Grab Bag
Weeks at a Glance
Acronyms
Binder
Notes
100

The percentage of AVID students in their senior year of high school that who attend college. 

What is nearly 100%?

100

Two things we'll do every week in AVID.

Answers will vary. 

100

The SLANT habit one should use to create a healthy relationship with their teacher.

What is "Talking to the Teacher"?

100

The point value of our weekly Binder Checks. 

What is worth 60 points? 

100

Who's the guy that studied memory in the late 1800s and the reason for the development of Cornell Notes? 

Who is Harmann Ebbinghaus?

200

This is an activity that involves a question, preparation to answer the question individually, then a group discussion in a circle. 

What is a Socratic Seminar? 

200

This is when a college student comes to help us learn concepts with which we are struggling. 

What are tutorials?

200

The "C" in WICOR

What is collaboration?

200

These are the four subdividers in our AVID section. 

What are TRFs, Quick-writes, Notes, Assignments?

200

A phrase that rhymes to remember why we have to revisit and use information. 

What is use it or lose it

300

The number of Cornell Notes expected for your grade level per week. 

What is 6-8 for 8th grade? 

What is 4-5 for 7th grade? 

300

We will do these at the beginning of class for five minutes 2-3 times a week. 

What are Quick writes? 

300

The letters of AVID stand for this.

What is Advancement Via Individual Determination?

300

The two things that Ms. K did not check for our first Binder Check.

What are pencil sharpeners and reinforcement stickers? 

300

Even if a teacher provides an essential question, or if we guess what it will be at the beginning of note-taking, we should always do this when we are in the Note Reflecting phase of Cornell Notes. 

What is revise the essential question?

400

Self-____________  is when you have an idea or an issue and you take it upon yourself to share your thoughts and stand up for what you believe. 

What is advocating? 

400

This is homework on Mondays and Wednesdays and is due on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

What are TRFs?

400

All five of the habits represented by SLANT.

What is sit with proper posture, lean forward and listen, ask pertinent questions, nod yes or no respectively, and talk to the teacher?

400

The color of Cornell Note sheets that go with each class. 

What is green for SS, pink for Math, blue for Science, goldenrod for Language Arts and AVID. 

400

Three words that start with "r" that help us remember what to do once we're ready to "make notes" instead of "take notes." 

What are review, revise, revisit, reconsider, and maybe some others?

500

These are our graded categories on Infinite Campus. 

What are TAG, Progress Reports, Binder Checks, Participation, Tutorial 

500

The acronym that represents the kinds of lessons we'll do on Mondays and Wednesdays in class. It's not a synonym for evil.

What is WICOR?

500

Seven of the letters in CORNELL WAY represent this. 

Answers will vary between the ten letters. 

500

The point breakdown for Cornell Note checks. 

5 for quantity and 5 for quality. 

500

The other word that starts with "S" that we use to describe what we do in the Summary section of the Cornell Notes. 

What is synthesize?