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Choice Boards & Extension Menus
“Choice Boards,” “Extension Menus,” “Think Tac Toe” …
You can call it lots of things, but the bottom line is
choice: giving students a choice
of products and processes by which they can communicate what they’ve learned.
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Sources for these and more resources:
- An amazing list of curriculum resources,
including dozens of standards-based extension menus, at www.fcpsteach.org/gt_renzulli/,
by the Frederick County (Maryland) Public Schools.
- http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/,
especially http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Choice+Boards
- http://toolsfordifferentiation.pbwiki.com/
- DI Strategies (Wilmette,
IL Public Schools District 39)
- Differentation Strategies
(Oregon Department of Education)
- DI Strategies
(Anne Arundel County Public School, Annapolis, MD)
- www.ableopportunities.com/home/Choiceboard.doc (Word doc)
- www.trenton.k12.nj.us/mathhelponline/choice_board.htm
- Teacher and consultant Laurie Westphal’s list of
extension menus, at www.giftedconsultant.com/menu%20sharing%20page.htm
- Meaningful Menus,
a 10-page overview of extension menus and other strategies for
providing students with choice, also from Laurie Westphal at
www.giftedconsultant.com.
- Search for phrases like “choice boards,” “extension menus,”
“think tac toe” “differentiated instruction” …
and you'll find scores of websites with resources!
Learn about Choice Boards & Extension Menus
Sample Choice Boards & Extension Menus:
Generic Extension Menu / Choice Board Templates:
ELA Choice Boards:
Math Choice Boards:
Science Choice Boards:
- General Science Choice Board,
upper elementary to middle school
- General Science Choice Board,
upper elementary to middle school
- Science Tic-Tac-Toe Board
- Structure of Living Things choice board,
created by PVUSD elementary science teacher Denise Andrade, at H. A. Hyde Elementary School. Includes
product criteria cards, student progress log, student accountability sheet, and a grading rubric.
- “Genetics Think Tac Toe”,
for middle or high school
- Photosynthesis “Dinner Menu,”
an alternative layout for offering choice (“appetizers,” “side dishes,”
“entrees” and “desserts.”
- An overview of choice boards,
including one on genetics and a generic Multiple Intelligences choice board plan.
- Science Fiction choice board
History Social Science Choice Boards:
Other Choice Boards:
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