WICOR is a collection of teaching and learning strategies to guide students in comprehending concepts and articulating ideas at increasingly complex levels.
Writing is:
•A learning tool
•A personal and public communication tool
•A record of thinking
Students who write:
•Consider audience and purpose
•Engage in various writing processes to address specific situations
•Support their thinking
•Demonstrate understanding
Writing
PROCESS
•Pre-write
•Draft
•Reader response
•Revise
•Edit
•Publish and reflect
WRITING TO LEARN
•Cornell note-taking
•Quickwrites and reflections
•Learning logs
•Peer evaluation
•Authentic writing
Inquiry is:
•Uncovering one’s understanding
•Asking critical questions
•Engaging in thinking, learning, and discussion
Students who inquire:
•Analyze and synthesize materials or ideas
•Clarify their own thinking
•Probe others’ thinking
•Work through ambiguity
Inquiry
•Skilled questioning
•Costa’s Levels of Thinking
•Socratic Seminars
•Tutorials/Collaborative Study Groups
•Investigations
•Guiding questions
Collaboration is:
•Teamwork with shared responsibility
•Sharing of ideas, information, and opinions
•Formal and informal discussion
Students who collaborate:
•Work together toward a common goal
•Develop positive interdependence
•Work in focused study groups
•Support the learning of others through inquiry
Collaboration
•Socratic Seminars
•Philosophical Chairs
•Group activities and projects
•Peer editing groups
•Tutorials
•Collaborative study groups
•Service learning projects
Organization is:
•Managing materials and practicing study habits
•Planning and prioritizing school, work, and social tasks
•Engaging in mental preparation and goal-setting
•Strategically and intentionally taking responsibility for one’s own learning
Students who organize:
•Develop and use processes, procedures, and tools to study effectively
•Manage their time through prioritizing and goal-setting
•Are prepared for courses, participate during instruction, and interact with instructors
•Self-direct, self-evaluate, self-monitor, and self-advocate
Organization
TOOLS
•Binders/eBinders
•Calendars, planners, agendas
•Graphic organizers
METHODS
•Focused note-taking system
•Tutorials and study groups
•Project planning and SMART goals
Reading is:
•Strategically gaining meaning, understanding, and knowledge from print and other media
•Purpose-driven
•Interactive
Students who read:
•Understand text structures
•Apply prior knowledge and make connections to other texts, self, and the world
•Make predictions and ask questions
•Create visual images as they read
Reading
•Deep reading strategies
•Note-taking
•Graphic organizers
•Vocabulary building
•Summarizing
•Reciprocal teaching
Time Management
You are in control of your own time
You have choices - yes or no
What is most important.
Use a to-do list paper/notecard/planner - cross things off
Time blocking - home work time 1st then play video games
Done't waste time
Protected time - study time
Delegate when working on a project
Be ok with ok
Self-control
Don't Miss School
Why?
You miss concepts
Affects academic performance
Social Skills
Emotional
-isoloation
-anxiety
miss enrichment opportunity
teacher relationships