“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
― John Wooden
― John Wooden
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6th Grade - AVID Google Invite Link (Code o23yil5)
7th Grade - AVID - Welcome Syllabus/Class Description
7th Grade - AVID Google Invite Link
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AVID CORNELL Focused Note-Taking Templates and Support
Organization Tools
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Standards
Unit Objective:
Student Agency: Student Empowerment
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration and Organization
Opportunity Knowledge: Advancing College Preparedness
Unit Purpose:
Identify areas that need attention and develop goals to address those areas (7.SA.SE.3b)
Identify the steps necessary to accomplish goals (7.AP.O.3)
Determine which courses or opportunities align with college goals and plans (7.OK.ACP.4b)
AVID Growth/Essential Question of the Day
Each Week Through the Unit:
"How can I achieve my goals as an AVID student?”
“What’s the difference between short-range, mid-range, and long-range goals?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
Planner and Agenda Focus
Binder Preparation (Binder Check Thursday - Save your rubric.)
I Am Poem - Complete (Due Wednesday)
Warm Up Activities
Student Questionaire Activity
Quickwrite - "3 Wishes that Can Become Goals"
Introduced/Guided Practice
AVID Overview and Think-Pair-Share...
what are S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Annotate and Discuss
3 categories of goals:
Long-range – where they would like to end up
Mid-range – the steps to meeting their long-range goal
Short-range – immediate goals necessary to achieve mid- and long-range goals
My "SMART GOAL" Road Map
Things Collected/Turned In
Check Google Classroom regularly
Learning Log #1 (Collected Tuesday)
I AM Poem (Collected Wednesday)
Homework Assigned
Reminder:
Always be prepared to take "focused notes" in all classes.
See Handouts, Presentations, and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards
Unit Objective:
Student Agency: Student Empowerment
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration and Organization
Unit Purpose:
Generate and maintain a network of support for current and future success (SA.SE.5)
Establish and maintain relational capacity with others (AP.C.3)
Organize information, indicating relationships between ideas (AP.O.5)
AVID Growth/Essential Question of the Day
Each Week Through the Unit:
“How can tutorials support my current and future academic success?”
“What are some of the key components of the AVID tutorial process?”
"What are some of my personal learning preferences?
"How are my wishes different from my goals?"
AYE! - "As You Enter"
Planner and Agenda Focus
Record and Review Assignments (that have due dates).
Record information that is "need to know." (test, projects, etc.)
Introduced/Guided Practice
AVID Overview and Think-Pair-Share...
AVID Tutorial Guide: Introduction to Tutorial
Tutorial Process Overview
AVID Standards and Expectations in Tutorial
Utilizing Digital Resources within Tutorials
Think-Pair-Share Focus: “What class do you currently find to be the most challenging and why? How might AVID tutorials help you be more successful in this class?”
Annotate and Discuss
View the Tutorial Overview video (3 minutes) and create a T-chart with “We Noticed” and “We Wonder” categories
Students will discuss writing and ideas with an elbow partner.
Volunteers will share what they discussed.
Students will jigsaw the reading of the AVID Tutorial Process Overview handout.
Things Collected/Turned In
Check Google Classroom regularly
Homework Assigned
Reminder:
Official FNT Example due Friday March 8th (Phases 1-4)
Learning Log Due March 13th (Wednesday)
PREPARED Role Poster due Friday March 15th
See Handouts, Presentations, and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards
This Week's Objective:
Student Agency: Student Empowerment
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration and Organization
This Week's Purpose:
Generate and maintain a network of support for current and future success (SA.SE.5)
Establish and maintain relational capacity with others (AP.C.3)
Organize information, indicating relationships between ideas (AP.O.5)
AVID Growth/Essential Question of the Day
Each Week:
“How can tutorials support my current and future academic success?”
“What are some of the key components of the AVID tutorial process?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
Planner and Agenda Focus
Record and Review Assignments (that have due dates).
Record information that is "need to know." (test, projects, etc.)
Introduced/Guided Practice
AVID Overview and Think-Pair-Share...
