WICOR
WICOR stands for Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading. Our staff works together twice a month to learn and reflect on research-based WICOR strategies and how to best reach all students. Our goal is that ALL
students and staff will be proficient in WICOR strategies.
students and staff will be proficient in WICOR strategies.
WRITING (learning logs, summaries, Cornell notes, reflections, authentic writing)
INQUIRY (Socratic Seminars, Tutorials, questioning techniques, Costa's levels of thinking, investigations)
COLLABORATION (Philosophical Chairs, service learning, Tutorials, group projects, team building)
ORGANIZATION (school-wide organizational system, agendas, weekly binder checks, graphic organizers, focused note-taking)
READING (critical reading strategies, vocabulary building, DEAR (Drop Everything and Read!), reciprocal teaching, literature circles)