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

WICOR: Inquiry

• Skilled questioning
• Socratic Seminars
• Quickwrites/ discussions
• Critical thinking activity
• Writing Questions
• Open-minded activities

WICOR: Collaboration

• Group projects
• Response/ edit/revision groups
• Collaboration activities
• Tutorials
• Study groups
• Jigsaw activities
• Read-arounds

WICOR: Organization

Tools

• Binders
• Calendars, planners, agendas
• Graphic organizers

Methods

• Focused note-taking system
• Tutorials, study groups
• Project Planning, SMART goals

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