AVID Tutorial Guide: Introduction to Tutorial
Tutorial Process Overview
AVID Standards and Expectations in Tutorial
Utilizing Digital Resources within Tutorials
Think-Pair-Share Focus: “What class do you currently find to be the most challenging and why? How might AVID tutorials help you be more successful in this class?”
Annotate and Discuss
View the Tutorial Overview video (3 minutes) and create a T-chart with “We Noticed” and “We Wonder” categories
Students will discuss writing and ideas with an elbow partner.
Volunteers will share what they discussed.
Students will jigsaw the reading of the AVID Tutorial Process Overview handout.
Things Collected/Turned In
Check Google Classroom regularly
Homework Assigned
Reminder:
Official FNT Example due March 8th (Phases 1-4)
PREPARED Role Poster due March 15th
See Handouts, Presentations, and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards
This Week's Objective:
Student Agency: Student Empowerment
This Week's Purpose:
Develop a support network, including peers and adults, for academic and future success (7.SA.SE.5)
Explore how individual motivators and self-monitoring of motivation impact academic performance (7.SA.SE.6)
Establish self-awareness strategies and skills, including GROW (7.SA.SE.9)
AVID Growth/Essential Question of the Day
All Week:
“What are the characteristics of an AVID student?”
“How do AVID students keep all of their materials organized?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
You Will Need...
Planner, Chromebook, Headphones, Paper for Notes
Planner and Agenda Focus
Record and Review
Introduced/Guided Practice
AVID Overview and Think-Pair-Share...
Grab a Chromebook or laptop and a pair of headphones.
Choose At least 3 different videos from the 2023 or 2022 AVID Summer Institute from the AVID Center website (link). Each video must be an AVID Student speaker. Take notes on each video. Note any information from the speaker you want but concentrate on and search deeply for information that demonstrates the characteristics of an AVID student.
Think-Pair-Share Focus: “How did the student in the video model the AVID mission statement and college readiness?”
Annotate and Discuss
You will a copy of the AVID College and Career Readiness Framework One Pager
Analyze the image. What does the upper triangle represent for AVID students?
Annotate AVID College and Career Readiness Framework. Due Monday.
Things Collected/Turned In
Check Google Classroom regularly
Homework Assigned
Reminder:
Student contracts are due back to the AVID teacher, signed by all parties, by Tuesday.
All students need to have a 3” - 4” 3 Ring binder by Tuesday.
All students need to have a 1 subject spiral notebook specifically for AVID by Tuesday.
Complete GROW: Process Page. Due Tuesday.
Annotate AVID College and Career Readiness Framework. Due Tuesday.
Students should strive to “GROW” in all their classes for the rest of the day, week, and school year.
EVERY handout you receive throughout the course will be kept and stored in the AVID section of your 3-ring binder and used as an important resource to understand the class and better understand what it takes to be an AVID student.
See Handouts, Presentations, and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
END OF FIRST SEMESTER
Standards and Essential Questions:
This Week's Objective:
Introducing the 10 Steps of the AVID Tutorial Process
Grade Checks and Reflection on Current/Future Success
Learning Log Reflection
This Week's Purpose:
Collaboration, Academic Success, and Organization
AVID Growth/Essential Question of the Day
Friday:
“How can tutorials support my current and future academic success?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
You Will Need...
Cornell Note-Taking Sheet (Started Last Week on Thursday)
10-Step Tutorial Packet
Step 6: Summary vs Reflection Resource
Enter Question
Monday - "List 5 of the most important understandings that you have of the student expectations during the tutorial process in your notes."
Exit Question
Monday - “List the meaning of the PREPARED acronym and how each word is important to your future success.”
Introduced/Guided Practice
Do Now...
Please take out your resources.
What does an in-class tutorial look like?
6th Grade Tutorial Overview Video Review and Take Notes
6th Grade Tutorial Overview (Link)
Things Collected/Turned In
Monday:
Turn in any late work all week.
Homework Assigned
Daily:
Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Thursday:
Last Final Note-Taking Example Due Thursday! Show GROWTH!!!
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
This Week's Objective:
Introducing the 10 Steps of the AVID Tutorial Process
Grade Checks and Reflection on Current/Future Success
Learning Log Reflection
This Week's Purpose:
Collaboration, Academic Success, and Organization
AVID Growth/Essential Question of the Day
Friday:
“How can tutorials support my current and future academic success?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
You Will Need...
