AVID Elementary February 2015
AVID ELEMENTARY AVID Happenings at Royal Oaks
Planners in Grades 3 - 5 Parent Communication on Organizational Note-taking by Jen Birkel and Royal Oaks AVID Team
3rd-5th grades
Third Grade Students write down homework, highlight it, check it off when completed, and have parents sign their planner every night.
Fourth Grade Students write down what was learned in each class, circle homework, highlight it if not completed at school, check it off when completed, and have parents sign their planner every night.
Fifth Grade Students write down what they learned in each class, circle home-‐work, highlight it if not completed at school, check it off when completed, write additional activities or things to remember, and have parents sign their planner every night.
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AVID Socratic Discussions
Grades 3 - 5
AVID Students at Nuevas Fronteras defining Costa’s Levels of Thinking and Questioning.
AVID Students at Pullman Elementary actively learning in a Socratic Discussion and using Today’s Meet app on iPads in the outer circle. Shelley Goecke
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AVID SLANT in District 833
AVID Culture of Successful Students in District 833
AVID Elementary Fall 2014
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Costa’s Levels of Thinking
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These question require you to expand on what you already know (background knowledge) by using facts, details or other clues from the text.
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These questions require you to reflect upon your thinking and be able to respond with a personal opinion that is supported by facts. You may make a value judgment or wonder about something.
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about it.
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LEVEL 1
These questions can be answered with yes, no or specific information found in the text. A person can point to the information found in the text. A person can point to the information, read it or physically see it.
AVID WICOR in District 833 by Jen Birkel
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