How can I design the best study system for myself and my classmates? Daily Plans: Thursday, 1 October 2015

Happy Thursday AVID Family!
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Homework: 

• Binder and Note Revisions due Monday
• Field Trip form due next Thursday
• 1st Block Only: 
• Finish your Study Groups sheet
• Use the Accuplacer Study Guide 
• Add on notes for 3 topics. Include:
• Name of topic and explanation
• Key things to remember
• Sample incorrect and corrected sentence
• THIS WILL BE CHECKED FIRST THING TOMORROW!!!

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Big Idea: System
Essential Question: How can I design the best study system for myself and my classmates?
Objectives: I can...
...define academic vocabulary terms.
...respond to quotes in a variety of ways.
...identify the best ways to study collaboratively.
...create a to do list for studying.
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1) Warm Up: Academic Vocabulary (8 min)

1. List every vocabulary word you can remember reviewing this week.
2. Define the words during our Vocab Intro.
3. Work with a partner to write a Sentence Beast using at least one word from today and one word from another class.

2) Literacy Block: Responding to Quotes (12 min)

1. Highlight the bold options for ways to respond to quotes on your cheat sheet.
2. Read the beginning of the TPEQEA paragraph below.
3. Use your assigned way to respond to quotes to write your elaboration sentence.
4. Stand Up-Hand Up-Pair Up to hear how other people responded to quotes.

There are many different ways to study. The best way to study is in a tiered approach because then you are prepared to help others and you remember everything in the way you need to. According to a psychology professor, Scott Plous, "During the first phase, carefully review your notes and the textbook, perhaps creating flashcards to help you remember definitions, theories, and other important material. Then, once you feel confident of the material, study with one or more classmates (or with a TA during weekly office hours)" (Plous).

3) Lesson Plan: Use your Study Tool

1. Take five minutes to put final touches on your Study Tool.
2. Go to your assigned room.
3. Break into groups.
1. Ms. Nickel: Math 1, Science
2. Mrs. Testa: Math 2
3. Mrs. Cunkelman: History, English
4. Pretend you are about to have the largest test you have ever taken in the content you reviewed for.
1. Whose study tool will you use first? Why?
2. If your study group is effective, what will I see and hear? What will I not see and hear?
5. As you study, fill in your two column notes.
6. When you finish, complete your reflection.
7. Turn your note sheet and study tool in to your AVID teacher at 2:43.

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Homework: 

• Field Trip form due next Thursday

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Accuplacer Review Help:
-Use the correct answer explanations for Sentence Skills here.
-Use the resource here to understand how writing is laid out.

How can an inquiry system help us learn? Tutorial Wednesday: 30 September

Happy Tutorial Wednesday AVID Family!

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Homework: 

• Binder and note check tomorrow.
• STUDY TOOLS TOMORROW! Accuplacer Study Guide
• Field trip forms and $$$ by next Thursday!

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Big Idea: Systems

Essential Question: How can an inquiry system help us learn?
Objectives: I can...

...peer evaluate a binder and notebook.
...create a study tool.
...use HOT questions to clarify confusions.
(Resource for Tutors)

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1) Warm Up: Peer Evaluate Binder and Notes (5 min)

1. Get with a partner.
2. Take out your binder and notes.
3. Swap materials.
4. Peer evaluate.
5. Turn in your peer evaluation sheet. This is for a grade. Revisions are due by Monday.

2) Time for YOU!

1. Keep working on your study tool!
2. Review the guidelines below.

3) Before the Tutorial: Prepare! (Switch rooms at 1:50)

1. Get your resources out!

1. Notes
2. Textbooks
3. Blog/website posts
4. Assignments
2. Break into groups.
1. Ms. Nickel: Math 1, Science
2. Mrs. Testa: Math 2
3. Mrs. Cunkelman: AVID, History, English, Math

3) During the Tutorial: Inquire

1. Tutors moderate!
2. One presenter will give a 30 second speech.
3. Then, group members will write a question to ask presenter.
4. Tutorial starts. Make sure to take three column notes.
5. Switch to the next presenter.
6. Repeat.
7. Finished? Work on homework. Stuck? Ask questions!

