1.    Who is AVID Weekly intended to help?

AVID Weekly is designed for use by teachers in the high school and middle school levels. It is intended for teachers in AVID schools who teach critical reading as a subject or need assistance teaching students critical reading techniques within their content area (science, social studies, etc.)

2.    How often is AVID Weekly available?

New articles, sample lessons, and a matrix guide are available to subscribers at www.avidweekly.org on the first of each month from September through June.  All previous months’ materials from the current school year are archived and are accessible (along with the current month’s materials) 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

3.    How are articles selected?

AVID Weekly articles are selected each month to cover three levels of difficulty: foundational, intermediate and advanced.  They are chosen to encompass a broad range of content areas, which are identified on the monthly matrix.

4.    What Critical Reading Strategies are applied to AVID Weekly articles?

• Marking The Text (including underlining claims and essential information, and circling key terms and cited authors)

• Charting The Text

• Writing In The Margins

• Summarizing Sections Of Text

Guides on how to apply each of these strategies are available to subscribers on the AVID Weekly website.

5.    How can I sample AVID Weekly?

Click on Download a Free Sample Lesson on the AVID Weekly “Learn More” page. 

6.    What does a subscription to AVID Weekly cost?

AVID Weekly is available to AVID Weekly secondary schools on a subscription basis.  The cost is $500 per school for an entire school year (10 months of articles and lessons) and that allows the school access to up to 20 usernames and passwords for different teachers and school personnel within the same school.  These usernames and passwords grant the users access to all AVID weekly material 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

7.    What is the AVID Weekly Forum and how do I use it?

An AVID Weekly discussion board is available for use by all AVID Weekly subscribers who have a registered username/password so that you may swap ideas on best practices and give us critiques.  The process to access this is pretty straightforward:

a.    Login to AVID Weekly using your username and password.
b.    Click on Forum in the left hand column.
c.    From here, you will see headings for best practices, questions, and ideas.  If   they do not appear, click on Board Index to see them.
d.    To post a comment click on a heading, then click New Topic.
e.    Type your comment and click Submit.