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Differentiation through Choice Boards

Differentiation through Choice Boards . Julie Baker 2 nd Grade Teacher, K-4 GT coordinator Aurora Frontier K-8 jkbaker@aps.k12.co.us http://juliekbaker.edublogs.org/ Presentation Wiki: http://auroragt.wikispaces.com/. What are choice boards? .

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Differentiation through Choice Boards

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  1. Differentiation through Choice Boards Julie Baker 2nd Grade Teacher, K-4 GT coordinator Aurora Frontier K-8 jkbaker@aps.k12.co.us http://juliekbaker.edublogs.org/ Presentation Wiki: http://auroragt.wikispaces.com/

  2. What are choice boards? • Choice boards are a way to offer students a differentiated method of demonstrating and/or expressing their learning through a variety of tasks.

  3. Benefits of a choice board • Choice boards provide instructional activities that address a variety of student characteristics and support a range of student abilities in order to promote student achievement. • Choice boards allow students to make decisions about how they will demonstrate their learning. • A choice board can be for a single lesson, topic, or unit, (varying in length by days, weeks, or months.)

  4. How do choice boards differentiate? • Quality choice boards address differentiation in three ways: • Content • Process • Product

  5. Content • Content can be differentiated through accelerated, remediated, or enriched content explored through the resources.

  6. Process • Process is differentiated by taking into consideration the different learning styles as well as the levels and types of thinking. Teachers can address using Bloom’s Taxonomy, Multiple Intelligences, 21st Century Learning Skills, etc.

  7. product • Product is differentiated by offering a plethora of delivery modes from which to choose. These can range in complexity and style based on what you would like your student to be able to demonstrate.

  8. Product examples

  9. Mulitiple intelligence choice • Verbal/Linguistic • Logical/Mathematical • Visual/Spatial • Body/Kinesthetic • Musical • Interpersonal • Intrapersonal • www.lda-ia.org/Multiple%20Intelligences%20Assessment%20Menu%202010.doc

  10. How to create a choice board • Choose the content, topic, and/or desired learning for the choice board. • Identify the most important elements of the lesson/unit/what you want the student to know and be able to explain. • Create a variety of activities that your student will choose from in order to show their understanding of the topic. *A random collection of activities on a choice board does not represent differentiated learning unless intentional planning and reflection has gone into it.

  11. Types of choice boards • Basic Choice • Tic Tac Toe • Menu • Baseball • 2-5-8 • ?

  12. Tic Tac Toe Template

  13. Dinner Menu Template

  14. Baseball menu

  15. 2-5-8 Menu

  16. Reading Fiction Tic Tac Toe

  17. Reading dinner Menu • Appetizer- Choose 1 • Choose one character to create a character traits web. • Choose a character from the book. Write a paragraph about how they are like you and a paragraph about how they are different from you. • Create a puppet of the main character. • Write a new story about one of the characters in the book. • Soup - Choose 1 • Create a diorama of the setting of the story. • Write a paragraph using descriptive language to describe the setting of the book. • Draw, illustrate, and label a map to display the setting of the story. • Main Course - Choose 1 • Choose the important events in the story and draw a picture to illustrate each one. Include a sentence explaining what is happening in each picture. • Create a poster displaying the plot of the story in an interesting way. • Write a comic strip to display an important event in the story. • Create a pamphlet that displays the elements of the story. • Write a short skit to show one of the important events of the story. • Dessert- Choose 1 • Write a song about your story. Be sure to include important details from the story in your song. • Color a new book cover for your book. Write the title and the author’s name on your cover. • Write an alternative ending to the story.

  18. Elementary Science Menu

  19. Intermediate Science Menu

  20. Middle school science menu

  21. Useful sites • Elementary choice boards • http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Choice+Boards • Middle School/Secondary choice boards • http://www.gfps.k12.mt.us/sites/default/files/ChoiceBoards.pdf • http://www1.cbsd.org/sites/teachers/middle/csikora/DI%20Handouts/Choice%20Boards%20Packet.pdf

  22. There’s an app for that! • My Choice Board App- $9.99 • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-choice-board/id384435705?mt=8

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