The Basics About Choice Boards

The board should revolve around a particular concept or learning goal and each activity is structured to stimulate learning, practice or mastery of that subject. The first step in designing a Choice Board is to identify the core concept or academic goal that the students need to complete. Second, plan the activities so that it provides students with a variety of mediums or methods for learning the concept. To do this, first identify the students’ interests, preferences and even levels of readiness. The activities can be different levels of complexity and can be arranged on the board in an increasing order of difficulty. Additional instructions for each task can be included and students are instructed to perform the tasks either as individual activities or in groups. One square can also be a “FREE CHOICE” allowing students to create and perform an activity of their own choice.

For more information: Infographic -an overview of Choice Boards, Menus & Tic Tac Toe

A modified choice board example from Grade 9 Biology - students could choose which stations do, some were mandatory.

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