Names
College
AVID Strategies
Tools and Resources
Potpourri
100

It's what AVID stands for.

What is Advancement Via Individual Determination?

100

This is what SAT stands for.

What is the Scholastic Aptitude Test?

100

A structured note-taking system

What are Cornell notes?

100

Includes monthly and weekly planning pages that cover the entire school year.

What is a student planner?

100

This is the average life span of a dog.

What is 10-13 years?

200

The AVID program first started in this California city.

What is San Diego?

200

This is what UCLA stands for.

What is the University of California Los Angeles?

200

A formal discussion, based on a text, in which the leader asks open-ended questions.

What is a Socratic Seminar?

200

This is a felt-tip marker filled with transparent fluorescent ink instead of black or opaque ink.

What is a highlighter?

200

This is the most widespread color on earth.

What is blue?

300

This person, a high school English teacher, is the founder of AVID.

Who is Mary Catherine Swanson?

300

This is what USC stands for.

What is the University of Southern California?

300

A format for classroom discussion that ensures respectful dialogue, mutual understanding, and deep engagement into the subject matter. Once a statement is provided, participants select a side, either for/against, pro/con.

What is Philosophical Chairs?

300

A small piece of paper with a re-adherable strip of glue on its back, made for temporarily attaching notes to documents .

What is a post-it or sticky note?

300

This is the world population in 2023.

What is 8 billion people?

400

This is what WICOR stands for.

What is writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading?

400

This is what CSUN stands for.

What is California State University Northridge?

400

A system for keeping essential school materials and class assignments organized i

What is the AVID binder?

400

These create useful separations between documents in a binder.

What are dividers?

400

This is the wingspan in feet of a bald eagle.

What is 5-8 feet?

500

This is a bi-weekly, student led small group.

What are tutorials?

500

This is what UCI stands for.

What is the University of California Irvine?

500

This is when presenters addresses their pre-work inquiry and identified Point of Confusion.

What is the 60 second speech?

500

Offers free online courses to help students learn from anywhere. It was launched with the goal of getting quality education to more and more children across the planet.

What is Khan Academy?

500

These are the number of Hawaiian islands and their names.

What are seven islands and the names are Oahu, Maui, Hawaii (Big Island), Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, and Niihau.