Choice Boards

Give your students choice!

Choice Boards

Looking for a way to engage students? Use the power of choice by incorporating choice boards into your classroom. A choice board is a graphic organizer that allows students to choose how they will learn/practice a concept. Choice boards are adaptable across content areas and allow students to showcase the skills they've mastered. During this session, we will discuss what choice boards are and how to create different types. Leave with resources to use in your classroom!

PLC Guiding Questions

1. What is it we want our students to learn?

2. How will we know if each student has learned it?

3. How will we respond when some students do not learn it?

4. How can we extend and enrich the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency?

Today's Objectives

TLW explore different types of choice boards.

TLW explore instructional technology tools that can be used with choice boards.

TLW discuss delivery options for choice boards to students.

Today's success criteria

I can name the differences between choice board types.

I can create a choice board using technology tools.

I can list at least one delivery option for choice boards to students.

Bell Work

Catlin Tucker Article to Read

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See Saw

Explore the many options that See Saw has to offer for student engagement.

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Flipgrid

Student participation meets video channel! Give a book talk, explain how to solve a math task, or state you opinion with supporting details! Children love to see themselves and others share their knowledge!

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Playposit

Do you need to be in 2 places at one time? Assign a video bulb to your class. Students can watch a video introducing a topic! You can embed questions to keep students on task and following along to comprehend the videos! Get data! Take a grade!

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Popplet!`

Popplet can be used for SO many things! If you haven't used this tool, check it out! My 4th graders watched a tutorial I put into their OneNote and taught themselves how to add popples! They love it!

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Mentimeter

Just like we enjoy collaborating with peers, allow children this same opportunity! Opinions, brainstorming, facts, Oh My!

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Do you have a subscription to Nearpod?

Student paced assignments allow children to participate individually! Great in stations! Good choice for a choice board!

Diagonal Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board Example

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What is a tic-tac-toe choice board?

Expand the picture to learn more.

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Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Boards For All Subjects

Expand to see how to use choice in various ways!

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What do I use in each box?

Why not add activities based on multiple intelligences?

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Science

Use a BINGO template for Science!

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Give more choices than Tic-Tac-Toe

Sometimes you need more than just 9 choices.

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Not BINGO, it's TECHO

Digital choice boards are becoming very popular for differentiation, providing rigor, and giving students a choice in their learning!

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother Example

Rocky Fork Middle Choice Boards to Explore

Join a presentation - Mentimeter

Enter the code and participate. Let's hear your opinion!

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Tic Tac Toe

Get 3 in a row-students choose 3 activities. Teacher can decide anything but horizontal, all vertical, diagonal, free choice.

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3 by Friday

Choice boards can span 1 day, 2 days, or an entire week. You decide. Tic Tac Toe or BINGO, either is appropriate to give your class some say in their learning

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Teachers Pay Teachers

Not feeling creative? Browse the files on sites like Teacher Pay Teacher to locate just what you are looking for!

Grading rubric

Feedback and Grades

Using rubrics for the tasks-- grading by individual tasks or including all tasks into one grade.

Making digital choice boards allows you to make comments to give feedback on pages that students complete. Students can then work to correct their work.

Digital choice boards can save your time in line to make copies while saving a tree! Give it a try! Start simple. Move forward as you and your students feel more comfortable.

Your Turn!

Create a choice board to use in your classroom! You can have this ready to share with your students tomorrow! Use the downloaded version of word, create a table, and start creating! You can link this to your website or OneNote for children to access and complete digitally or you can print and run copies.