Choice Boards - Notes

Choice boards are well suited to dealing with readiness and interest differences among students. Teachers place changing assignments in permanent pockets on choice boards; by asking a student to make a work selection from a particular row, the teacher targets work toward student need and at the same time allows student choice. Cards can be color-coded with icons and different colors (for younger students) or with words, tasks, and/or designated areas of the room (for older students). In either case, full instructions for the tasks are given at the place the student works, not on the choice board itself.