Menu Choice Boards

Menu Choice boards are a way to differentiate content, process and product for all students.

ChoiceThe basis of the board is to allow choice within specific parameters designed by the teacher.

Bloom’s Based

• Menu choice boards are based on Blooms Taxonomy.

Computer Applications Menu

Use the Publisher Wizard to create a birthday card

Create a business card

Make 5 study cards for the basic toolbars and tasks on Publisher

Create a board game with questions about Publisher

Create an Earth day flyer promoting a clean-up event

Make a magazine cover with your picture on the front cover

Import a template from the Microsoft on-line site to create a project

Student Choice

Decide on a major theme or topic for the student activities

Cscope can help give focus for the activities you will write.

• Start writing as many activities as you can think of that correlate with the topic.

• Place the post it notes so that students will select a variety of activities.

Type up your Tic-Tac-Toe form.

nordstrom la menu choice sheet.htm

1. Design your process and product criteria choice cards. (or use mine)

2. Design a rubric to grade the activities.

3. Better yet go online and get a ready made rubric for free.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=RubricSearchResults&module=Rubistar&form_new_search=yes

Hyperlink to rubistar

Have students choose from the suggested activities and record their choices on a student activity sheet.

july workshop material\student choice activity chart for class management.xls

History Extension Menu

Create a Timeline with 15 important events

Draw or paint a portrait; add famous quotes

Write or select songs to illustrate 6 major events

Answer 3 Unanswered ???; use Internet to research

FAMOUS PERSON

RESEARCH

Write a poem about your person’s life

Read a biography, article and story; compare

Create a Frame using 4 icons + an illustration

Compare/Contrast person to 2 others living at different time

• How can you use menu boards in your classroom?

• What are some management issues that you will need to address?

• What are the benefits to using menu boards?

• How will I assess the activities?