Cornell Note-Taking Template
10-Step Tutorial Packet
Step 6: Summary vs Reflection Resource
Enter Question
Monday - "None"
Exit Question
Monday - “None”
Introduced/Guided Practice
Do Now...
Set Up Cornell Note-Taking Template (Cornell Step 1)
Review the Student and Teacher Tutorial Expectations
P.R.E.P.A.R.E.D.
Importance of Resources
Things Collected/Turned In
Friday:
Turn in any late work.
Homework Assigned
Daily:
Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Thursday:
None
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
This Week's Objective:
Introducing the 10 Steps of the AVID Tutorial Process
Grade Checks and Reflection on Current/Future Success
Learning Log Reflection
This Week's Purpose:
Collaboration, Academic Success, and Organization
Growth/Essential Question
Thursday:
“How can tutorials support my current and future academic success?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
You Will Need...
Planner
10-Step Tutorial Packet
Blank Sheet of Lined Paper
Enter Question
Monday - "None"
Exit Question
Monday - “None”
Introduced/Guided Practice
Tutorial Word Splash...
Collaboration Groups
Things Collected/Turned In
Thursday:
Turn in any late work.
Homework Assigned
Daily:
Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Thursday:
None
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
This Week's Objective:
Introducing the 10 Steps of the AVID Tutorial Process
Grade Checks and Reflection on Current/Future Success
Learning Log Reflection
This Week's Purpose:
Collaboration, Academic Success, and Organization
Growth/Essential Question
Wednesday:
“How can the application of a weekly activity like this be a support towards your academic growth/success?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
Grab a Chromebook...
Please complete the "Student AVID Survey" in Google Classroom
Return your Chromebook as soon as you are done
Enter Question
Monday - "None"
Exit Question
Monday - “None”
Introduced/Guided Practice
Start Reflecting on this week's learning...
Weekly Learning Log Sheet (Week 18) Due Friday!
Read the directions thoroughly!
Weekly Learning Log (Link)
Things Collected/Turned In
Wednesday:
Weekly Grade Check Sheet (Week 18)
Homework Assigned
Daily:
Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Wednesday:
Weekly Learning Log Sheet (Due Friday)
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
This Week's Objective:
Introducing the 10 Steps of the AVID Tutorial Process
Grade Checks and Reflection on Current/Future Success
This Week's Purpose:
Collaboration, Academic Success, and Organization
Growth/Essential Question
Tuesday:
“How can I apply the knowledge I have gained after processing my Weekly Grade Check Sheet to support my current and future academic success?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
Pick up a copy of the following handouts
Model Cornell Notes Steps 1-6
Weekly Grade Check Sheet (Week 18) Due Tomorrow!
Extra Credit if completed fully, done well, and turned in by the end of the day TODAY!
Please write the essential question on the back of the grade sheet and complete a Summary/Reflection as the final step (Phase 4) before turning it in.
Enter Question
Monday - "None"
Exit Question
Monday - “None”
Introduced/Guided Practice
Complete the Grade Check Form
Weekly Grade Check Sheet (Week 18) Due Tomorrow!
Extra Credit if completed fully, done well, and turned in by the end of the day TODAY!
Please write the essential question on the back of the grade sheet and complete a Summary/Reflection as the final step (Phase 4) before turning it in.
Things Collected/Turned In
Tuesday:
None
Homework Assigned
Daily:
Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Tuesday:
Weekly Grade Check Sheet (Due Tomorrow)
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
This Week's Objective:
Introducing the 10 Steps of the AVID Tutorial Process
This Week's Purpose:
Collaboration and Organization
Growth/Essential Question
Monday: “How can tutorials support my current and future academic success?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
60-Second Speech Practice
Enter Question
Monday - "With the information that you've gained so far, discuss with your elbow partner what you think an AVID tutorial is?"
Exit Question
Monday - “What class do you currently find to be the most challenging and why? How might AVID tutorials help you be more successful in this class?”
Introduced/Guided Practice
10-Step Tutorial Process Introduction
Chunk and review steps from the annotated packet
Things Collected/Turned In
Monday:
None
Homework Assigned
Daily:
Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Monday:
None
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
You will need…
The Following Student Handouts…
Model Cornell Notes Steps 1-6
Weekly Grade Check Sheet (Week 18) Due Tomorrow!
