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Post date: Oct 12, 2015 1:07:23 PM
In October's AVID Newsletter you'll find information on Valley View Elementary's recent college day and Cheetah Celebrates activities, Team-Building activities at Valley View Middle, Kennedy High School AVID Student ACT Preparation, AVID community-building celebrations, AVID professional development opportunities, and upcoming AVID Events in the area.
Spotlight on AVID
AVID at Valley View Elementary
AVID at Valley View Middle
College Day!
Eighth-grade students at Valley View Middle School work on their collaboration skills through team-building activities during the first few days of school.
5th Graders Participate in Cheetah Celebrates games and activities
AVID at Kennedy High School
Eleventh-grade AVID students have been using ePrep, an online test preparation tool, to prepare for their upcoming ACT Exams. ePrep uses scores from a practice English test and student answers to tailor learning for each individual. These pictures show students watching tutorial videos, which explain each of their incorrect answers.
Ninth- and tenth-grade students at Kennedy High School participate in team-building activities.
AVID Resources
AVID Weekly Article of the Month:
WICOR Strategy of the Month:
Elementary: New Arm, New Life
This article and photograph describe the physical and emotional journey of a woman who was recently fitted with a high-tech, bionic arm.
In the article “Target will stop labeling toys for boys or for girls. Good.” Rebecca Hains asserts that with concept of “gender neutrality” comes a huge culture shift within today’s society.
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:
AVID Claps
One way for students to begin feeling connected with their classmates is through participating in a common experience. As students begin to progress through the stages of developing relational capacity, AVID Claps can become one of the key elements in establishing a group identity and group unity.
AVID Resource of the Month:
AVID Critical Thinking and Engagement: A School-wide Approach is designed to help teachers school-wide integrate high-engagement strategies into their classes.
AVID Support and Events
Upcoming AVID Professional Development Opportunities
Tutor Training
Tuesday, October 27 (register by October 20)
Fairview Community Center
1910 County Road B West
Roseville, MN 55113
AVID Elective Teacher Workshops
Workshops include modules on Content Specific Critical Reading, Cognitive Organization, and Text-Dependent Inquiry
Date/Location Options (content is the same for all four):
Tuesday, October 20 (Mankato)
Tuesday, October 27 (Maplewood)
Thursday, November 12 (Eden Prairie)
Monday, November 16 (Minneapolis)
Site Team Workshop
For both elementary and secondary site teams.
Wednesday, October 28
1820 Xenium Lane North
Plymouth, MN 55441
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
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