WICOR
W:
I:
C:
O:
R:
Writing
Inquiry
Collaboration
Organization
Reading
Essential Question
Which WICOR strategy do you feel you
are (will be) strongest in, and why?
(2 min)
W:
I:
C:
O:
R:
Writing
Inquiry
Collaboration
Organization
Reading
Why Write?
• Forces the clarification of ideas
• Good writing requires organization
• Self-expression, directly impacts ability to
build self-efficacy and self-advocacy
• Essentially, good, trained writers begin to
think and work in more organized ways
• 90% of college professors ranked “the ‘need to
write effectively’ as a skill they considered to
be of great importance” (Worth, 1990).
Why collaborate?
• The ability to collaborate stimulates learning
through
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Increasing student personal validation
Self-efficacy
social integration
Self awareness
• Interdependence, interaction, teamwork,
accountability, group processing, reciprocal
responsibility
• Around a learning task (Socratic Circles, etc)
increases rigor
Organization
• Students who practice good organizational
skills are:
– Better prepared for all classes
– Participate more during instruction/learning
– Interact with instructors
– Able to effectively schedule and prioritize
AVID: Organization (2012, www.avid.org)
Reading
• Essential shift
– Building knowledge through content-rich
nonfication and informational texts
– Reading and then expressing grounded in
evidence from the texts
– Regular practice with complex texts and academic
vocabulary
• Deep Reading
• Reading Persistence
(Schmoker, Jago, 2013)
Inquiry
• How did you learn to think in college?
– Did you?
– # 1 presentation mode (80 %) lecture (Ambruster,
2000)
– Were you able to thoughtfully consider each class,
placing the knowledge and applying that to your
cognitive process?
• Teach Inquiry NOW.
EQ
You have one thinking minute and two working
minutes to address this question:
How are my views about professional
development shaped by my experiences? My
habits? My prejudices?
Inquiry
• Split your table into ½
• Group with longest hair:
– What would it look like if I asked for professional
development to address my weaknesses?
• Group with shortest hair:
– What would it look like if I asked for professional
development to address my strengths?
Remember:
• As you work through these activities and this
first week
– You make the training useful
– Ask for support if you need it (table, team,
mentor, coach)
– Fear is not an option
– Stay hydrated.
EQ
Answer/Reflect on your EQ
EQ
Predict what will happen in
your classroom as you move
from left to right on the
continuum through the year.
Continuum
• What is GIST?
– Practice
– Mark the text as needed!
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Count off at the table 1-5
1=W, 2=I, 3=C, 4=O, 5=R
Go to the table your number is assigned
Read, become experts, create a GIST summary
Bring back to your home group
Share, discuss
Not everyone learns the same way.
Keep the student in mind!
Thank you!
Anneliece Kowalik
JCMS
anneliecekowalik@usd475.org
Ext 4848