September 1

Slides

Admin-directed community building activities

2

Slides

Admin-directed community building activities

• Counseling Video
• Connect to Counseling Services
• Debrief and Class Discussion about Personal Headline

3

Slides

Admin-directed community building activities

• Free and Reduced Lunch Meal Applications
• Athletics Information

7

Slides

• Why AVID? Course Introduction
• Survey and Intro Letter to Mrs. Mason

Assigned

• Finish Survey and Intro Letter to Mrs. Mason

8

Slides

• 3 Facts About Me
• Activity: Deciding on a digital or physical binder for AVID

Assigned

• GRADED First Impressions

9

Slides

• AVID Contract
• AVID Binder or Digital Binder Set Up
• Work time for First Impressions

10

Slides

• Weekly Binder Check!
• Meet Ms. Garcia from Gear Up!

Due

• Survey and Intro Letter to Mrs. Mason

13

 Slides

• First Impressions Check
• Longest Paper Chain Challenge
• Introduction to Focused Note Taking (FNT)

14

Slides

• First Impressions Check
• FNT: Cornell Notes
• Article, Should Colleges Pay their Athletes? (in-class copy)

15

Slides

• Cornell Notes, c'td
• GRADED Cornell Notes Practice - Origami 

Due

• GRADED First Impressions

16

Slides

• Cornell Notes - Origami, c'td

17

Slides

• Community Building Activity - Marker in a Bottle
• Weekly Binder Check

Due

• GRADED Weekly Binder Check
• GRADED Cornell Notes Practice - Origami 

20

Slides

• Weekly Learning Logs
• FNT: 2 and 3 column Notes
• Finish Binder Checks (sorry we ran out of time on Friday!)

21

Slides

• FNT: Mind Maps/Concept Maps using Disney short film, Small Fry

22

Slides

• GRADED Create a mind map on the film short, Hair Love (or other topic in your classes).
  • Optional: Create a digital mind map using an app like Popplet

23

Slides

• FNT: Venn Diagrams (Graphic Organizer)
• Complete Weekly Learning Log (pick one up from me if you don't have it)
• Organize Binder

24

Slides

• Community Building Activity, Bucket Tower Challenge
• Weekly Binder Check

Due

• GRADED Weekly Binder Check (includes Learning Log)
• GRADED Mind map on the film short, Hair Love (or other topic in your classes).

27

Slides

• Debrief Bucket Tower Community Building Activity
• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form
• Four Corners
• Documentary, The Social Dilemma + Notes/Video Questions

28

Slides

• Documentary, The Social Dilemma + Notes/Video Questions, c'td

29

Slides

• Documentary, The Social Dilemma + Notes/Video Questions, c'td
• Debrief

30

Slides

• GRADED Gen Z Action Plan

October 1

Slides

• Community Building Activity, Cup Tower Challenge (Rubber band + String)

Due

• GRADED Gen Z Action Plan
• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form

Assigned

• GRADED Reflection, The Social Dilemma (hard copy)

4

Slides

• New seats!
• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form
• Introduction to Costa's Levels of Thinking and Questioning

5

Slides

• Costa's Levels of Questioning: Costa's Creatures

6

Slides

• Costa's Levels of Questioning, c'td
• Weekly Learning Log 

Due

• GRADED Reflection, The Social Dilemma

7

Slides

• Student Led Conferences
• Team Building Activity, Scattergories

Due

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form

Assigned

• GRADED Student Led Conferences Presentation

8

NO SCHOOL
Teacher Work Day

11

Slides

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form
• Circle Talks
• Work time for SLC Presentation

12

Slides

• Goal Setting [Reading]
• 21st Century Skills [Reading]
• Work time for SLC Presentation

13

PSAT, modified schedule

Slides

• Source of Pride
• Work time for SLC Presentation

14

Slides

• Mid-term Grade Check!
• Work time for SLC Presentation
• Questions for Guest Speaker

15

Slides

• Community Building Activity: Team Pictionary
• Guest Speaker, Clarence Baber, Gear Up! Coordinator

Due

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form

18

Slides

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form
• Debrief Guest Speaker
• Circle Talk

19

Slides

• Introduction to Tutorials and the 10-Step Process and Tutorial Request Forms (TRF)
• Group Activity - Summarizing the 10-Step Process

Slides

• Finish Tutorial Intro Activity
• Tutorial Word Splash Posters

Assigned

• GRADED Tutorials Word Splash

21

Slides

• Grade Checks!
• Quick Write/Self-Assessment: Which classes do you find the most challenging? Why?
• Tutorial Request Forms
• Tutorial Word Splash Posters, c'td

22

Slides

• Team Building Activity
• Poster Work Time

Due

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form

25

Slides

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form
• Tutorials Word Splash Posters

26

Slides

• Socratic Dialogue and Question Stems
• TED Ed, This Tool Will Help Improve Your Critical Thinking

Due

• Tutorials Word Splash

27    Mrs. Mason Out

Slides

• TRFs
• TED Ed and Cornell Notes

28

Slides

• Our first tutorial!

29

Slides

• Team Building Activity
• Guest Speaker, Alex Diaz Rios

NO BINDER CHECK TODAY

November 1

Slides

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form
• Debrief Guest Speaker + Quick Write Reflection (see slides for prompt)
• Circle Talk

2

Slides

• Article, The Misinformation Effect, (preparation for Socratic Seminar) + Article Debrief/Write Up

3

Slides

• Socratic Smackdown!
• Learning Logs

4

Slides

• Team Building Activity

Due

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form

5

NO SCHOOL
Teacher Work Day

8

Slides

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form
• Circle Talk

9

Slides

• Grade Checks and Work Day
• Tutorial Request Forms #2

10

Slides

• Tutorial #2

11 

NO SCHOOL
Veteran's Day

12

Slides

• Team Building Activity

Due

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form

15

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form
• Circle Talk

16

• GRADED  College Research Project

17

• Tutorial Request Forms #3
• College Research Project Work Day

18

• Tutorial #3

Due

• TRF #3

19

• Work Day
• AVID End-of-Course and Planning Survey

Due

• GRADED Weekly Learning Log and Binder Check Form

22 

• Circle Talk

23

• Project Work Day
• Rubric for College Research Project
  • View College Tours Channel on YouTube
  • View Campus virtual tours

24

Thanksgiving Celebration
Potluck!

25

NO SCHOOL
Thanksgiving

26

NO SCHOOL
Thanksgiving

29

• Circle Talk
• Project Work Day
  • View College Tours Channel on YouTube
  • View Campus virtual tours
• Symposium Matrix

30

• Project Work Day
• Matrix Run-Through

December 1

Symposium College Research Project

Due

• GRADED  College Research Project

2

NO CLASS
Finals - 3,4,5

3 End of Trimester 1

NO SCHOOL
Teacher Work Day