4) After the Tutorial: Tutors and Students: Complete the reflection. (at 2:35)

How can I design the best study system for myself? (Day 2) Daily Plans: Tuesday, 29 September

Happy Tuesday AVID Family!
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Homework: 

• TRF Due Wednesday
• Field Trip form due next Thursday
• Study Tool due Thursday

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Big Idea: System
Essential Question: How can I design the best study system for myself?
Objectives: I can...
...identify the types of careers I am currently interested in exploring.
...manipulate spreadsheets.
...create a study tool.
...check and respond to emails.
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1) Warm Up: Career Research

1. Set up Cornell notes for today.
2. Go to CFNC.org > Plan > For A Career.
3. Find where it says "Your Portfolio" on the lower right hand sidebar.
4. Click "Career Planning Index Page" > "Career Plans".
5. Locate "Saved Careers". Under that, click "Try the Career Finder".
6. On the left sidebar find "Career Facts" > "Career Clusters" and click that.
7. Under career clusters, check off pathways that sound interesting to you.
8. All the way at the end, select "See Your Matching Careers".
9. Note: How many careers match for you?
10. **These will save in your profile so you can look at them more in depth later. You can remove ones you don't like then.**

2) Literacy Block: Spreadsheets, Data, and Graphs OH MY!

1. Work with a partner.
2. Partner One opens and copies the spreadsheet here. Partner Two just opens the spreadsheet.
3. Go to the Data Analysis sheet at the bottom of the page.
4. Follow the directions to create a chart.
5. Partner Two should read, Partner One should add to the spreadsheet.
6. Partner Two should make the chart.

3) Lesson Plan: Create your Study Tool

1. Before you Create:
1. Take out your notes.
   
2. *Star* information that you will use in your study tool.
2. Create your Tool:
1. Check the guidelines in the picture to the right.
2. Gather materials you need.
3. Create your study tool!
4. This is due Thursday. You will have about 10 minutes in class tomorrow.

4) Success Workshop: Organize and Communicate!

1. Check and respond to emails.
2. Organize your binder!

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Homework: 

• TRF Due Wednesday
• Field Trip form due next Thursday
• Study Tool due Thursday

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Accuplacer Review Help:
-Use the correct answer explanations for Sentence Skills here.
-Use the resource here to understand how writing is laid out.

How can I design the best study system for myself? Daily Plans: Monday, 27 Thursday

Happy Monday AVID Family!
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Homework: 

• TRF Due Wednesday
• Field Trip form due next Thursday
• Study Tool due Thursday

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Big Idea: System
Essential Question: How can I design the best study system for myself?
Objectives: I can...
...list effective study tips.
...determine which study methods will help me the most.
...plan my study tool.
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1) Warm Up: Journalling (Write for 5 min, share for 3 min)

2) Literacy Block: 10 Highly Effective Study Habits

1. Before you Read: 

1. Write a prediction: Which study habit will improve your test scores the most? 
1. Use if/then/because form.
2. Example: IF students make flashcards, THEN their test scores will be high BECAUSE _____.
3. Non-example: Flashcards are the best.
2. As you Read:
1. Create a graphic organizer that records the 10 highly effective study habits.
2. Suggestions: Outline, Cloud Map, T-chart (strategies you use now, strategies you don't use)
3. After you Read:
1. Highlight the two strategies that you think will help you the most. 
2. Conclude: Was your prediction supported or not? Tell me in a point and example sentence.
3. List five action steps you will take from now on when studying.

3) Lesson Plan: Fill in the form below to plan your study tool.


4) Success Workshop: Revise and Organize

1. Revise your notes that are related to your study tool.
1. Highlight key terms.
2. Add HOT questions.
3. Write summaries.
4. *Star* information you can turn into questions or use for your study tool.
2. Organize your binders.

5) Exit Ticket: Evaluate last week's SMART goal and set a new SMART goal for this week!

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Homework: 

• TRF Due Wednesday
• Field Trip form due next Thursday
• Study Tool due Thursday

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Accuplacer Review Help:
-Use the correct answer explanations for Sentence Skills here.
-Use the resource here to understand how writing is laid out.

What learning structures can you use to maximize your success? Daily Plans: Friday, 24 September

Happy Friday AVID Family!

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Homework: Revise your notes and organize your binders!

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Big Idea: Structure

Essential Question: What learning structures can you use to maximize your success?
Objectives: I can...

...compare and contrast different characters.
...design a new sport.

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1) Warm Up: Ten Minutes for You (10 minutes)

1. Check your email and respond to the email about formal.
2. Revise and Organize:
1. Highlight key terms.
2. Add HOT questions in the margins.
3. Write summaries.

