Choice Boards
“Choice Boards,” “Extension Menus,” “Think Tac Toe” … You can call it lots of things, but the bottom line is choice: giving students a choice of products and processes by which they can communicate what they’ve learned.
“Choice Boards,” “Extension Menus,” “Think Tac Toe” … You can call it lots of things, but the bottom line is choice: giving students a choice of products and processes by which they can communicate what they’ve learned.
Sources for these and more resources:
Sources for these and more resources:
▪ An amazing list of curriculum resources, including dozens of standards-based extension menus, by the Frederick County (Maryland) Public Schools.
▪ An amazing list of curriculum resources, including dozens of standards-based extension menus, by the Frederick County (Maryland) Public Schools.
▪ Teacher and consultant Laurie Westphal’s list of extension menus
▪ Teacher and consultant Laurie Westphal’s list of extension menus
▪ Meaningful Menus, a 10-page overview of extension menus and other strategies for providing students with choice, also from Laurie Westphal at www.giftedconsultant.com.
▪ Meaningful Menus, a 10-page overview of extension menus and other strategies for providing students with choice, also from Laurie Westphal at www.giftedconsultant.com.
Search for phrases like “choice boards,” “extension menus,” “think tac toe” “differentiated instruction” … and you'll find scores of websites with resources!
Search for phrases like “choice boards,” “extension menus,” “think tac toe” “differentiated instruction” … and you'll find scores of websites with resources!
Learn about Choice Boards & Extension Menus
Learn about Choice Boards & Extension Menus
▪ “Think Tac Toe”
▪ “Think Tac Toe”
▪ “Extension Menus”
▪ “Extension Menus”
▪ “Choice Menus” overview, with middle school examples
▪ “Choice Menus” overview, with middle school examples
▪ “Differentiated Instruction in the Foreign Language Classroom: Meeting the Diverse Needs of All Learners”, 8-page article geared toward HS foreign language teachers, but a good overview of DI, including choice boards and other strategies. From SEDL (formerly the Southwest Education Development Laboratory), and available at their website at www.sedl.org/loteced/communique/n06.html.
▪ “Differentiated Instruction in the Foreign Language Classroom: Meeting the Diverse Needs of All Learners”, 8-page article geared toward HS foreign language teachers, but a good overview of DI, including choice boards and other strategies. From SEDL (formerly the Southwest Education Development Laboratory), and available at their website at www.sedl.org/loteced/communique/n06.html.
▪ “An Analysis of Differentiation Strategies Used by Middle School Teachers in Heterogeneously Grouped Classrooms” A thesis for a Master of Education degree at UNC Wilmington, 2008 (Read the Abstract here.)
▪ “An Analysis of Differentiation Strategies Used by Middle School Teachers in Heterogeneously Grouped Classrooms” A thesis for a Master of Education degree at UNC Wilmington, 2008 (Read the Abstract here.)
Sample Choice Boards & Extension Menus:
Sample Choice Boards & Extension Menus:
Generic Extension Menu / Choice Board Templates:
Generic Extension Menu / Choice Board Templates:
▪ Blank Choice Board template, this one with directions
▪ Blank Choice Board template, this one with directions
ELA Choice Boards:
ELA Choice Boards:
▪ PVUSD's own HM Reading Integrated Thematic Units, each with an extension menu & Product Criteria Cards
▪ PVUSD's own HM Reading Integrated Thematic Units, each with an extension menu & Product Criteria Cards
▪ Many of the Depth & Complexity Grade-Level Resources are extension menus.
▪ Many of the Depth & Complexity Grade-Level Resources are extension menus.
▪ Novel choice board that offers 3 options each for content, process and product; an interesting variation on the choice board idea.
▪ Novel choice board that offers 3 options each for content, process and product; an interesting variation on the choice board idea.
▪ Of Beetles and Angels Extension Menu; about the book Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom
▪ Of Beetles and Angels Extension Menu; about the book Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom
▪ Para Escribir choice board in Spanish
▪ Para Escribir choice board in Spanish
▪ Using Persuassion to Address Contemporary Issues” choice board
▪ Using Persuassion to Address Contemporary Issues” choice board
Math Choice Boards
Math Choice Boards
▪ Honors Algebra Choice Board, from Susan Winebrenner’s excellent book, Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom ©2001, 2005 Free Spirit Press.
▪ Honors Algebra Choice Board, from Susan Winebrenner’s excellent book, Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom ©2001, 2005 Free Spirit Press.
▪ A Choice board of math activities, from Trenton Public School District
▪ A Choice board of math activities, from Trenton Public School District
Science Choice Boards:
Science Choice Boards:
▪ General Science Choice Board, upper elementary to middle school
▪ General Science Choice Board, upper elementary to middle school
▪ Structure of Living Things choice board, created by PVUSD elementary science teacher Denise Andrade, at H. A. Hyde Elementary School. Includes product criteria cards, student progress log, student accountability sheet, and a grading rubric.
▪ Structure of Living Things choice board, created by PVUSD elementary science teacher Denise Andrade, at H. A. Hyde Elementary School. Includes product criteria cards, student progress log, student accountability sheet, and a grading rubric.
▪ “Genetics Think Tac Toe”, for middle or high school
▪ “Genetics Think Tac Toe”, for middle or high school
▪ Photosynthesis “Dinner Menu”, an alternative layout for offering choice (“appetizers,” “side dishes,” “entrees” and “desserts.”
▪ Photosynthesis “Dinner Menu”, an alternative layout for offering choice (“appetizers,” “side dishes,” “entrees” and “desserts.”
▪ An overview of choice boards, including one on genetics and a generic Multiple Intelligences choice board plan.
▪ An overview of choice boards, including one on genetics and a generic Multiple Intelligences choice board plan.
- History Social Science Choice Boards:
- Other Choice Boards: