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Choice
Giving students choice based on their interest or their
learning profile (learning styles or multiple intelligences) is paramount
in a differentiated classroom. In fact, I have listened to one of Carol
Tomlinson's trainers say that students should be given choice 35% of the
time. Wow! Below you'll find a recent (May, 2008) article about choice
from Teacher Magazine:
http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/2008/05/28/35tln_tedrow.h19.html?tmp=1080840174.
You can also click here to open a
Word document of the same article.
Other articles that discuss student choice include:
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/docs/support/multilevel/chap4.pdf
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3747938
http://www.state.me.us/education/nclb/ispd/topic3/strategies.htm
http://www.derry.k12.nh.us/dvs/staff/cmccallum/differentiation/tools.htm
Information about learning styles and multiple
intelligences includes:
http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm
www.lth3.k12.il.us/rhampton/mi/mi.html
http://www.aboutlearning.com/
Giving students choice can occur with a variety of student
strategies and activities, including:
Choice Boards:
http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?threadid=18357
http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/readingdifferentiation.asp
Vocabulary
Choice Board sample
Centers:
http://www.teachingheart.net/LC.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/backtoschool/learning_center.htm
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods-and-management/curriculum-planning/4755.html?detoured=1
http://mspowell.com/centers.html
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edlearn.html
Anchor Activities:
http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/bestpractice/anchor/index.html
http://www.plsweb.com/resources/newsletters/enews_archives/53/2006/05/02/20WebQuest/Start%20Here!.htm
http://www.tandl.leon.k12.fl.us/lang/Elementary/Anchorvoc.html
http://wblrd.sk.ca/~bestpractice/anchor/process2.html
Cubing and Think Dots Activities:
http://www.cpsb.org/resources/cbt/CBT_06-07/station%20activites/Cubing/description.htm
http://www.teach.virginia.edu/files/nagc_cubing__think_dots.pdf
(A cubing template can be found on this website.)
http://www.tandl.leon.k12.fl.us/lang/Elementary/Elcivwar.html
www.meade.k12.sd.us/PASS/Pass%20Adobe%20Files/
April%202008/Barb_1Cubing_Guide.doc
Click here
to open a blank ThinkDots template. Click
here to open an electronic sample of ThinkDots
RAFT
(Role, Audience, Format, Topic)
http://somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/reading/RAFT.html
Product
Choice - Offer students a variety of choices when doing a performance
assessment. Remember is that a choice utilizing technology should be
considered on a regular basis.
Content
Choice - Offering students a variety of reading selections to achieve
the learning goals. Two points to remember are: 1) The reading material
chosen must correlate with students reading levels, and 2) the material
must be tied to the skills/standards they are trying to achieve. An
example of content choice would be literature circles:
http://www.literaturecircles.com/
http://eduscapes.com/ladders/themes/circles.htm
Layered
Curriculum - This strategy, from Dr. Kathie Nunley, offers opportunities
for choice as well as thinking skills according to Bloom's Taxonomy. It's
a very viable solution for all grade levels, especially high school.
www.help4teachers.com
Orbital Studies:
http://www.cvgs.k12.va.us/differentiation/DifferentiatingStrategies.pdf
Totally Ten
Boards:
http://www.derry.k12.nh.us/dvs/staff/cmccallum/differentiation/tools.htm
Sample
Totally Ten Boards:
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