Advancement via Individual Determination Academic Support program for grades 7-12 that prepare students for college eligibility and success.

Advancement via Individual Determination

Academic Support program for grades 7-12 that prepare students for college eligibility and success.

School wide Implementation

Share AVID strategies with all faculty and encourage implementation.

Help students see college as an expectation.

Writing Inquiry Collaboration Organization Reading

Inquiry

Reading

Writing is essential to thinking, learning and growth. It promotes higher level thinking skills and helps to clarify. The more fluent the writer, the more successfully one can complete academically rigorous assignments.

Inquiry -focuses on the student as the learner, developing skillful, open-ended questioning skills. Students will be able to recognize different levels of questioning

Collaboration - Students internalize what they have studied and learned if they are able to collaborate with others and make connections.

Organization – Planner to notes important dates (tests, quizzes, project, etc…), Binder to keep assignments neatly organized, and Cornell notes – student may take notes on Cornell notepaper, but unless the process is completed it is not Cornell.

Reading – is key to understanding in all content areas. Keeping reading as a focus in AVID develops reading comprehension, awareness of the different reasons for reading, and understanding of the different structures of texts.

Cornell Notes! Do I have to copy everything?

• Cornell note taking stimulates critical thinking skills.

• Note taking helps students remember what is said in class.

• Cornell notes help students organize and process data and information.

• Cornell notes helps students recall by getting them to process their notes 3 times.

Cornell NotesCornell Notes

Page setup • Draw a horizontal line about five lines up from the bottom.

• Draw a vertical line down the page about one third of distance from the left.

NameDateClassPeriod

Key words & ideas Important dates/people/places Repeated/Stressed Info Ideas/brainstorming written on

board / overhead projector Info from textbook/stories Diagrams & Pictures Formulas

Main Idea

Key Question (after notes are completed)

NameDateClassPeriod

Helpful Hints for Straight A Notes

Use symbols (arrows, circles, underlining) or highlighting to emphasize important ideas and relationships. Abbrev. & Paraphrase.

Skip lines between ideas.

Within 24 hours, review notes and develop study questions on the left side.

Be aware of teacher clues.*

NameDateClassPeriod

Teacher CluesTeacher Clues How do I

know if what the teacher says is important?

Repetition or stressed inflection

Voice gets louder/softer or faster/slower

Writing on the board or overhead

“This will be on the test.” Gestures (hand/arm

movements) “This is important.”

NameDateClassPeriod

review notes for understanding. If there aren’t any gaps continue with process. Write 3 questions and a summary in your own words about the main ideas.

When reviewing your notes, if more questions arise write them in the summary area.

NameDateClassPeriod

What belongs in the bottom space?

Summary, questions, doodles

Anthropods

Elda RomeroAVID Coordinator e.romero@ecisd.usRoom 125

Celina GilpatrickAVID IIIc.gilpatrick@ecisd.usRoom 115

Sandra RodriguezAVID II Elective Teachersan.rodriguez@ecisd.usRoom P6

Monika LunaAVID IVmon.luna@ecisd.usRoom 124

Math DepartmentRudy Maldonador.maldonado@ecisd.usRoom 170

Science DepartmentOscar Garzaoscar.garza@ecisd.usRoom 224

Social Studies Department

Barbara Charlesb.charles@ecisd.usRoom P14

AVID CounselorMonica Arispem.arispe@ecisd.us Senior Center

Thank you, and have a wonderful year!

Your AVID Team