GATE Activities
Digital Extension and Enrichment Resources
Student Choice Boards and Learning Menus
How many of us remember the amazing Katie Novak and her "buffet style" approach to student learning with UDL? Although her inspiring analogies and ideologies were delivered pre-pandemic, we can still apply those concepts to life in the blended, remote, and combo classrooms with Canvas!
A Choice Board is an excellent way to provide voice and choice through differentiation.
Narrative Writing
Choice Boards in Narrative Writing can be great for topic starters. Here's an example that students can use to draw new ideas.
Menu Board
This Menu Board is linked to activities with directions including graphic organizers, tech-based projects, writing prompts, vocabulary activities and more.
Meal Menu Choice Board Template
In this Canvas template, you can enter the activities you would like to offer students as options with varied point values.
Choices in Canvas Commons
Did you know that Canvas Commons has TONS of great teacher created/shared Choice Board templates that you can download and edit to fit your curriculum then add to your courses? Here are a few...
Choice Board Roll A Project
Interactive Canvas Template
Google Docs and Slides Templates
See a template you like? Simply click "File" and select "Make a Copy" to add a file to your Drive.
Need help?
Is your team or department looking for new ideas to engage students in your curriculum? Would you like to add creative and critical thinking activities to your lessons? Do your GATE and high achieving students need more? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, click the bookings button below and schedule a time for me to "zoom in" and assist you.
Stefanie Caswell - GATE TOSA
Conejo Valley Unified School Distirct
Student Support Services
GATE Department
Email: scaswell@conejousd.org
Website: http://www.conejousd.org/Departments/Student-Services/Student-Support-Services/Gifted-and-Talented-Education-GATE
Location: 1400 East Janss Road, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Phone: (805)497-9511
Twitter: @CVUSD_GATE