Tier 1 PracticesΒ |Β Prevention
Choices and Differentiation
Proactively designing choices into your lessons in order to boost learner autonomy, which has a powerful effect on engagement.
Proactively designing choices into your lessons in order to boost learner autonomy, which has a powerful effect on engagement.
A slideshow with short, teacher-created videos that walk through the what, why, when, and how of this strategy.
"Learners, would you like to do the odd problems or the even problems?"
"We're going to practice this, but I want you all to take 2 minutes to decide what you want to write about."
This website adapts text to different reading levels. Perfect for differentiation. Here's a π₯ teacher demo-ing it (0:57).
π 5 Ways to Give Your Students More Voice and Choice (Edutopia)
π Liven Up Your Lessons by Giving Students Choices (Edutopia)
π Putting Students in Charge of Their Learning (Edutopia)
π What Giving Students Choice Looks Like in the Classroom (Mind Shift)
π How to Make Student Choice Work (Edutopia)
Trauma-Sensitive School Checklist (Lesley University and Massachusetts Advocates for Children)