AVID October 2014
Post date: Oct 13, 2014 10:32:06 PM
In October's AVID Newsletter you'll find information about VVE's AVID Culture and 2-column note-taking, the AVID elective 10-step tutorial process, the graffiti silent conversation strategy, AVID Weekly articles and resources, and upcoming AVID Events.
Spotlight on BPS AVID
10 Steps of the AVID Elective Tutorial
See the attached document below for more information on the tutorial process.
BEFORE the Tutorial
1. Students take Cornell notes during content classes.
2. Students complete the Tutorial Request Form (TRF).
3. Teacher/tutors check the students' TRF pre-work and Cornell notes.
DURING the Tutorial
4. Students get into tutorial groups (7 students :1 tutor)
5. The student presenter gives a 30-second speech describing his/her
pre-work.
6. Group members/tutors use inquiry to guide the student presenter in
clarifying his/her point of confusion.
7. Steps 5 and 6 are repeated for all group members.
AFTER the Tutorial
8. Students reflect on their learning.
9. Students turn in their TRFs for grading.
10. Teacher/tutors/students debrief the tutorial process.
AVID 9th graders at Kennedy High School work in their tutorial groups to identify and describe the most important aspects of each step in the tutorial process.
Elementary AVID Culture
VVE 5th Graders Take 2-Column Notes
The 5th grade classrooms and hallway at Valley View Elementary show AVID strategies and student goals for the future.
2-column notes lay the foundation for 3-column notes and eventually Cornell notes. In the left column, students record main ideas, concepts and/or questions. In the right column, students write details, facts, summaries and/or use visuals to capture important information.
AVID Resources
AVID Weekly Articles of the Month
Elementary: Threats to the Honey Bee
This article/activity is intended to provide students an opportunity to explore inquiry strategies through interaction with an informational graphic. Students move through Costa's Levels of Thinking to build knowledge and an understanding of these concepts while identifying facts, making connections to prior knowledge, and developing opinions supported by the informational text. Students expand their knowledge of threats to honeybees including insecticides, pesticides, malnutrition, and parasites.
Secondary: Getting Started: Young Americans Average on Personal Finance Knowledge
The author of this article argues that U.S. students should out-perform students of other countries in the area of financial literacy. As they read, students can circle key terms that relate to the topic of finance, and underline details that support the author's claim. In the right margin, students can summarize important details that the author uses to prove her point.
WICOR Strategy of the Month
Graffiti Silent Conversations
All AVID Weekly articles, lesson plans and activities are archived monthly and available in the following Google Folders for anyone to access and use:
Graffiti conversations are silent conversations that take place on poster paper, allowing students to engage in dialogue around key lesson concepts. They can take place during all phases of learning: activating prior knowledge, connecting students back to a key concept from the beginning of a lesson/unit, formatively assessing students' understanding, or reflecting at the end of the lesson/unit.
Several sheets of poster paper are set up around the room with different writing prompts. Silently, small groups of students respond to the prompt on one poster, using words and/or pictures, each using a different colored marker and/or post-it ntoes. After a few minutes, groups of students move to a new poster, read the previous students' responses, and respond to the new prompt. This continues until all students have had a chance to respond to all poster prompts.
Upcoming AVID Events
Online AVID Support
Content Area Path Training:
Daily/weekly elective class lesson plans
Informational/instructional videos, handouts and downloads featuring many AVID Essentials, including Writing, Inquiry, Tutorials, Data, and Site Teams.
- Cost $445 (register by Oct. 7, $485 after)
- November 4-5, 2014 in North St. Paul, MN
- Strands to be offered include:
- Leadership for Implementation MS/HS
- Counseling MS/HS
- Advancing the AVID Elective 3
- Tutorology 2
- Critical Reading 1
- Math 1
- Science 1
- Culturally Relevant Teaching: Empowering Students
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 fit their schedules.
AVID Elective Teacher Workshops:
- October 28, 2014 in St. Paul, MN
Site Team Workshop:
- November 19, 2014 in Plymouth, MN