AVID
Elementary
The Fifth Grade team is very excited that we will continue to incorporate AVID Elementary in this year’s course studies. AVID Elementary is the foundational program for AVID, which feeds into your middle and high school as a certified elective program. The program is designed to support students that are ready and able to complete college. The core of the program is broken down into two major parts: student success skills and organizational tools.
We are going to focus on organizational tools that will help your child manage their time more efficiently and keep them organized. The three main tools used here are the agenda, binder, and notes. Becoming an organized student takes time, practice and someone checking after them. This is not the year to let your child be on their own, they still need you to check behind them. As in everything with school, we are partners in your child’s education and success. Finally, your child will be taught how to take Cornell Notes and how to use them as a study tool. Each day it is important that your child looks over the notes that they have taken so that they can reflect on what was learned and identify what needs to be clarified. The program believes strongly in if someone writes it they own it.
In addition, AVID Elementary focuses on student success skills: speaking, listening, and study habits. These are the skills that will help your child present projects throughout the year and allow their classmates to learn while listening.
Lastly, we will teach your child how to keep and record graded work, which will allow them to monitor their grade average for specific subjects. In addition, the students will be responsible for maintaining a weekly record of their AR progress.
Now, because AVID Elementary is a positive program that is intended to motivate your child, this is accomplished by establishing multiple checks and assigning rewards for successfully maintaining the required documentation. Students will earn money (play $) to reward them for the following:
Students also have the ability to lose money for no homework, and lack of materials (i.e. no pencils). At the end of the quarter, students will use money they have earned to buy their way into a fun activity.
Regards,
The Fifth Grade Team
The Fifth Grade team is very excited that we will continue to incorporate AVID Elementary in this year’s course studies. AVID Elementary is the foundational program for AVID, which feeds into your middle and high school as a certified elective program. The program is designed to support students that are ready and able to complete college. The core of the program is broken down into two major parts: student success skills and organizational tools.
We are going to focus on organizational tools that will help your child manage their time more efficiently and keep them organized. The three main tools used here are the agenda, binder, and notes. Becoming an organized student takes time, practice and someone checking after them. This is not the year to let your child be on their own, they still need you to check behind them. As in everything with school, we are partners in your child’s education and success. Finally, your child will be taught how to take Cornell Notes and how to use them as a study tool. Each day it is important that your child looks over the notes that they have taken so that they can reflect on what was learned and identify what needs to be clarified. The program believes strongly in if someone writes it they own it.
In addition, AVID Elementary focuses on student success skills: speaking, listening, and study habits. These are the skills that will help your child present projects throughout the year and allow their classmates to learn while listening.
Lastly, we will teach your child how to keep and record graded work, which will allow them to monitor their grade average for specific subjects. In addition, the students will be responsible for maintaining a weekly record of their AR progress.
Now, because AVID Elementary is a positive program that is intended to motivate your child, this is accomplished by establishing multiple checks and assigning rewards for successfully maintaining the required documentation. Students will earn money (play $) to reward them for the following:
- binder checks,
- agenda checks,
- AR chart,
- making the AR goal,
- keeping grades and marks, and
- being prepared for class.
Students also have the ability to lose money for no homework, and lack of materials (i.e. no pencils). At the end of the quarter, students will use money they have earned to buy their way into a fun activity.
Regards,
The Fifth Grade Team