1. Fits together like a puzzle
W I C R
Fits together like a puzzle
Inquiry
Reading
Writing
Collaboration

2. The foundation of the AVID Curriculum is WICR
WRITING
INQUIRY
WICR
COLLABORATION
READING

3. Writing Strategies used in AVID Prewrite Draft Final draft Respond
Writing is basic to thinking, learning, and growth. It
allows students to think in complex ways, building
critical thinking skills and developing knowledge of
oneself and the outside world.
Writing helps clarify and order experience, while
simultaneously demonstrating how much one knows
about a topic. The more fluent the writer, the more
successfully one can compete academically.
Strategies used in AVID
Prewrite
Draft
Respond
Revise
Edit
Final draft
Class and Textbook Notes
Learning Logs/Journals

4. Inquiry Inquiry-based learning focuses on the student as
the learner, developing skillful, open-ended
questioning skills. Being able to recognize different
levels of questions is beneficial for all students in
many areas of learning. Students in AVID understand
the three levels of questions design by Art Costa which
is critical for student success.
Strategies
Skilled Questioning
Socratic Seminars
Quickwrite/Discussion
Critical Thinking Activities
Writing Questions
Open-Mindedness Activites

5. Collaboration Collaboration takes many forms in the AVID Classroom,
most commonly in tutorial groups. Tutorials, which are
essential in AVID, reinforce previous learning and
encourage students to think ahead.
Students will internalize what they have studied and
learned if they are able to collaborate with others and
make connections.
Strategies
Group Projects
Study Groups
Jigsaw Activities
Read-Arounds
Response/Edit/Revision Groups
Collaborative Activities

6. Reading Reading is the 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. Readers read for three
Purposes: 1) For information, 2) For problem
Solving and finally 3) For recreation or enjoyment.
Strategies
SQ3R ( Survey, Question, Read, Recite,Review)
KWL (What I know; What to learn; What I learned)
Reciprocal teaching
Think-alouds
Literary circles

7. And the teacher pushed them.
The teacher said to the students,
“Come to the edge.”
They replied,
“We might fall”
The teacher said again,
and they responded
“It’s too high”
“COME TO THE EDGE!”
The teacher demanded.
And they came.
And the teacher pushed them.
And they
………Flew