VID Elementary – AVID – TownGate Elementary School

Components of AVID Elementary

During each stage of learning, AVID Elementary incorporates: 

• Student Success Skills – encompassing communication skills (e.g. listening, speaking, writing), self-advocacy skills, and study skills.

• Organizational Skills – both mental and physical; students are given organizational tools, as well as time management, goal-setting, and note-taking strategies.

• WICOR Lessons and L-WICOR Lessons – emphasize instruction on writing to learn, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading to learn in all content areas.

• Partnerships – among students, classrooms, grade levels, schools, feeder patterns, families and communities