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Students no longer use lockers. Just a sign of the times we live in I guess. In order for my students to be academically successful was incumbent upon me to devise a plan of action that gets them there. The foundation of that plan is good old fashioned organization skills. Being organized does not come naturally for most of us, especially young people. Teaching organizational strategies in AVID classes allows me to support the work of all core classes. It all begins with the 3" binder. Creating a classroom culture of organization begins with the binder. I glorify the binder daily with one of simple incentives "My Big Fat Binder" weigh-in. In AVID, "fat is where it's at" in a binder! We actually weigh it in on a scale and give away homework passes or a pack of pencils or something that students really want. The dividers are crucial to the binder organizational process. We have tutorials in my classes. This is a process where college students and teachers on their plan periods come to my classroom and agree to tutor students in areas where they have points of confusion. The white boards are crucial for this process. We hold multiple tutorials at once with a 7-1 ratio of students and tutors. It's an amazing process because the student base their points of confusion on something they did not understand in math, or science, history or English classes. Students lead the tutorials with the use of the white boards explaining and writing down what they do know to peers in their tutorial group. The college students facilitate the process to make sure questions are being asked to help the student with the point of confusion. All of the materials I have requested for this AVID class would be greatly appreciated.

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Students no longer use lockers. Just a sign of the times we live in I guess. In order for my students to be academically successful was incumbent upon me to devise a plan of action that gets them there. The foundation of that plan is good old fashioned organization skills. Being organized does not come naturally for most of us, especially young people. Teaching organizational strategies in AVID classes allows me to support the work of all core classes. It all begins with the 3" binder. Creating a classroom culture of organization begins with the binder. I glorify the binder daily with one of simple incentives "My Big Fat Binder" weigh-in. In AVID, "fat is where it's at" in a binder! We actually weigh it in on a scale and give away homework passes or a pack of pencils or something that students really want. The dividers are crucial to the binder organizational process. We have tutorials in my classes. This is a process where college students and teachers on their plan periods come to my classroom and agree to tutor students in areas where they have points of confusion. The white boards are crucial for this process. We hold multiple tutorials at once with a 7-1 ratio of students and tutors. It's an amazing process because the student base their points of confusion on something they did not understand in math, or science, history or English classes. Students lead the tutorials with the use of the white boards explaining and writing down what they do know to peers in their tutorial group. The college students facilitate the process to make sure questions are being asked to help the student with the point of confusion. All of the materials I have requested for this AVID class would be greatly appreciated.

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