1. CHOICE BOARDS
Description:
Choice boards are organizers that contain a variety of activities. Students can choose one or
several activities to complete as they learn a skill or develop a product. Choice boards can
be organized so that students are required to choose options that focus on several different
skills.
Purpose:
• Allow students choice
• Incorporates learning preferences
• Takes readiness into account (basic and advanced)
• Provides framework
Choice boards address readiness, interest, and learning preferences. They are easily adapted
to a subject area.
Steps:
1. Identify the outcomes and instructional focus (objective) of a unit of study. Place that
information in the center square.
2. Use assessment data and student profiles to determine student readiness, learning styles,
or interests.
3. Design 8 different tasks that address your objective. You may want to use the Bloom’s
Taxonomy Planning Framework (attached) to help you design your tasks. You may also
want to include some tasks that address multiple intelligences (attached).
4. Arrange the 8 tasks on the choice board around the desired outcome.
5. The teacher assigns how many tasks need to be completed toward the desired outcome.
Adaptations:
1. Assign students tasks based on readiness.
2. Create different choice boards based on readiness- struggling students can work with one
choice board and more advanced students can work with a different choice board.

2. EXAMPLE
(Use the attached Bloom’s Taxonomy Planning
Framework and Multiple Intelligences Chart to help you
choose your tasks.)
The New High School @ Audenried
Student Choice Board
Summarize
Facts or ideas which are
important in determining
genetics.
Classify
Dominant and recessive
traits as they relate to
Mendel’s Pea Plants
Draw
Meiosis and Mitosis
Predict
What a person might look
like using the Punnett
Square
Objective:
Students will be able to
demonstrate practical
applications of genetic
probabilities.
Show
A model of a DNA strand
with a key.
Survey
Genetics- hair color, eye
color- graph your finding in
a chart of your choice (pie,
bar, line, etc.)
Interview
A person whose career or
hobby deals with
genetics/reproduction
Judge
3 websites on genetics and
heredity