Extra Credit if completed fully, done well, and turned in by the end of the day TODAY!
Today’s Focus…
Academic Success & Organization
Essential Question:
“How can I apply the knowledge I have gained after processing my Weekly Grade Check Sheet to support my current and future academic success?”
Please write the essential question on the back of the grade sheet and complete a Summary/Reflection as the final step (Phase 4) before turning in.
Standards and Essential Questions:
This Week's Objective:
Student Empowerment
Evaluate the impact of decisions on others
This Week's Purpose:
Academic Preparedness: Inquiry and Collaboration
Identify misunderstood concepts or problems
Establish norms and expectations around appreciating diversity among group members
Growth/Essential Question
Monday/Tuesday: “What are some of the key components of the AVID tutorial process?”
Wednesday: “How do AVID students use Cornell notes to record, revise, question, review, and summarize new information they are learning?”
Thursday: “How can tutorials support my current and future academic success?”
AYE! - "As You Enter"
Partner Pair Share Planner Update, Revise, and Organize
Enter Question
Monday - "Are you satisfied with the grades that you have at this moment in the semester? What will you do in the next two weeks to get them or keep them where you want them to be?"
Tuesday - “List two questions you have regarding the expectations for your role in the AVID tutorial process. ”
Exit Question
Monday - None
Tuesday - "Write an answer response to one of your questions from today's Enter Question."
Wednesday - None
Introduced/Guided Practice
10-Step Tutorial Process Introduction
Note-Taking Review and Annotation Practice
Tutorial Overview Video (Video Link)
Tutorial 10-Step Process (Video Link)
Things Collected/Turned In
Monday:
"Revised" Version Steps/Phases 2-4 of FNT - Core Subject Notes
Instructions: Please revise and make sure that Phases 2, 3, and 4 are noticeably completed.
Due Friday :o)
Homework Assigned
Daily:
Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Tuesday:
Complete Steps/Phases 2-4 of the FNT Process for
Student Empowerment (10 Steps of the Tutorial Process)
See the videos above and use your packet to gain additional notes/clarification
Due Friday!
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
Objective:
Student Empowerment
Evaluate the impact of decisions on others
Purpose:
Academic Preparedness: Inquiry and Collaboration
Identify misunderstood concepts or problems
Establish norms and expectations around appreciating diversity among group members
Growth Question - Writing Reflection Prompts
“What are some of the key components of the AVID tutorial process?”
Bell Ringers/Do Now (AYE! - As You Enter)
Partner Pair Share Planner Update, Revise, and Organize (Daily)
Enter Question
Monday - What steps can I take today, to ensure I am successful tomorrow? Explain how these steps will assist you.
Tuesday - “What is one thing that I can start doing today that will improve my note-taking process? How will this action allow me to utilize my notes more effectively?”
Exit Question
Monday - None
Tuesday - What skills do you see within the group setting in the Tutorial Process image on the board? What details help you notice these skills?
Introduced/Guided Practice
MONDAY - Thursday
Note-taking Review and 10 Step Tutorial Process Introduction
Things Collected/Turned In
In-Class Assignments and Enter/Exit Ticket Slips
Homework Assigned
Daily:
Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Wednesday:
Complete Version 2 of FNT - Core Subject Notes
Please revise and make sure that Phases 2, 3, and 4 are noticeably completed. :o)
Thursday:
Read and Annotate
Read and Annotate the important concepts of the AVID Tutorial Process Packet (Last two sheets) resources. Pay special attention to the expectations listed for your role in the AVID Tutorial Process. Pay close attention to any expectations that apply to you as a student. Think about...
What other role might you play in this process?
What other expectations will you need to take into account?
What does it mean to annotate?
...add notes to (a text or diagram) giving an explanation or comment.
Highlight
Underline
Circle
Chunk [ ]
Question (?)
Illustrate Pictures for Understanding
Assign Symbols
Box
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
Academic Preparedness:
Writing and Revision: Focussed Note-Taking
Take notes, with an emphasis on identifying and recording the note-taking objective and/or Essential Question.
