally Relevant Teaching Breakout Session, Valley View Elementary One-Pagers and Site Visit, AVID Weekly Articles, Using WICOR with Online Technologies, AVID professional development opportunities, and upcoming AVID Events in the area.
Spotlight on AVID
VVE One-Pagers
Valley View Elementary 5th graders created one-pagers after reading the historical fiction novel, Number the Stars.
Welcome to AVID!
Beginning this fall, Bloomington is adding another school to our AVID program: Indian Mounds Elementary!
AVID Elementary is designed to be embedded into the daily instruction of all elementary classrooms, across entire grade levels, to impact school-wide structures. AVID’s implementation resources, trainings, and philosophy are all grounded in the idea that the growth mindset can be taught to students, and it is through the growth mindset that AVID students succeed in following their dreams and fulfilling their aspirations. The addition of the 4th and 5th grade teams at Indian Mounds provides even more of our Bloomington students with the skills they need to successfully make the transition from elementary to middle school.
A one-pager is a strategy for responding to a text through writing and illustration.
Students fill the entire sheet of paper with:
- two or more direct quotes from the text
- one or more drawn pictures/symbols related to the quotes or to the reading as a whole
- a written personal response, including comments, connections, or interpretations, and
- anything else that is relevant to the reading.
AVID CRT Breakout Session
Eighth grade AVID students from Valley View Middle School visited Kennedy High School on Friday, January 15th. While there, they met teachers, administrators, and students; attended class with a high school buddy; learned about the amazing opportunities for students at KHS; interacted with a panel of high school students; and enjoyed a pizza lunch. Quote of the day: "That is the best field trip we went on all year!"
VVE AVID Central Site Visit
During January’s workshop day, Kennedy High School and Valley View Middle School teamed up to offer a breakout session on Culturally Relevant Teaching practices. Don’t worry if you missed the session. The presentation is available to all staff and materials are linked within.
Shannon Bailey, our AVID Central Division Program Manager, visited Valley View Elementary on Tuesday, February 9. During her visit, she met with the 4th and 5th grade teams, Principal Cori Thompson, and observed students during class. It was a great visit and helped the team begin preparing for the upcoming showcase taking place at Valley View on April 8, 2016.
AVID Resources
AVID Weekly Article of the Month
Elementary: Mowed Swamp Breeds Mosquitoes
In the graphic “Mowed swamp breeds mosquitoes,” the author addresses the attempt to reduce the populations of one type of mosquito by cutting down plants in a specific area.
Secondary: Musical Preferences are Linked to Cognitive Styles
WICOR Strategy of the Month
In the journal article, “Musical Preferences are Linked to Cognitive Styles,” the authors researched how musical preferences are related to cognitive styles. The researchers found that there are consistent associations between empathy and musical preferences. The researchers extended their research findings to examine how music preferences are related to different brain types. They concluded that musical preferences do correlate with different cognitive types.
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:
This handbook offers writing, inquiry, collaboration, and reading strategies. It provides explanations for how to implement each strategy using both face-to-face and online formats.
AVID Support and Events
Upcoming AVID Professional Development Opportunities
FREE AVID School Showcases in our area
- March 9: McGuire Middle School, Lakeville, MN
- April 8: Valley View Elementary School, Bloomington, MN
FREE AVID Elementary Workshop
Topics: Reading/Writing to Learn Strategies, Critical Reading Strategies, Innovative Strategies for Incorporating Note-Taking
- February 22: South Washington County
FREE AVID Elective Teacher Workshop
- March 18: Valley View Middle School, Bloomington, MN
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.
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-Moravec
Report abuse