2) Literacy Block: Triple Venn Diagrams

1. Break into groups of three.
2. Choose a character from the book you are currently reading.
3. Create a Triple Venn Diagram.
4. Add similarities and differences between the different characters.

3) Family Day!

1. Cunkelman: Missing Work
2. Testa: Level 2, then video room
3. Nickel: Board games, arts and crafts, littlebits

Graphic Organizer Poster Help - Homework Due Thursday

Hi all! Remember, your organizers are due tomorrow!

Here's what to do:

1. Right side: Title of article you read, your graphic organizer with notes
2. Left side: Name of organizer type, description of organizer, T chart with when to use this organizer and when not to use it
3. Resources: Graphic organizer resources:
1. Outlines
2. Star diagram
3. Flowchart 
4. T-Chart
5. Spider diagram
6. Cloud diagram
7. PMI Charts

What learning structures can you use to maximize your success? Daily Plans: Thursday, 24 September

Happy Thursday AVID Family!

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Homework: Revise your notes and organize your binders!

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Big Idea: Structure

Essential Question: What learning structures can you use to maximize your success?
Objectives: I can...

...evaluate the importance of organization.
...categorize graphic organizers.

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1) Warm Up: Fifteen for You (15 minutes)

1. Take out "The Whole Picture".
1. Make sure each scenario is complete.
2. Highlight each y-intercept and slope in different colors in each representation.
3. One the front direction page, write one "wow!" for yourself and one thing you are still wondering about this topic.
4. Turn this in to the drawer for your period.
2. Put final touches on your graphic organizer poster.
3. Done early?
1. Check and respond to emails! (Vote for a theme for Formal!)
2. Organize your binder.

2) Literacy Block: Organize your Mind to Organize your Life (25 min)

1. Before you read:


1. In your notes, draw what happens in your brain when you get stumped on a question.
2. Skim through the article and list text features you see.
2. While you partner read: 
1. Fill out fish bone diagram.
2. Use the first few paragraphs to identify the problem the author of the article is trying to solve. Note this problem in the tail of the fish.
3. On one side you will list the rules for organization.
4. On the other side, list details.
5. In the head of the fish, analyze why organization is important. 
3. After you read: 
1. Instead of listing your tricks for organization, write a PExA to relate this article to your life.

1. Write a point sentence that responds to the question: Has AVID helped you organize your mind to organize your life?
2. Provide an example that supports your point.
3. Analyze the impact AVID has or you hope it will have on your life.
2. Write two HOT questions in the margins of your notes.

3) Lesson Plan: Graphic Organizer Gallery Walk

1. You will fill in your Categorization Graphic Organizer during our Gallery Walk.
1. Round 1: SILENTLY, circulate the room looking at different organizers. Complete your graphic organizer.
2. Round 2: Share your ideas and questions SILENTLY by adding on to the T-chart for when to use this organizer. List questions off to the side of the T-Chart.
3. Round 3: Talk to each other! Ask for clarification and share ideas!
2. Apply what you learned! For two pages in your notes, decide what organizer type you would use for that page of notes. Note this on a sticky note. 

4) Success Workshop: Log in Party and Note Revisions

1. Make sure that you can log in to:
1. cougarmail
2. BlackBoard
3. PowerSchool
2. Note Revisions
1. Add HOT questions to your notes.
2. Highlight key terms.
3. Write summaries. 

5) Exit Ticket: What graphic organizers have you used in the past? Do you like graphic organizers? Why or why not?

How can an inquiry system help us learn? Tutorial Wednesday: 23 September

Happy Tutorial Wednesday AVID Family!

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Homework: Graphic Organizers due tomorrow!

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Big Idea: Systems

Essential Question: How can an inquiry system help us learn?
Objectives: I can...

...read a poem.
...identify misconceptions.
...plan how I would teach my point of confusion.
(Resource for Tutors)

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1) Warm Up: Read and Reflect (5 min)

1. Read our compiled "Where We are From" poem below.
2. Pretend you are an anthropologist (person who studies people and culture) 1,000 years from now and this is all you know about our class. List and justify: 
1. What would you know? 
2. What might you think you know, but actually be wrong?

2) Literacy Block: Organize It! (12 min)

1. Finish your graphic organizer from yesterday.
2. Remember, the left half is YOUR organizer telling us about the article you read. The right half is your evaluation of the organizer you used.

