Probably my favorite AVID strategy is 10-2-2.
Why?
10-2-2 Chunks your lesson into manageable bites for students.
Slow the lesson down-just a bit. Students need time to process. Think about it, you are talking and writing and discussing. Students have to hear the information, process it, decide what should go in their notes, and write it down, not to mention spelling and organization of what they write. That is a lot of brain usage in a short amount of time. 10-2-2 gives students a chance to stop and think about what was just said, do they really understand it? It also provides time for collaboration and interaction with the students' notes. Even with younger students who may not be writing anything down, it gives an opportunity to discuss what just happened with a partner. A brief description is below. You can find the pdf instructions on the team drive (link below). Feel free to change it up to meet your students' individual needs and capabilities. The whole point is to give students a chance to pause and think about what just happened.
Getting WICOR into your lesson: this strategy uses Writing, Organization, Collaboration (possibly even a little Inquiry and Reading sprinkled in as well, depending on the usage).
10-2-2
(pdf with details can be found in the AVID Strategies and Resources Team Drive)
The structure involves the following:- 10 minutes: Presenting information/note-taking
- 2 minutes: Processing information
- Students pair up to share their notes, fill in gaps and identify questions.
- Students could work in partners to answer a question relating to what was just discussed or an activity that was just completed.
- 2 minutes: Summarizing information
- After partnering, students work alone to write a brief (1 sentence) summary of just that chunk. Students can share their summaries to lead to more discussion as a class.
