Choice Boards for Elementary Library
Teacher-librarian Stefanie Hage at John Harris Elementary in Sioux Falls, SD injects digital literacy and student agency into her library curriculum. Hage shared with me two new projects she developed since taking last summer's Passionate Reader Book Study through the SD State Library.
In that course, we read Pernille Ripp's book titled Passionate Readers: The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child. The book hit home on the power of reading for the sake of reading - no strings attached. It emphasized the importance of student choice and voice.
In that course, we read Pernille Ripp's book titled Passionate Readers: The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child. The book hit home on the power of reading for the sake of reading - no strings attached. It emphasized the importance of student choice and voice.
With this in mind, Hage created two digital choice boards for her students providing them student agency - the type of learning through activities that are meaningful and relevant to learners, driven by their interests and self-initiation. With these boards, students get to choose how they will learn through a digital activity like watching a video, listening to a book, or reading a passage.
The first board is for grades Kindergarten through 1st. Click on the image below to access it in present/student learning mode.
The second is for grades 2nd through 5th. Click on the image to access it in present/student learning mode.
Hage will be the first to tell you creating digital choice boards can be quite a bit of front-end work on the part of the educator, but the pay off is worth it! Hage is generously allowing others to make editable copies of her choice boards. Use these links to make your own copies:
Choice board possibilities are endless. Check out the choice board I created from a free template I found via an educational YouTube channel. Another place to locate templates is Teachers Pay Teachers where you can download for free or very low-cost. If you're into the social media world, there are, of course, many (too many?!) avenues to locate educational hyperdocs.