Take notes, with an emphasis on setting up notes, including all required components (organization).
Topic: “Cat Bakes A Cake” (Short Story)
Objective/Purpose: Practice FNT Phase 4 - Writing A Summary Reflection
Growth "Essential" Question - Writing Reflection Prompts
Overall - “How can Focused Note-Taking support my current and future academic success?”
Cat Bakes A Cake" Reading Notes:
What is fair?
What does it mean to be fair?
Does being fair mean that everyone always gets the same thing?
Bell Ringers/Do Now (AYE! - As You Enter)
Partner Pair Share Planner Update, Revise, and Organize
Introduced/Guided Practice
MONDAY
Focus Note-Taking Steps To Success - Practice Each Step
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY
Philosophical Chairs
What is fair? / What does it mean to be fair? / Does being fair mean that everyone always gets the same thing?
Things Collected/Turned In
Tuesday
In-Class Assignment: Main Ideas, Questions, 3 Things I Learned, and Summary Reflection
Homework Assigned
Daily - Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Due Monday:
WEEK 12 Grade Check Form
Due FRIDAY:
FNT Cornell Notes Practice
Core Subject Content
4 Phases COMPLETED
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
Academic Preparedness:
Writing and Revision: Focussed Note-Taking
Take notes, with an emphasis on identifying and recording the note-taking objective and/or Essential Question.
Take notes, with an emphasis on setting up notes, including all required components (organization).
Growth Question - Writing Reflection Prompts
“How can Focused Note-Taking support my current and future academic success?”
Bell Ringers/Do Now (AYE! - As You Enter)
Partner Pair Share Planner Update, Revise, and Organize
Introduced/Guided Practice
MONDAY
Focus Note-Taking Steps To Success - Practice Each Step
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY
Summary Reflection Assignment
Focus Note-Taking Steps To Success - Apply to Demonstrate Understanding
Draft Your Approach
Final Project Poster
Things Collected/Turned In
Tuesday
In-Class Assignment: Main Ideas, Questions, 3 Things I Learned, and Summary Reflection
Homework Assigned
Daily - Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Due Thursday:
FNT - Summary-Reflection Redo
Can you access your grades on FACTS?
Due Monday:
WEEK 12 Grade Check Form
Due FRIDAY:
FNT Cornell Notes Practice
Core Subject Content
4 Phases COMPLETED
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
REMINDER: Please take a moment to join the AVID Google Classroom page using the code below.
Google Classroom Invite Code and Link
6th Grade - AVID Google Invite Link
Standards and Essential Questions:
Student Agency: Student Empowerment
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration
EQ: “How will AVID help me to turn my beliefs into realities?”
Things to Know
Please organize your binder nightly.
REMINDER: Please take a moment to join the AVID Google Classroom page using the code below.
Google Classroom Invite Code and Link
6th Grade - AVID Google Invite Link
Learning Targets and Objective Focus
Things to Know
Please organize your binder nightly.
REMINDER: Please take a moment to join the AVID Google Classroom page using the code below.
Google Classroom Invite Code and Link
6th Grade - AVID Google Invite Link
Learning Targets and Objective Focus
Things to Know
Please organize your binder nightly.
REMINDER: Please take a moment to join the AVID Google Classroom page using the code below.
Google Classroom Invite Code and Link
6th Grade - AVID Google Invite Link
Learning Targets and Objective Focus
Things to Know
Please organize your binder nightly.
Homework
Please organize your binder nightly.
Join the AVID Google Classroom (See Links Above)
Standards and Essential Questions:
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration and Organization
Growth Question - Writing Reflection Prompts
Mon - “Why is it important to manage our time to be academically successful?”
Tues - “How does working towards the same goal build a community?”
Wed - “What are the benefits of having an organized binder with all academic materials?”
Thur - “What is the importance of using a planner/agenda? How might a planner/agenda help you this year?”
Things to Know/Review/Check
4 Stages of Building Relational Capacity
Peer Binder Check
Please Complete the "NEXT STEPS"
GROW - Norms and Behavior Contract (Link)
Completed and Handed Out
Please Review Daily
Weekly Time Log Handed Out (Due Thursday of Next Week)
Things Collected/Turned In
This Week's "3 Reflections" Writing Activity
Turned In/Collected on Friday (will be graded)
Homework Assigned
Daily - Please organize your binder nightly.
