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WICOR
is an acronym used to remember the five steps to effective AVID learning.
W
ICOR: Writing
Writing Process (prewrite to final draft)
Respond, revise
Edit, final draft
Cornell notes
Quickwrites
Learning logs, journals
W
I
COR: Inquiry
Skilled questioning
Socratic Seminars
Quickwrites/
discussions
Critical thinking activity
Writing Questions
Open-minded activities
WI
C
OR: Collaboration
Group projects
Response/
edit/revision groups
Collaboration activities
Tutorials
Study groups
Jigsaw activities
Read-arounds
WIC
O
R: Organization
Tools
Binders
Calendars, planners, agendas
Graphic organizers
Methods
Focused note-taking system
Tutorials, study groups
Project Planning, SMART goals
WICO
R
: Reading
SQ5R (Survey, Question, Read, Record, Recite, Review, Reflect)
KWL (What I
K
now; What I
W
ant to Learn; What I
L
earned)
Reciprocal teaching
"Think-alouds"
Text structure
Critical Reading