Providing students and their families with opportunities to extend the learning that happens in class to the home is a great way to get families involved and to reinforce new concepts. Utilizing choice boards for these homework/extension activities allows students to practice and extend their learning in ways that interest them and increase engagement in the learning.

Based on the content of your integrated thematic unit plan, create a choice board with a minimum of six activities that students can choose from to extend their learning at home. The activities should support various learning styles and meet the needs of the students in the class profile. Each option should incorporate ELA, social studies, and the arts. At least one option should incorporate technology.

Complete the “Thematic Unit Choice Board” template by creating six at-home activities for students to select from that will extend their learning of the objectives from your unit plan. Activity choices must include at least one of each of the following:

Include a 100-150 word description of each activity.

After designing your choice board, write a 250-500 word letter to families introducing your choice board and providing instructions on how to use it. Include the following:

• Explanation of what a choice board is and how providing students with choices fosters engagement and supports various learning styles.
• Explanation of how your choice board options are meaningful, developmentally appropriate activities intended to extend the learning from the unit plan beyond the classroom and meet the needs of students with and without exceptionalities.
• Instructions on how students and families should use the choice board at home.

Support your choice board and letter with a minimum of three resources.

While APA style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite Technical Support Articles is located in the Class Resources if you need assistance.

Benchmark Information:

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies and professional standards:

MED Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education ITL/NITL

2.4: Adapt meaningful, developmentally appropriate learning strategies to extend instruction beyond the classroom to meet the needs of individuals with and without exceptionalities and their families. [MC2] [AAQEP 1a; EI/ECSE 6.3; InTASC 7(k), 7(n), 7(o), 8(a), 8(k); NAEYC 5c]