3) Before the Tutorial: Prepare! (Switch rooms at 1:50)

1. Get your resources out!
1. Notes
2. Textbooks
3. Blog/website posts
4. Assignments
2. Break into groups.
1. Ms. Nickel: Science, History, English, Math
2. Mrs. Testa: Math 2
3. Mrs. Cunkelman: Math 1

3) During the Tutorial: Inquire

1. Tutors moderate!
2. One presenter will give a 30 second speech.
3. Then, group members will write a question to ask presenter.
4. Tutorial starts. Make sure to take three column notes.
5. Switch to the next presenter.
6. Repeat.
7. Finished? Work on homework. Stuck? Ask questions!

4) After the Tutorial: Tutors and Students: Complete the reflection. (at 2:35)

What learning structures can you use to maximize your success? Daily Plans: Tuesday, 22 September

Happy Tuesday AVID Family!

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Homework: TRF due Wednesday

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Big Idea: Structure

Essential Question: What learning structures can you use to maximize your success?
Objectives: I can...

...analyze information on graphs.
...create a graphic organizer.
...respond to emails.

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1) Warm Up: Graph Analysis (5 minutes)

1. Set up a note sheet for today.
2. Graph 1: (to the right)
1. What does "median weekly earnings" mean?
2. How much would someone who worked 50 weeks of the year with a high school diploma make? Associate's degree make? Bachelor's degree make?
3. What does "unemployment rate" mean?
3. Graph 2: (below)
1. Explain to your neighbor what this graph is showing.
2. Based on this graph, do you think action needs to be taken? If so, what?

Want to know more? Look here:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/some-data-for-equal-pay-day/

2) Literacy Block: Free College? Income Gaps? Read all about it!

1. Before you read: 

1. Think about the graphs above. Which topic are you more interested in exploring - getting college degrees or income differences?
2. Choose a topic:
1. Free college? It doesn't fix everything
2. Is a male nurse worth $5,148 more than a female nurse?
3. Write the sentence below in your notes: "The topic I will look at is ____ because ______."
2. While you read: Take notes! Answer the following:
1. What is the article about? What problems are discussed?
2. Where to the issues take place?
3. Who is involved?
4. What is being done to solve the problems listed?
5. How should the issues be solved?
3. After you read:
1. Compare notes with a neighbor.
2. Add notes as needed.
3. Write a HOT question with your neighbor.

3) Lesson Plan: Graphic Organizer Gallery

1. You will be assigned a graphic organizer to create by Thursday. 
2. Divide your paper in half. 

1. On one side you will write the basics about your graphic organizer type:
1. Describe the use of your graphic organizer.
2. State: When is your organizer useful?
3. State: When would you not use this organizer? 
2. On the other half create a graphic organizer using your notes from the article. 
3. Graphic organizer resources:
1. Outlines
2. Star diagram
3. Flowchart 
4. T-Chart
5. Spider diagram
6. Cloud diagram
7. PMI Charts

4) Success Workshop: Professional Communication Time

1. Check and respond to emails.
2. Time permitting: Revise your notes!

5) Exit Ticket: What graphic organizers have you used in the past? Do you like graphic organizers? Why or why not?

What learning structures can you use to maximize your success? Daily Plans: Monday, 21 September

Happy Monday AVID Family!

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Homework: TRF due Wednesday

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Big Idea: Structure

Essential Question: What learning structures can you use to maximize your success?
Objectives: I can...

...identify and correct sentence fragments.
...design a perfect classroom.
...revisit and revise my notes.

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1) Warm Up: Creative Writing - Be a Movie Writer (5 min + 3 to share)

1. Choose one of the following to respond to.
2. Write for 5 minutes. You may add doodles. Stuck? Write "starfish" until you think of something else to write.

2) Literacy Block: Sentence Fragments (printed version) (30 min)

1. Before the Exercise: Take notes on the Rules using the prompts below:
1. Fragments do not contain a _______________ __________________.
2. A complete sentence needs what 3 things?
3. Write an example of a fragment.
4. List two ways you can correct a sentence fragment.
2. During the Exercise: 

1. On the computer, highlight the "sentence" that you think is the sentence fragment. Don't click yet! Also highlight on your paper.
2. Star(*) the question if your answer is right.
3. If your answer is wrong, see if you can find something in the rules that explains what you got wrong. 
3. After the Exercise: 
1. Write corrections for three of the fragments on your paper.
2. Check these with a classmate.

