What is the purpose of the AVID binder?
Organization is an important skill in school, career and other aspects of daily life. The AVID binder is an organizational tool to help students maintain notes and school work in one place. Students are expected to maintain an organized binder, along with all of the necessary items needed. They are expected to keep it organized using the AVID methods they have been taught.
Students will be evaluated on organization and whether they have all of their materials for every class in their binder. The binder will be evaluated weekly and taken as an assessment grade. Students should spend no more than 30 minutes each day organizing and completing their notes. It should be a red flag to parents if their student spends two or more hours the night before a binder check trying to put it together.
What should be in the AVID Binder?
Binders must be good quality plastic 3-inch three-ring binder with pocket inserts.
Needed Binder Contents
Organization is an important skill in school, career and other aspects of daily life. The AVID binder is an organizational tool to help students maintain notes and school work in one place. Students are expected to maintain an organized binder, along with all of the necessary items needed. They are expected to keep it organized using the AVID methods they have been taught.
Students will be evaluated on organization and whether they have all of their materials for every class in their binder. The binder will be evaluated weekly and taken as an assessment grade. Students should spend no more than 30 minutes each day organizing and completing their notes. It should be a red flag to parents if their student spends two or more hours the night before a binder check trying to put it together.
What should be in the AVID Binder?
Binders must be good quality plastic 3-inch three-ring binder with pocket inserts.
Needed Binder Contents
- 8 colored tab subject dividers to separate each academic class, including AVID
- Zipper pouch/pencil bag to store supplies
- Two or more pens (blue, black, red)
- Two or more highlighters
- Filler paper
- Additional erasers
- Reinforcement labels (for torn/ripped papers)
- Student planner or assignment calendar
- Tutorial Request Forms
- Learning Logs
- Cornell Notes
- Binder front cover
- Pencil Bag
- Student Planner
- 8 color tab subject dividers
- Filler Paper
- Dictionary and/or thesaurus
- Calculator
- 12-inch ruler
- Tips on note-taking, tutorial guidelines or other AVID strategy sheets