1. Welcome to Southwest Elementary’s AVID Information Night

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AVID Center Mission
To close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.
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3. What is AVID Elementary?
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What is AVID Elementary?
Embedded “best practices” throughout day
Organization and responsibility
Philosophy on learning
For ALL students
Methodologies and strategies of AVID embedded in a multi-subject, non-elective classroom
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4. AVID Elementary Framework
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AVID Elementary Framework
Organization
-Agendas/Planners, organizational tools, note-taking strategies
WICOR
-Writing to learn, inquiry, collaboration, organization, reading to learn
Student Success Skills
-Communication skills (writing, speaking, listening) study skills, time management, goal setting
Partnerships
-site, district, home, community
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5. What is “WICOR”? •WRITING • ORGANIZATION • READING
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What is “WICOR”?
•WRITING • ORGANIZATION
-Reflection Tools Agenda/Planner
-Organizational Tool
-Note-taking Strategies
•INQUIRY
-Levels of Thinking and Questioning
• READING
- Reading to learn
- Key comprehension
•COLLABORATION strategies
-Group roles and Study Buddies
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6. Supplies for Success Backpack Year-long agenda/daily planner
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Supplies for Success
Backpack
Year-long agenda/daily planner
Tool bag (zippered pouch)
-Pencils, pens, sticky notes
3-hole punched loose-leaf paper
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7. What does the binder look like?
Your child should have a two inch working binder
Pencil pouch with needed supplies
Student Planner/Agenda
Subject folders
Loose leaf paper.

8. How Can Families Stay Involved?
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How Can Families Stay Involved?
Ask specific questions about school
Reinforce the agenda at home by signing agenda daily
-Doctor’s appointments, family events, sports
Support homework blocks
Make school your child’s “job”
Celebrate short-and long-term goals
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9. Classroom Partnerships
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Classroom Partnerships
Teacher’s Responsibilities: Student’s Responsibilities:
-Consistent expectations Personal ownership
-Organized lessons -Best effort
-Weekly schedule -Maintain updated agenda
-Purposeful lessons Arrive at school
-Arrive at work “prepared to learn”
“prepared to teach”
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10. What does AVID look like in 4th Grade?
Learn to use the binder and planner as organizational tools.
Begin to use two and three column notes.
Begin to use WICOR across the curriculum.
Setting personal goals and being responsible for achieving them.

11. What does AVID look like in 5th Grade?
Continue to support the organization using the binder and student planner.
Refine use of 2 and 3 column notes.
Continue to develop WICOR across all areas of the curriculum.
Setting personal goals and being prepared to learn.

12. Middle School AVID Program
Dixon Middle School will select AVID candidates at the end of the first quarter of a student’s sixth grade year.
Southwest Middle School will have an information night and send applications home in the Spring.
New Bridge Middle School does not have AVID at this time.

13. Questions
If you have questions please contact your child’s teacher.