Amanda Doyle

AVID fun Friday game: Flip Cup Tic Tac Toe! Students had to flip the cup first, and then place it on the board trying to get three in a row. When they lost, they became that person’s fan by following them around and cheering for them! #AVID #teambuilding @AVID4College @DessauMS

My AVID students participated in their first Socratic Seminar this week, and they did great! We read an article and listened to a podcast about the positive and negative effects of social media, prepared questions, then held our discussion! @DessauMS @AVID4College #AVID

Last Friday we watched an AVID student speaker video. Then we talked about our dreams, goals, and wishes for our lives, and how AVID can help us accomplish them! @DessauMS @AVID4College #AVID #goals #opportunity

In AVID this week we learned about Costa’s Levels of Thinking. In order to test my kids learning, we played Jeopardy! Students picked a topic and level then had to develop a question based on the word revealed! @DessauMS #AVID #pfisd #pfisdAVID

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Our @KVUE Friday Football Fever Game of the Week takes us to @LeanderISD for @GlennGrizFB and @RouseRaidersFB! The game will feature sophomore RB @DJDugar who visited UT last weekend and already has offers from UIW and UTSA! "He's one of those guys you get once a blue moon."

Did you know that our AVID Excel emerging bilingual 6th graders showed a growth of 7.2% in their Reading SCA scores (avg % correct)? Excel Scholar Groups prompt student-centered inquiry about reading and vocabulary! #whyavid @AustinISD @AVID4College @AisdMiddle @AISDMultilingue

My 6th graders did an amazing job on their symbolism projects. They chose an animal, object, or item to connect to themselves and gave three reasons it symbolizes them. Shout-out to Mrs. Lockett at Henry Middle School for this super fun and meaningful activity! #AVID #AVIDExcel

Getting to know you Jenga! I switched up my seating charts, and this activity was a great way for my students to get to know their new table mates! #AVID #AVIDExcel #teambuilding #middleschool @BurnetMS @AustinISDAVID

My students decorated college ornaments this week after touring some universities virtually! Love how they turned out!🎄👏🏻 #AVID #AVIDExcel @BurnetMS @AustinISDAVID @AVID4College

So proud of my students and all their hard work! 👏🏻

Another great team builder! My students got into circles and had to hold hands and try to bump a balloon around the circle without letting go of their neighbor’s hand. It’s harder than it looks! 👏🏻🎈 #AVID #AVIDExcel @BurnetMS @AVIDExcel @AVID4College

AVID’s WICOR strategies (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading) can be extremely impactful when helping students prepare for final exam week. Discover 10 Ways to Infuse Your Final Exam Reviews with WICOR: avid.org/blog/ten-ways-…

The paper chain activity was a super fun team builder! Each group of Ss received one piece of paper, one pair of scissors, and one glue stick. I gave them 15 minutes and told them to try and create the longest paper chain. ⛓💥👏🏻 #AVID #AVIDExcel @BurnetMS

Our students had so much fun today! AVID vs AVID Excel capture the (college) flag! Great team building and Fun Friday activity 💥👏🏻💥 #AVID #AVIDExcel @BurnetMS @AVIDExcel @AustinISDAVID @AVID4College

Today’s team builder was the human knot! My students had to use communication skills and work together to unknot themselves and make a circle 🪢👏🏻💥 #AVIDExcel #AVID @BurnetMS

My Ss completed their first Scholar Group! This student-led discussion engages them in an inquiry process by asking questions and seeking clarification about a point of confusion in a text. Ss practice new reading strategies and develop deeper understandings! #AVIDExcel @BurnetMS

We had a blast playing charades today! #funfriday #AVID #AVIDExcel

We are watching a show and practicing the focused note-taking process today. I paused the show and gave my students time to process and ask questions 😂

Today we talked about word parts (prefixes, suffixes, and root words). Students practiced identifying word parts and defining words using a graphic organizer. It was a great vocabulary building exercise! #AVID #AVIDExcel @BurnetMS @AVIDExcel

To “The Quiet Hero” of every school. Thank you 🙏🏻