Mon - Print Out Your Grades (All Classes - Due Friday, Sept. 15)
Tues - Complete the "Wonder and Ask" section of the GROW - Norms and Behavior Contract
Wed - Time Log (Due Thursday, Sept. 21)
Thurs - Time Log (Due Thursday, Sept. 21)
Fri - Time Log (Due Thursday, Sept. 21)
Standards and Essential Questions:
Academic Preparedness: Inquiry
Assignment Day(s) 8
Growth Question - Writing Reflection Prompts
Mon - “How does writing a reflection of what I learned help me become an active learner?”
Bell Ringers/Do Now (AYE! - As You Enter)
We will take the first few minutes of each class this week to complete the Time Log column for the previous day.
Introduced/Guided Practice
Monday
A brief overview of the Weekly Learning Log (link) process and the difference between summaries and reflections. We will be completing Learning Logs throughout the year to help students reflect on what they learn, both in AVID and their other classes.
Tuesday
Practice Learning Log reflection based on the three essential questions
Subject: AVID
What have I learned so far this year?
What learning have I found most interesting so far this year?
What questions do I still have about what I’ve learned so far this year?
Things Collected/Turned In
Monday
Weekly Grade Check Form (Link - New Form Handed Out Each Week)
GROW: In the Know/Process Page
Peer Binder Check (Suprise Random Check)
Homework Assigned
Daily - Please organize your binder nightly.
Mon/Tues - Weekly Grade Check (Due Friday) and Time Log (Due Thursday)
Standards and Essential Questions:
Academic Preparedness: Writing
Take notes, with an emphasis on identifying and recording the note-taking objective and Essential Question (6.AP.W.6a)
Take notes, with an emphasis on setting up the focused notes page, including all required components (6.AP.W.6b)
Academic Preparedness: Reading
Determine the characteristics of a quality text in relation to the reading purpose (6.AP.R.1)
Mark the text to accomplish the reading purpose (6.AP.R.4a)
Growth Question - Writing Reflection Prompts
Mon - “How can Focused Note-Taking support my current and future academic success?”
Tues -
Bell Ringers/Do Now (AYE! - As You Enter)
Mon - Sum of All Skittles Debrief Questions
"What was the purpose of this activity? How does it help build the AVID Community"
Tues - KWL Chart (AVID KWL CHART (Version 1)
Topic One - AVID
Topic Two - Focused Note Taking
Introduced/Guided Practice
Monday
Note-Taking Practice AVID CORNELL NoteTaking Template
TED Talk Video: How To Gain Control Of Your Free Time
Ted Talk Video: In the Mind of a Master Procrastinator
Tuesday
Pair/Share Yesterday's Notes on the video with a confident class partner
Wednesday
No Period 7 Due to Elections (See homework assigned to Period 6 below)
Thursday
Note-Taking Practice AVID CORNELL NoteTaking Template
Question and Summary Step of Focused Note-Taking
Ted Talk Video: In the Mind of a Master Procrastinator
Things Collected/Turned In
Monday
Weekly Grade Check Form (Link - New Form Handed Out Each Week)
Homework Assigned
Daily - Please organize your binder nightly.
Mon - Weekly Grade Check (Due Next Monday)
Tues - Please watch the TED Talk video for a second time. Add to or revise your notes.
TED Talk Video: How To Gain Control Of Your Free Time
Wed/Thurs: Write Questions in the Lef Margin that Highlight the Main Points in the Ted Talk Video.
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
Academic Preparedness: Writing and Revision/Focussed Note-Taking
All Grades – Demonstrate and utilize focused note-taking as a process for deepening understanding of grade-level content
Academic Preparedness: Reading
Determine the characteristics of quality work through the writing process.
Determine the purpose for taking notes.
Students become committed to note-taking when they are able to articulate the “why” behind the skill and how it contributes to their current and future academic success.
Growth Question - Writing Reflection Prompts
Mon -
“How does The progress of a first draft to an impressive final draft Affect how we view our work?
“Why do we settle for low-quality work when we are more than capable of creating great work.”
