9 th Grade AVID Today`s Agenda: Monday Dec 12, 2016

Monday
“The time to repair the roof is when
the sun is shining”
- President J.F. Kennedy
Is 2-3 sentences, what do you
think this quote means?
Assignments Due:
Today’s Agenda:
Monday
Dec 12, 2016
Wed/Thu – Habit 7 Homework DUE
Wed/Thur – Tutorial forms DUE
Friday – Contracts – Checking Week 3
1. Warm-up
2. Read and summarize Habit 7:
Sharpen the Saw
Friday – Binder checks and signed
mentor logs due in class
Essential Question:
What does it mean to “Sharpen the
Saw”?
Objective:
I will read and summarize Habit
7: Sharpen the Saw.
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Link Crew is hosting a Final Exam Cram
Session
This Wednesday, Dec. 14
Media Center
2:30 – 4:00
Must attend to the end to get the extra credit
They will be passing out “coupons” at the end
as proof of attendance
25 extra credit points
 FRIDAY,
December 16th, 2016
 NO work will be accepted next
week
 Next week:
◦ Tuesday – Semester Reflections
are due
◦ Wed/Thu – Portfolio Check
Habit #7 – Sharpen the Saw
• Taking time to sharpen the saw makes
the job of cutting down a tree much
easier.
• Taking time to take care for your:
Skim through pages 206 -220
• Complete Chapter Review Form
• One sentence for each section
• Finish the first 2 pages today
Tuesday
 What
were the 4
dimensions of
“Sharpening the Saw”?
• Taking time to take care for your:
Assignments Due:
Tuesday
Today’s Agenda:
Dec 13, 2016
Wed/Thu – Habit 7 Worksheets
DUE
Wed/Thur – Tutorial forms DUE
Friday – Contracts – Checking Week 3
1. Warm-up
2. Finish Habit 7 Summaries
Friday – Binder checks and signed
mentor logs due in class
Essential Question:
How can I “Sharpen my Saw”?
Objective:
I will work with a group to
present a poster about different
ways to take care of ourselves.
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Link Crew is hosting a Final Exam Cram
Session
This Wednesday, Dec. 14
Media Center
2:30 – 4:00
Must attend to the end to get the extra credit
They will be passing out “coupons” at the end
as proof of attendance
25 extra credit points
 FRIDAY,
December 16th, 2016
 NO work will be accepted next
week
 Next week:
◦ Tuesday – Semester Reflections
are due
◦ Wed/Thu – Portfolio Check
Skim through pages 221 -241
• Complete Chapter Review Form
• One sentence for each section
• Finish the last 2 pages today
Wednesday/
Thursday
 Write
2-3
sentences
about the
following
quote:
Today’s Agenda:
Wed/Thu
Dec 14/15, 2016
1. Warm-up
2. Tutorials
3. Start working on Group
Posters
Assignments Due:
Wed/Thur – Tutorial forms DUE
Friday – Contracts – Checking
Week 3
Friday – Binder checks and
signed mentor logs due in class
Monday– Poster Presentations in
class
Essential Question:
How can I use collaborative inquiry to be
more successful in my classes?
Objective:
1. I will actively participate in a
tutorial
 FRIDAY,
December 16th, 2016
 NO work will be accepted next
week
 Next week:
◦ Tuesday – Semester Reflections
are due
◦ Wed/Thu – Portfolio Check
 Read
aloud and share
responses to Habit 7 Chapter
Review
Group Project
• Each person creates a small
Body
Brain
poster about their chosen
section.
•What it is and how to take care
of it
• Posters should include
graphics/pictures
• Font size should be large
enough to see from a distance.
• Posters will be taped together
to make a group poster.
• Group posters will be
presented on MONDAY.
Heart
Soul
Poster Grading Rubric
Points
possible
Defines or explains your dimension
5
Describes at least 3 ways to take care
of it
5
Includes at least 2 photos/graphics
5
Font is easy to read from across the
room
5
Points
earned
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Body – Put away Scissors and glue sticks
Brain – Put away markers AND Put all your
posters on top of the back filing cabinet
Heart – Put away magazines
Soul – Pick up all scraps of paper off the
floor
You will NOT leave until the room is clean
Friday
Which of the 4 ways to
“Sharpen the Saw” are you
making for the poster
project?
What types of pictures are
you going to use?
How are you going to
describe what it is?
How are you going to explain
how to take care of it?
ALL ACADEMIC
CONTRACTS: Put your
contract inside this
weeks pages of your
planner. Put it in the
front basket. I will
check them and pass
them back to you
before class is over.
Turn in your binder
check form AND
signed mentor log
into the basket IN A
SHEET PROTECTOR!!!
Today’s Agenda:
Friday
Dec 16, 2016
1. Pass out Semester Evaluation
2. Finish Posters
Assignments Due:
Friday – Contracts –
Checking Week 3
Friday – Binder checks and
signed mentor logs due in
class
Monday – Poster
Presentations in class
Essential Question:
How can I “Sharpen my Saw”?
Objective:
I will work with a group to
present a poster about different
ways to take care of ourselves.
 FRIDAY,
December 16th, 2016
 NO work will be accepted next
week
 Next week:
◦ Tuesday – Semester Reflections
are due
◦ Wed/Thu – Portfolio Check
THIS IS YOUR FINAL EXAM SCORE for
the semester
 It is worth 20% of your semester grade
 It is due on Tuesday, December 20th
 If you do not follow directions or do
not give complete thoughtful
responses, you will not receive a good
grade
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Heart – Put away Scissors and glue sticks
Body – Put away markers AND Put all your
posters on top of the back filing cabinet
Soul – Put away magazines
Brain – Pick up all scraps of paper off the
floor
You will NOT leave until the room is clean