3) Lesson Plan: How would you design the best learning environment?

1. Make a table in your notes. This table should have 7 rows and 4 columns.
   

   Location	Good for which learning styles	Not good for which learning styles	General observations

2. Look through the presentation and fill in the table.
3. With your group, create the perfect classroom for your learning type by...
1. Visual: Draw it!
2. Aural: Discuss it and list.
3. Reading/Writing: List what would be in it.
4. Kinesthetic: Build it with stuff in the box on your table.
5. Multimodal: Mix things from above.
4. Circulate around the room adding on to other groups' ideas so that each classroom would rock for all learners!

4) Success Workshop: Revise your notes!

1. Add HOT questions to your notes.
2. Write summaries on as many pages as possible.
3. Ask for sticky notes as needed.

5) Exit Ticket: Set a SMART goal for the week!

What learning structures can you use to maximize your success? Family Day: Friday, 18 September

Happy Friday AVID Family!

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Homework: Stay Organized!

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Big Idea: Structure

Essential Question: What learning structures can you use to maximize your success?
Objectives: I can...

...describe characters from books.
...predict learning styles.
...create skits.

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1) DEAR Reflection: Identity Trees for Characters (5 min)

1. Put your missing work slip on your table.
2. Create an identity tree for a character in the book you are currently reading. The tree needs to have at least 10 things total:
1. Roots (values/skills)
2. Branches (facts)
3. Leaves (dreams)
4. Symbols

2) Book Club: Character Identity Trees

1. Share your identity trees with your group.
2. Choose one character to focus on.
3. On your index card, note the following:
1. Character Name
2. VARK category you think the character would be
3. Evidence supporting your choice
4. One thing you think your character could improve at
5. How you would teach your character that thing, using his/her/its learning style

3) Family Day!

1. Missing Work Room (work for 15 minutes on assigned time management/revision tasks) OR
2. Family Time in the Gym
1. First Line/Last Line Skits
2. Free Time

What learning structures can you use to maximize your success? (Day 2) Daily Plans: Thursday, 17 September

Happy Thursday AVID Family!

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Homework: Missing Work Slip DUE TOMORROW!

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Big Idea: Structure

Essential Question: What learning structures can you use to maximize your success?
Objectives: I can...

...use a survey to find career clusters to explore.
...identify strategies that will help you succeed.
...design a classroom that will help all students.

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1) Warm Up: Create your own CFNC.org account! (5 min)

1. Go to "CFNC.org". Bookmark this page.
2. Look in the upper left hand corner where it says "Access Your Account".
3. Then, click "Create your CFNC Account".
4. Use the following:
1. Username: cougarmail beginning (ex: mnick904)
2. Password: school lunch number

2) Literacy Block: Finding the Career Cluster for Me!
Literacy connection: Practice in reading directions and database information!

1. Go to: CFNC > Plan > For A Career > Learn about Yourself > Career Cluster Survey.
2. Take the survey.
3. List the top three career cluster results you got.
4. Reflect: Do you agree or not? Why? Tell me in a point and example sentence.
5. List two careers that look interesting in your first career cluster. (Go to “View careers in this cluster” on the right upper corner.)
6. Name one other cluster you think you want to explore.
7. Add one question in the left hand column of your notes about career clusters.
   

   

3) Lesson Plan: How do you learn best?

1. Break into groups of students with similar learning styles.
2. Create a learning styles mandala.
3. Complete a gallery walk looking at other mandalas. As you visit each poster: 
1. Check what is similar to your learning style.
2. Add comments with what you could do to work with someone in that career cluster in group work or tutorials.
3. Finally, write questions. 
4. Then, make a table in your notes. This table should have 7 rows and 4 columns.
   

   Location	Good for which learning styles	Not good for which learning styles	General observations

5. Look through the presentation and fill in the table.
6. With your group, create the perfect classroom for your learning type by...
1. Visual: Draw it!
2. Aural: Discuss it and list.
3. Reading/Writing: List what would be in it.
4. Kinesthetic: Build it with stuff in the box on your table.
5. Multimodal: Mix things from above.
7. Circulate around the room adding on to other groups' ideas so that each classroom would rock for all learners!

4) Success Workshop: Organize your binder! (10 min)

5) Exit Ticket: Tonight's To Do List