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WICOR

WICOR is an acronym used to remember the five steps to effective AVID learning.


WICOR: Writing

  • Writing Process (prewrite to final draft)
  • Respond, revise
  • Edit, final draft
  • Cornell notes
  • Quickwrites
  • Learning logs, journals





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WICOR: Inquiry

  • Skilled questioning
  • Socratic Seminars
  • Quickwrites/ discussions
  • Critical thinking activity
  • Writing Questions
  • Open-minded activities
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WICOR: Collaboration
  • Group projects
  • Response/ edit/revision groups
  • Collaboration activities
  • Tutorials
  • Study groups
  • Jigsaw activities
  • Read-arounds
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WICOR: Organization

Tools
  • Binders
  • Calendars, planners, agendas
  • Graphic organizers

Methods
  • Focused note-taking system
  • Tutorials, study groups
  • Project Planning, SMART goals
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WICOR: Reading
  • SQ5R (Survey, Question, Read, Record, Recite, Review, Reflect)
  • KWL (What I Know; What I Want to Learn; What I Learned)
  • Reciprocal teaching
  • "Think-alouds"
  • Text structure
  • Critical Reading
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