Writing is:

• A tool for communication, reflection, and learning

• Inquiry

• Visible organization of thought

• Communication with authentic audiences

Students who write:

• Engage frequently, in every content area and classroom 

• Cite evidence to support their thinking

• Deepen their understanding of content

• Demonstrate command of academic vocabulary

• Communicate as a content expert

• Communicate their thinking competently and confidently

The AVID curriculum supports writing through the use of:

Writing Process

1. Pre-writing

2. Drafting

3. Revising

4. Polishing

5. Publishing

• WICOR Strategies - Writing - Quick writes, clustering map, Sentence frames, Student generated word problems, FNT, learning logs, exit slips

• 3-2-1 reflections

• Carousel/Around the World writing

• DLIQ reflections

• Exit/entrance tickets

• Focused Note-Taking (FNT)

• Focused Note Taking 

• Interactive notebooks/binders

• Journal writing (Many different examples) 

• Learning Logs

• One pager

• Peer evaluation

• Quick writes and reflections 

• RAFT Strategy

• Sentence frames

• Shared Writing

• ▢, O, △ reflections

• Summarize/GIST

• Think It, Write It: Creative Writing Across the Curriculum

• Thinking Map-to-Writing (See Mind Maps using technology) 

• Connecting Processes: Critical Reading and Writing

Inquiry is:

• Uncovering one’s understanding

• Critical thinking and questioning

• Exploring a variety of ways to solve problems

• Engaging in thinking, learning, and discussion to inspire innovation.

Students who inquire:

• Analyze and synthesize materials or ideas

• Clarify their own thinking

• Probe others’ thinking

• Work through ambiguity

• Solve authentic problems

The AVID curriculum supports inquiry through the use of: 

AVID Inquiry Learning Process 

1. Spark curiosity and Ask Questions

2. Note the Possibilities 

3. Search and seek Credible Information

4. Weave the Information Together

5. Elaborate and Express your learning

6. Review, Reflect and Revise

7. Share your Learning with Others

• Costa’s Levels of Thinking (DOK questioning)

• Costa's Levels of Thinking

• Costa’s Leveled Questioning in Assessments of Various Courses

• Four corners

• Inquiry circles - Inner/Outer circle, Philosophical Chairs, Socratic seminars

• One-pagers

• Philosophical chairs

• Project-based learning

• Quick writes-discussion

• Socratic Seminars

• Tutorials

• World Cafe

• WICOR Strategies - Inquiry - Gallery walks, challenge problems, Costa's questioning, research projects, Critical Thinking, SLANT, QAR, Issue bins

Collaboration is:

• Postive group interaction

• Teamwork with shared responsibility

• Sharing of ideas, information, and options

Students who collaborate:

• Create a safe and supportive physical and philosophical environment

• Work through identified structures and roles to achieve a common goal

• Develop positive interdependence

• Clearly communicate verbally and nonverbally

• Listen effectively to decipher meaning

• Deepen the learning of others through inquiry and active engagement

The AVID curriculum supports collaboration through the use of:

• 10-2-2 processing

• AVID Structures and Strategies for Collaboration

• Carousel Brainstorm - AVID

• Carousel Brainstorm

• Collaborative Study Groups (CSGs)

• Debates

• Fishbowls - AVID

• Fishbowls

• Four-Corner - AVID

• Four-corner discussion

• Gallery walks

• Give one, take one 

• Give one, take one

• Higher Order Discussion Techniques

• Helping Trios

• Inner/outer circle

• Jigsaw -AVID

• Jigsaw

• Meeting of the Minds

• Number Heads Together

• Peer editing groups

• Philosophical Chairs

• Service learning projects

• Simulations

• Socratic Seminars

• Team Huddle

• Think- pair - Share - AVID

• Think-pair-share

• Think-Alouds and Structured Dialogue

• Tutorials

• WICOR Strategies - Collaboration- learning groups, speed solving, world, café, study groups, share one/get on, Think-pair-share, gallery walks, inside/outside circle

• World Cafe

Organization is:

• Managing materials, time and self

• Practicing methodical study habits

• Planning and prioritizing school, work, and social tasks

• Engaging in goal-setting, planning, and reflection

• Strategically and intentionally taking responsibility for one’s own learning

Students who organize:

• Self-direct, self-evaluate, self-monitor, and self-advocate to reach academic goals

• Develop and use tools to organize thinking, resources, and time

• Develop and use processes, procedures, and tools to study effectively

• Prepare for rigorous courses and engage fully in instruction

The AVID curriculum supports organization through the use of:

*Clear essential questions and learning targets

• Binders and organizational tools

• Calendars, planners, and agendas

• Clear headings for all assignments and handouts

• Dating all papers

• Focused Note Taking System

• Focused Note-Taking (FNT)

• Goal setting

• Graphic organizers

• Interactive notebooks/binders

• Portfolios in Google Docs

• Project planning and SMART goals

• Tutorials and study groups

• Using agendas

Reading is:

• Making connections between texts, self, and the world

• Navigating and comprehending rigorous texts

• Evaluating information from a variety of formats

• Organizing and applying text-based learning

Students who read:

• Activate, engage, and extend beyond the text

• Make predictions and create visual images as they read

• Understand texts structures 

• Question the text and engage in deep inquiry

• Become content experts

• Evaluate sources for accuracy

The AVID curriculum supports reading through the use of:

• Critical Reading Strategies

• Critical reading strategies for ELL 

• Deep reading strategies

• Depth and complexity Thinking Tools

• Focused Note Taking 

• Frayer vocabulary squares

• Graphic organizers

• Jigsaw

• KWLA (What I Know, What I Want to Know, What I Learned, and How I Will Apply What I Learned)

• Literary Circles

• Purposeful Rereading

• Reading Across Costa’s Levels of Thinking

• Reciprocal teaching  (Role Cards)

• SOAPSTone

• SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)

• Says, Means, Matters

• Summarize/GIST

• Text annotation (marking the text)

• Think-alouds

• Vocabulary building

• WICOR Strategies - Reading- AVID weekly, AQ5R, KWL, GIST, PQRST, STAR, PMI Charts

• Connecting Processes: Critical Reading and Writing

• AVID Resources, Strategies, and Energizers from Site Team Meetings 

• WICOR Resources

• 5 Minutes or Less AVID Strategies