Tues -
“How can Focused Note-Taking support my current and future academic success?”
“How would my purpose for taking notes affect what I would write down and the format I would use to write it down?”
Wed - How can you demonstrate your understanding of the 5 Phases of the Focused Note-Taking process?
Bell Ringers/Do Now (AYE! - As You Enter)
Mon - GROW! "If Nothing Changes... Nothing Changes!"
Descriptive Feedback: Austin's Butterfly (Video)
Why is it important to revise?
Tues - Focused Note-Taking Presentation and note-taking
Create a 2-column Cornell Note-Taking Template
Wed - 5-minute Time Log update
Thurs - 5-minute Time Log update
Fri - FUN RUN!
Introduced/Guided Practice
Monday
Remove Google Icon Images
Discuss Headings, Reading Directions, Analyzing a Prompt
Neat Writing Mechanics
Time Log Handout (Due Monday 10/16)
Name Cover Page (For Binders) Red0 if you do not have an A!
Notebook Check Rubric - Review (1st Check Thursday)
Tues through Thurs - Focused Note-Taking Presentation and note-taking
Introducing the 5-Phase Focused Note-Taking process.
Students produce Cornell Notes.
Use these notes to practice and reinforce the 5 Phases of FNT.
FNT Student Overview video to reinforce Phase 1 – Note-Taking.
Experience the 5 Phases of the Focused Note-Taking Process.
“Apply Learning” Group Project next week to connect to the note-taking purpose.
Things Collected/Turned In
None
Homework Assigned
Daily - Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Monday
Time Log Handout (Due Monday 10/16)
Name Cover Page (For Binders) Due Thursday
Tuesday
Weekly Grade Check 3 Reflection and Parent Signature
Wednesday
Review Notes
Thursday
Friday
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!
Standards and Essential Questions:
Academic Preparedness:
Organization: Time Management
Introducing time-management skills within a structured unit plan as a sequence of activities to develop the students’ use of time-management skills over the course of time.
Time-management skills need continual reinforcement. Parents may be asked to sign off periodically on a time log being kept by their child as assistance to monitor the child’s efforts to keep and use a planner.
Writing and Revision: Focussed Note-Taking
Growth Question - Writing Reflection Prompts
Mon -
"In what ways will day-by-day time management improve my academic work in class and at home?"
"How will reflecting in a learning log about the growth and development of my time-management skills help improve my overall academic growth?"
"How can I effectively transfer knowledge and skills learned by using a time log to the use of my school planner?"
How effective is the use of highlighters with planners?"
Tues -
“What does A.C.T. stand for in Signs of Suicide?”
“What are warning signs for depression and suicide?”
Bell Ringers/Do Now (AYE! - As You Enter)
Mon - Partner Pair Share Planner Update, Revise, and Organize
Due Today - Weekly Time Log #2
Tues - Signs of Suicide Essential Question Focus
Introduced/Guided Practice
Monday
Time Management - Time Log Activities to Reflection
Thurs - Focus Note-Taking Steps To Success
Fri - Focused Note-Taking Pop Quiz
Things Collected/Turned In
Time Log
Homework Assigned
Daily - Please organize your binder nightly.
Review Binder Check Template
Monday
Time Log Categorize and Prioritize (Due This Wednesday)
Activity 1 - Categorize:
On the back of the Time Log sheet, make a list of the different activities that you spent time doing during the week. Once you have made this list, come up with some general categories for these activities.
For example, baseball practice, running, biking, and playing basketball might all fall under the category of “Exercise,” while reading, typing, and computer research could all be put under the category of “Schoolwork.”
Activity 2 - Prioritize:
Once you have categorized your activities, look at your lists and circle/highlight those activities that you see as most important to you and your future.
As you prioritize, think of your future and what you want to accomplish. If you plan to go to college, think about what you will need to do to make that happen. If you want to prepare for a particular type of career, such as being a police officer, a salesperson, or a politician, what do you need to do now and in the rest of your school years to achieve that goal? Will the activities you see as “high priority” have a positive or negative effect on your goals?
Tuesday - Time Log Reflection (Google Classroom)
See Handouts and Assignments in the Week-to-Week Links at the top of the page!