Binder:
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Cornell Notes:
Focus Notes:
Fourth graders will use AVID binders everyday all year. Students must bring their binder to school every day (they can take it home but must return it each day). Each binder includes dividers (ELA, Math, Social Science, Science, Writing), an index, note pages, planner for success, and other organizational tools. Everything has a place in our classroom, and AVID helps students build those habits for success. We will do graded binder checks every week to keep students accountable.
Fourth graders will be required to take focus notes every Monday will being introduced to new math material and new lessons. These notes can be used throughout the week and during Friday assessments. Using the Cornell note-taking method in class helps students record the most important ideas when reading or listening. The goal is to improve students long-term retention.
WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organizer, and Reading
WICOR is an instructional framework that equips students with the academic habits needed for college and career readiness. By integrating targeted writing tasks, purposeful strategies, and disciplined close reading, WICOR helps educators create lessons that develop critical thinking, effective communication, and independent learning. When teachers design activities that balance these five areas, such as, writing-to-learn prompts, evidence-based questioning, cooperative problem-solving, explicit note-taking systems, and text-dependent analyses allows students to deepen comprehension, retain content more effectively, and build transferable skills they can apply across subjects and real-world contexts.
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