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Choice Boards

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Welcome!

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What is a Choice Board

A choice board is a graphic organizer that allows students to choose how they will learn a concept. Usually a choice board carries these aspects.

  • 9-square grid
  • Each square has an activity
  • Each activity should relate to one of the multiple intelligences
  • Level of difficulty can vary or stay consistent

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How do students complete a Choice Board

  • Tic-tac-toe style: choose 3 choices in a row

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  • Random choice

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Why chose a

Choice Board

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  • Choice boards engage learners.

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  • A choice board can also facilitate differentiated learning opportunities for your students.

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Step 1: Chose the Concept (TEK)

113.15. Social Studies, Grade 4

(16) Citizenship. The student understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations of Texas. The student is expected to:

(A) explain the meaning of various patriotic symbols and landmarks of Texas, including the six flags that flew over Texas, the San Jacinto Monument, the Alamo, and various missions;

(B) sing or recite “Texas, Our Texas”;

(C) recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge to the Texas Flag; and

(D) describe the origins and significance of state celebrations such as Texas Independence Day and Juneteenth.

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Step 2: Get to Know your Multiple Intelligences

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9 Types of Intelligence Infographic

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How to Use Choice Boards to Differentiate Learning

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Checklist: Learning Activities That Connect With Multiple Intelligences

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Step 3: Create a List of

Multiple Intelligences

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  • Naturalist (nature smart)
  • Musical (sound smart)
  • Logical-mathematical (number/reasoning smart)
  • Existential (life smart)
  • Interpersonal (people smart)
  • Bodily-kinesthetic (body smart)
  • Linguistic (word smart)
  • Linguistic (word smart)
  • Intra-personal (self smart)
  • Spatial (picture smart)
  • Computer (*technology smart)
  • Visual/Spatial (art and space smart)
  • Culinary (food smart)
  • Makerspace (**maker smart)

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*3D printing, robotics, minecraft, coding, etc.

**Woodworking, perler beads, crocheting, jewelry making, etc.

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Step 4: Brainstorm and

Map it Out

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Step 5: Make the Choice Board

HISTORY (TX Citizenship)

  • Google Slides
  • Insert a 3x3 table
  • Change Page Setup to Portrait
  • Convert to PDF

ELAR (Elementary)

  • Google Doc
  • Table 2x3 with 5 activities
  • Guiding questions for each activity

ELAR (Secondary)

  • Google Doc
  • Table 3x3
  • TicTacToe
  • Students choose three activities to complete

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Digital Cafe Menu

  • Google Slides
  • Examples and ideas for each resource listed in Menu format
  • Project Rubric for Social Studies

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Digital Choice Board - Blackboard

  • Google Slides
  • Post- Its (6)
  • Menu with descriptions to assignments or resources

Digital Choice Board - Corkboard

  • Google Slides
  • Post- Its (6)
  • Menu with descriptions to assignments or resources

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Additional Resources

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Thanks!

Any questions?

You can find us at:

@GluceroTech

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@CFuentes_tech

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Credits

Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free:

  • Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
  • Photographs by Unsplash
  • Watercolor textures by GraphicBurguer

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Presentation design

This presentation uses the following typographies and colors:

  • Titles: Lato Thin
  • Body copy: Lato Light

You can download the fonts on this page:

http://www.latofonts.com/lato-free-fonts/

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You don’t need to keep this slide in your presentation. It’s only here to serve you as a design guide if you need to create new slides or download the fonts to edit the presentation in PowerPoint®

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This means that you can:

  • Resize them without losing quality.
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Now you can use any emoji as an icon!

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