Incorporating Choice into Your Classroom!
There are thousands of resources for why Choice is not just great in the classroom for students but also how it can help make sure that teachers are spending their precious time and energy focusing on the things that will make the greatest impact for their students. No one wants to feel like they are wasting their time or spending hours making lessons that students learn nothing from or that just increase the amount of student behaviors we are trying to manage. Choice is that golden ticket that 1 ensures that the students are the one’s doing the heavy lifting of learning as well as 2 allows many elements of students IEP’s, 504’s, ALPs, and more to be automatically included in the task.
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Lesson 1: The Power of Choice in the Classroom
Choice is that golden ticket that 1 ensures that the students are the one’s doing the heavy lifting of learning as well as 2 allows many elements of students IEP’s, 504’s, ALPs, and more to be automatically included in the task.
Choice is that golden ticket that 1 ensures that the students are the one’s doing the heavy lifting of learning as well as 2 allows many elements of students IEP’s, 504’s, ALPs, and more to be automatically included in the task.
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Lesson 2: Implementing Choice in your classroom
Taking into account a few do’s and don’ts can set you and your students up for success as you change or transition the way you teach and they learn. Remember change can be scary but if you are prepped for it it can also be exciting!
Taking into account a few do’s and don’ts can set you and your students up for success as you change or transition the way you teach and they learn. Remember change can be scary but if you are prepped for it it can also be exciting!
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Lesson 3: Asking Better Questions
The most basic and important part of a job for an educator is to ask questions. The way and types of questions we ask our students can drastically change the level of engagement for our students.
The most basic and important part of a job for an educator is to ask questions. The way and types of questions we ask our students can drastically change the level of engagement for our students.
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Lesson 1: Incorporating Choice: Product
Giving choice in product can allow kiddos who move faster than others to spend more time and dive deeper into their product creation without just giving them more work to do, while students who struggle with a topic can slow down and focus on the learning and do simpler products that allow them to end at the same spot as those students who moved faster than they did.
Giving choice in product can allow kiddos who move faster than others to spend more time and dive deeper into their product creation without just giving them more work to do, while students who struggle with a topic can slow down and focus on the learning and do simpler products that allow them to end at the same spot as those students who moved faster than they did.
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Lesson 2: Incorporating Choice: Path
This is a great way to increase engagement for students who are really struggling to connect and engage with the material or learning in general. By allowing students to find something they care about or at least find interesting we are empowering them to take control and true ownership of their growth and understanding.
This is a great way to increase engagement for students who are really struggling to connect and engage with the material or learning in general. By allowing students to find something they care about or at least find interesting we are empowering them to take control and true ownership of their growth and understanding.
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Lesson 3: Incorporating Choice: Process
They are choosing their own why for learning! Process choices are especially great for students who are in need of modifications or accommodations because it allows them to learn in the way that works best for them!
They are choosing their own why for learning! Process choices are especially great for students who are in need of modifications or accommodations because it allows them to learn in the way that works best for them!
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