Fall Weeks 6-10
Week 6
Day #1
No School
Day #2
Sign Ups for College Center college info sessions
Introduce Paper website
College Video
Continue PSAT Packet
Get on reduced lunch list for fee waivers
Day #3
Fun Friday: Next Great Invention
Week 7
Day #1
Go through steps of creating two pieces of Cornell notes
Day #2
Didn't get to anything. Did tutorial this day
Day #3
Items in My Planner
Begin Tweets Article about college admissions and online postings. Choose a few or all of the steps in Critical Reading Steps
Week 8
Day #1
Students create grid detailing whether comm. colleges, csu's. uc's, privates, out-of-states require sats's, essays, resumes, and letters of rec.
Continue in PSAT packet
Day #2
Finish PSAT Packet
Finish Tweets Article
Day #3
Binder Check
Checking In form
Distribute SAT Info Forms. Students will need credit card information for registering on Monday. Students who want an SAT waiver form will get one from Tammy this week.
Extended Time Accommodation Forms to students with 504s and IEPs
College Video
Week 9
Day #1
Assign Wait Whaat and Progress Report for Friday
Students create college board login and sign up for SAT test
When finished, take a piece of notes and edit.
Day #2
Finish SAT registration
CSU Chico admissions video (13 minutes)
Fill out Wait Whaat
Day #3
Fun Friday - AVID Soulmates
Week 10
Day #1
Nina came to speak about signing up for colleges in career center
Students get in group and compete in answering questions about PSAT strategies and logistics
Day #2
PSAT - no class
Day #3
Straggler SAT Registration
Straggler Wait Whaat Form
Sign up for colleges in career center
Prep for MSU Presentation on Monday
Week 11
Day #1
MSU Presentation in PAC
Day #2
Learn about ACT vs SAT
Debrief MSU Presentation in which students use their notes to write a quiz question. Students write down answers using their notes. This serves to test who has the most accurate notes.
Watch differences between SAT & ACT
Students fill out Survey about College & SAT
Day #3
Select teachers for pumpkins
Study content material by Going Beyond with Youtube or Khan Academy.
Week 12
Day #1
Take 4 pieces of notes and work on the first 4 steps of editing notes as described in Steps for Cornell Notes
Day #2
When talking about motivation for SAT's, play Onion News about test bias (Explicit language. Do not play this if you are not tenured)
Begin a few days of slow annotation with SAT Language Annotation
Day #3
Pumpkin Decorating
Year 2 of Visualizing Your Why
Continue Your Why
Then include the paternity leave plan