AVID Calendar for the Month of March 2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 (A) 2 (B) 3 (A) 4 (B)

Question of the Day Guest Speaker
Publish Description of a Place • Local artist/
Essay architect or
• Take students to computer lab to journalist to
type final draft of essay. This will discuss
go in their AVID portfolio. description.
Strategies for Success (Unit 17) • BINDER
• “Reflection and Self-Evaluation CHECK
Questions” Activity 2.11 High Binder Checks
School Writing (Unit 2)
• Tutorials

7 (A) 8 (B) 9 (A) 10 (B) 11

• Question of the Day Question of the Day GRADING No
• Knowledge of Self Knowledge of Self school
• “Me, Personally” Activity 3.3 • “Learning Styles Inventory”
College and Careers (Unit 3) Activity 2.9.6 and “More About
• Whole class brainstorm of values Learning Styles” Activity 2.9.7
• Small groups create categories of and “What Kind of Learner Are
values and label the values as You”
intrinsic or extrinsic. • Review and discuss results of
• Students list top five values and the inventory with students.
determine if their values overlap • Have students revisit “Me,
with other students’. Personally” and determine if
• Administer (or have counselor they want to change or keep the
administer) Values Inventory such values listed last week.
as the Myers-Briggs Personality • Begin “Career Values
Test or other suitable inventory. Inventory”
• Tutorials • Tutorials
 AVID Calendar for the Month of March 2011
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
14 (A) 15 (B)
• Question of the Day
• Knowledge of Self
• Finish “Career Values Inventory”
Activity 3.4 College and Careers
(Unit 3)
• Have students share career values
and get into groups with like career
values to brainstorm possible
careers. List and post in classroom.
Begin Public Speaking
• Students complete KWL over a
career they are interested in.
• Tutorials
16 (A) 17 (B) 18 (A)
Question of the Day
• Knowledge of Self
• Have students complete a
pictorial representation of
learning style, personal values
and/or career values. Share
images with class and post in
AVID Classroom.
• Take students to library or
computer lab to complete
research for a 3-5 minute
presentation over the career
selected last week.
• Tutorials

21 22 23 24 25

Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break

28 (B) 29 (A)
• Question of the Day
• Public Speaking
• Complete vocabulary lesson
over “Public Speaking
Terminology” Student
Handout 14.1 Strategies for
Success (Unit 14)
• Students should use research
to write 3-5 minute speech. If
time permits, allow students
to create a visual aid or
PowerPoint to use during
speech.
• Tutorials