This year I am using Choice Boards as a way to differentiate my instruction. The first time I introduced this, it was for a survival skills workshop within Life Science. I designed six choice activities with several learning styles in mind. Once student understand each of the activities, they are to reflect on which one best suits their mode of learning. Students then fill out an Academic Contract to plan their time and make them accountable. These science choice board activities are homework with one or two days of classtime to check in with me and make sure everyone is where they need to be.
The other choice boards we are doing as a celebration to our first reading unit of study. This is done completely in class but still uses an academic contract.
I'm apprehensive that students will produce top quality products the first times we do this work. This will be messy the first few times. What I am excited about is the peer assessment part of these boards. Getting kids to become more reflective about projects they just did will hopefully help them become better planners for the next set of choice board activities.
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