1. Julie Baker 2 nd Grade Teacher, K-4 GT coordinator Aurora Frontier K-8 jkbaker@aps.k12.co.us http://juliekbaker.edublogs.org/ Presentation Wiki: http://auroragt.wikispaces.com/

2.  Choice boards are a way to offer students a differentiated method of demonstrating and/or expressing their learning through a variety of tasks.

3.  Choice boards provide instructional activities that address a variety of student characteristics and support a range of student abilities in order to promote student achievement.  Choice boards allow students to make decisions about how they will demonstrate their learning.  A choice board can be for a single lesson, topic, or unit, (varying in length by days, weeks, or months.)

4.  Quality choice boards address differentiation in three ways:  Content  Process  Product

5.  Content can be differentiated through accelerated, remediated, or enriched content explored through the resources.

6.  Process is differentiated by taking into consideration the different learning styles as well as the levels and types of thinking. Teachers can address using Bloom’s Taxonomy, Multiple Intelligences, 21 st Century Learning Skills, etc.

7.  Product is differentiated by offering a plethora of delivery modes from which to choose. These can range in complexity and style based on what you would like your student to be able to demonstrate.

8. WrittenVerbalTactileVisual Advertisement Cartoon Creative writing Learning Center Magazine Pamphlet Biography Chart Crossword Puzzle Greeting Card Journal Newspaper article Book cover Poem Fairy tale Drawing Map Travel log Advertisement Debate Oral speech Movie Puppet show News report Guest Speaker Oral report Skit Choral reading Commercial Song Game show Book cover Diorama Collage Costume Game Mask Mosaic Scavenger hunt Cardboard cutout Comic strip Dance Puzzle Mime Mural Project cube Sculpture Mobile Puppet Weaving Art gallery Chart Diagram Flipbook Greeting card Map Photo essay Poster Scrapbook Time line Book cover Collage Hidden picture Family tree Bulletin board Picture dictionary Model

9.  Verbal/Linguistic  Logical/Mathematical  Visual/Spatial  Body/Kinesthetic  Musical  Interpersonal  Intrapersonal  www.lda- ia.org/Multiple%20Intelligences%20Assessm ent%20Menu%202010.doc

10.  Choose the content, topic, and/or desired learning for the choice board.  Identify the most important elements of the lesson/unit/what you want the student to know and be able to explain.  Create a variety of activities that your student will choose from in order to show their understanding of the topic. *A random collection of activities on a choice board does not represent differentiated learning unless intentional planning and reflection has gone into it.

11.  Basic Choice  Tic Tac Toe  Menu  Baseball  2-5-8  ?

12. Free Choice

16. Write a song about your story. Be sure to include details from the story in your song. Color a new book cover for your book. Write the title and the author’s name on your cover. Write a new story about one of the characters in the book. Write an alternate ending to the story. Create a diorama of the setting of the story. Make a puppet of the main character. Choose a character from the book. Write a paragraph about how they are like you and a paragraph about how they are different. Draw pictures of the important events of the story with one sentence about them and put them in order. Create a poster displaying the elements of the story in an interesting way.

17.  Appetizer- Choose 1  Choose one character to create a character traits web.  Choose a character from the book. Write a paragraph about how they are like you and a paragraph about how they are different from you.  Create a puppet of the main character.  Write a new story about one of the characters in the book.  Soup - Choose 1  Create a diorama of the setting of the story.  Write a paragraph using descriptive language to describe the setting of the book.  Draw, illustrate, and label a map to display the setting of the story.  Main Course - Choose 1  Choose the important events in the story and draw a picture to illustrate each one. Include a sentence explaining what is happening in each picture.  Create a poster displaying the plot of the story in an interesting way.  Write a comic strip to display an important event in the story.  Create a pamphlet that displays the elements of the story.  Write a short skit to show one of the important events of the story.  Dessert- Choose 1  Write a song about your story. Be sure to include important details from the story in your song.  Color a new book cover for your book. Write the title and the author’s name on your cover.  Write an alternative ending to the story.

21.  Elementary choice boards  http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Choic e+Boards http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Choic e+Boards  Middle School/Secondary choice boards  http://www.gfps.k12.mt.us/sites/default/files/C hoiceBoards.pdf http://www.gfps.k12.mt.us/sites/default/files/C hoiceBoards.pdf  http://www1.cbsd.org/sites/teachers/middle/cs ikora/DI%20Handouts/Choice%20Boards%20Packet.pdf http://www1.cbsd.org/sites/teachers/middle/cs ikora/DI%20Handouts/Choice%20Boards%20Packet.pdf

22.  My Choice Board App- $9.99  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-choice- board/id384435705?mt=8