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Learning Menus. By Michele West. Learning Menus. A type of learning that provides a “menu” of activities-some that all students must do, and some that allow students choices.
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Learning Menus By Michele West
Learning Menus A type of learning that provides a “menu” of activities-some that all students must do, and some that allow students choices. A learning menu ensures that each learner focuses on knowledge, understanding and skills designated as essential.
Learning Menus are: • List of assignments, activities, or projects students will work on during a set amount of time (ie, one class period,one week) which they can complete the work. • Used to differentiate for learning styles, interest and readiness. • A choice that students use to meet goals.
The Learning Menu can be used to differentiate for learning styles, interest and readiness. • “Readiness” refers to a student’s grasp of a particular concept or task. • “Interests” teaches the student to make decisions for him or herself and provides motivation to complete tasks. • “Learning Profiles” keep the word balance in mind. Are you creative? Practical? Analytical? Do you like to work in groups? Alone? In pairs? (Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic and Tactile)
Differentiation Strategy A learning menu offers a main course which all students are required to complete completely. The learning menu offers side dishes which students have to complete a certain number of options. Desserts are optional or enrichment opportunities for students. The learning menu can be a short duration or a long duration.
Kinds of Menus • Menu: Main Dishes, Side Dishes, and Desserts (for younger learners). • Agenda: Imperatives, Negotiables, and Options (for older learners). • Think Tac Toe: Complete a row, column or diagonal line of activities.
Menu Format Typically, a menu will include a main course which students are required to complete in its entirety; “side dishes,” from which students must select a designated number of options and “desserts.” which are optional extension or enrichment tasks.
Menu Goals • Students should know: • Students should understand: • Students should be able to:
Appetizer (Everyone Shares) How is the position of each number important?
Main Course: You must do everything in this section. • Write the steps you will take in deciding how to represent a group of place value blocks. • Draw a picture that represent numbers in many different ways. • Develop patterns using place value and repetition of number patterns.
Side Dishes (You must do at least two of these.) • Define place value, in writing. • With a partner present a dramatization of a number sentence focusing on place value. • You have the information, “ Is 327 made up of 3 tens, 2 hundreds and 7 ones?” • Check whether given answers to the problem have the correct place value and explain why.
Dessert (You may do one or more of these if you like to.) • Create a place value test for your class. • Create 10 place value word problems for your classmates to solve. • Explain how the words such as ones, tens and hundreds related to place value. • Create place value questions such as, “For what place is the number the same?” (tens)
Please follow your curriculum map and design/create a menu. Menu Goals: Students should know: Students should understand: Students should be able to: Analyze, draw conclusions and support conclusions. It’s Make It Take It Time!