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Throughout the school year, the AVID class will participate in a variety of fun and exciting activites, lessons, and projects. We may also watch various movies to reinforce positive, hard-working attitudes, as well as to initiate Philosophical Chairs, Socratic Seminars, and group projects.

This year the AVID class will have the pleasure of listening to various guest speakers on many diverse issues. If you would like to be a guest speaker in the AVID classroom, we would LOVE to have you. We are open to various topics, but love hearing about careers and inspirational or personal achievement stories. Please contact Mrs. Brooks (602-449-5300) if you are interested. We would love to have you!!! We just had our first guest speaker, Corey Spurling, a former AVID student from California that is currently in college working towards his second degree!

We just started real tutorials. They are Monday & Wednesday and the students have been very successful. We even have three wonderful tutors, one from the local college and two from an indistrict high school. They have been a big help. They students are now familiar with "Costa's Level of Questioning" and are able to write leveled questions for tutorials. During all of this we are getting to know our classmates while working collaboratively. We just finished a partner interview activity where we interviewed a classmate, wrote a three paragraph essay about them, created a name poster and then presented our partner to the class. Currently we are writing our own "Mission Statement" for the year.

During the first quarter, the students will successfully complete Multisensory Grammar, which teaches grammar by using a variety of senses. Students will continue to use Write From the Beginning, as a way to focus and improve their writing and it's organization. We also began the Rewards program, which teaches students to decode three and four syllable words. The student are continuing with this program in 2nd and 3rd quarter, reviewing their phonics skills to help them sound out these larger words, as well as learn to spell them correctly. When we are not working on the Rewards program, we are working on a variety of writing assignments. Soon we will start writing autobiography reports, so expect your child to be asking questions about themselves.

I check your child’s planner everyday for their homework assignments. I will try to check their grades at least once every two weeks. The students will be resonsible for printing off their grades to show me and for them to take home and get a parent signature. This is one way for them to check for any missing assignments.

This class is also a great tool for your child to get any extra help that they may need in a specific class. I am available to help then during the class period. Last, there will be weekly assignments or warm-ups that reinforce good study habits. Please encourage your child to use their time wisely while in here.

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