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WICOR


What are the WICOR Strategies?

WICOR strategies are used school-wide by all teachers across all grades and contents. All students use these strategies to learn, study, and apply knowledge.

Writing

  • Cornell Note-Taking
  • Learning Logs
  • Quickwrites and Reflections
  • Process Writing
  • Peer Evaluation
  • Authentic Writing

Inquiry

  • Skilled Questioning Techniques
  • Costa's Leve Is of Thinking
  • Socratic Seminars
  • Tu tori a Is
  • Investigations
  • Questions that Guide Research

Collaboration

  • Socratic Seminars
  • Tutorials
  • Philosophical Chairs
  • Group Activities and Projects
  • Peer Editing Groups
  • Service Learning Projects

Organization

  • Binders and organizational tools
  • Calendars, planners, and agendas
  • Graphic organizers
  • A focused note-taking system
  • Tutorials and study groups
  • Project planning and SMART goals

Reading

  • Deep Reading Strategies
  • Note-Taking
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Vocabulary Building
  • Summarizing
  • Reciprocal Teaching

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