AVID

October Calendar

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1

Warm-up:

1. Take out lined paper and SOAPStone handout

2. Turn in Binder for Binder check

3. Agenda Check and Calendar

4. Turn in Agenda Check Form

 

In class:

1. SOAPStone comparison of two poems in groups

2. Shareout SOAPStone answers

 

HW:

1. prepare for tutorial or tutorial project form

(mandatory project work for 9th grade students; mandatory English paper for 10th graders in Dinkler's or Steele's class)

3

Warm-up:

1. SAT words/agenda check

 

In class:

1. Tutorial

2. Quick-write: If you had to choose between being a giant, wizard, or dwarf, who would you choose to be and why?

3. Popcorn Read Giants, Wizards, Dwarfs

4. Explain Socratic Seminar Rules

 

HW:

1. Write levels of questions to prepare for Socratic Seminar on Giants, Wizards, Dwarfs

2. No tutorial Friday

3.

5

Warm-up:

1. Glue SAT comics to cards

2. Agenda check

 

In class:

1. Share-out levels of questions

2. Socratic Seminar on Giants, Wizards, Dwarfs

3. Team-Building with Jason Dinkler's class

 HW:

1. Prepare for tutorial

8

Warm-up:

1. Agenda check/SAT words

 

In class:

1. Tutorials

a) Biome project for 9th graders

b) Regular tutorial for 10th graders

2. Campfire w/ Mr. Villa

HW:

1. Prepare for tutorial or tutorial project

2. 10th graders remember to sign up for PLAN test!

10

Warm-up:

1. Agenda check/SAT words

2. Record last week's agenda scores in checksheet

In class:

1. Tutorial

2. SAT word posters

In front: Diagram or clue of word

In back: Definition, Link, Antonym or Contrast phrases, 2 sentences in context

HW:

1. Begin collecting paper-towel rolls for making rain-sticks (need 2 per student)

by October 19th (Friday before break)

2. Organize binder for quick-check

3. Reminder - binder check with notes on Monday October 15th

12

Warm-up:

1. Glue vocabulary card cartoons

In class:

1. Binder check

2. Finish vocabulary card posters.

HW:

1. Begin collecting paper-towel rolls for making rain-sticks (need 2 per student)

by October 19th (Friday before break)

15

Warm-up:

1. Agenda check and calendar

 

In class:

1. Grade check in pod

2. Overview of Passport Goals w/SAT groups... Stamp your passport accordingly based on goals you've achieved thus far.

3. SAT word review - I have...who has...

4. Group test using SAT word posters and add sentences to your existing vocab cards

HW:

1. Begin collecting paper-towel rolls for making rain-sticks (need 2 per student)

by October 19th
2. Study for SAT word quiz on Wednesday
3. Prepare for tutorial

 

 

17

Warm-up:

1. Agenda check and SAT words

 

In class:

1) Tutorials

2) Study for SAT words using vocab cards

3) I have...who has review

4) SAT vocabulary quiz

5) Quarter 1 Reflection

 

HW:

1. Bring in paper-towel rolls for making rain-sticks on Friday (need 2 per student)

-- or toilet paper rolls if necessary

19

Warm-up:

1. Agenda check and SAT words

 

In class

1) Passport Celebration

2) Making Rainsticks

 

HW:

1) None ... relax and prepare for Quarter

 

October Break

29

Warm-up:

1. Agenda check and mark calendar

2. Seating change

3. Turn in notebooks for binder check

4. Provide bricks for positive grades -- cudos to Loren Hansen for a great biome presentation in Geography!

In class:

1. Grade SAT quizzes

HW:

1. prepare for tutorial

(if in Villa's Geometry class, tutorial w/Villa if Geometry test score was "C" or less - fill out project form for test corrections

31

Warm-up:

1. Learning Log

2. Agenda check

In class:

1. Tutorial and binder checks for those that did not get checked yesterday

2. Finish Rainsticks in Dinkler's Room

HW:

1. Prepare for tutorial

2. Wake-a-thon sponsors and chaperones