Choice boards

Last summer I attended a GT training and was introduced to choice boards! I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! I think that students are more engaged and even challenge themselves more when they are given choices. The great thing is....they aren't just for GT students. Choice boards work similar to tic-tac-toe; the student completes 3 activities in a row {up, down, diagonal} They can be adapted for ALL students and actually lend themselves well to differentiated instruction. On Tuesday, I will be attending…

Choice boards are perfect for learning in the classroom, online or at home! Choice boards differentiate learning through student choice of process, content or product! #differentiationtips #choiceboards #upperelementary

I’m a big fan of using digital choice boards in my classroom. In light of recent school closures, I’m working on compiling some of my choice board templates into a Google Drive folder for others to use.

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Adventures of Teaching: Choice Board I can see turning this into engineering/invention spins for cross curriculum writing assignments!

If you teach multiple children, independent activities are a MUST! Download this free independent activities choice board, great for young children.

This tutorial walks you through how to set up a student choice board using Google Slides. Teachers can integrate student choice into their curriculums and lesson plans with choice boards for projects, test reviews, or even class activities. Google Slides make it easy to link to websites, webpages, and other slides within the presentation in order to set up the choice board.

Are you required to leave emergency sub plans? If so, you may want to use a choice board! My art colleague Sharon had the idea to make a choice board that can be used multiple times if there is a situation where you need to be gone unexpectedly (sickness or unexpected quarantine). Even if your school does not require this, I highly recommend having a stash of lesson plans ready to go in case you wake up sick in the … Read more... →

Create your own reading choice boards for fiction and non-fiction

Home Learning Choice Boards. To help with any teachers dealing with school closures or the possibility of home and distance learning, I've put together these Home Learning Choice Boards. I've curated the ideas into the following six Home Learning Choice Boards. I've also included a blank sheet that you could send home for families to write in their own ideas.

With the VERY sudden need for eLearning resources teachers and parents can become easily overwhelmed. As a technology teacher on special assignment and a parent of a second-grader (who is now at home for the next month), I can definitely relate. I know we all want to create meaningful online lessons and activities for our students, however, just like in the classroom we need some ready to use materials to fill in the gaps as we create. Choice boards are an excellent option for teachers…

Student buy-in and engagement is the KEY to getting your students to practice what they need to practice. Giving students a CHOICE in what they practice is the key to success! Read about how I use Choice Boards in my classroom and get a FREE copy of my ELA Choice Board.

This choice board is a great way for your students to apply the reading strategies they are learning! They will practice retelling, predicting, sequencing, and making inferences. This choice board is perfect for reading centers, homework, or early-finisher activities. It is most suitable for grades 3-5, but can be used as part of a differentiation strategy up or down the grade range. #choiceboard #readingresources

Using choice boards just makes sense! Since each individual student is unique, a one-size-fits-all approach to assessment is not ideal.

Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Menu: Novel Study (grades 6-12) Directions: Start with number 5 and then make two other choices to make your tic-tac-toe. (**Teachers: >>> CLICK HERE to Make a Copy and save to your Drive.) Create a fictional interview video with the protagonist, antagonist, or author wh...

The other day my daughter was using a choice board for an assessment in her elementary science class, and I realized that, while I love giving kids voice and choice, I hadn't actually used a choice...

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