Menu Lessons

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Menu Lessons
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Differentiation Strategy

• A learning menu offers
• a main course which all students are required
  to complete
• 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.

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The Learning Menu can be used to differentiate
for learning styles, interest and readiness.

• Readiness refers to a students 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)

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Learning Menus are

• A 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.

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Kinds of Menus

• Menu Main Dishes, Side Dishes, and
• Desserts
• Agenda Imperatives, Negotiables, and
• Options (for older learners).
• (Title Change Only)
• Think Tac Toe Complete a row, column
• or diagonal line of activities.
• (see Tic Tac Toe PPT)

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Menu Agenda

• Appetizer Introduction
• Entrée/Main Course Imperatives
• Side Dish Negotiables
• Dessert Optionals

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Parts of a Menu

• Appetizer (All)
• Main Course/Entrée (Student Chooses One)
• Side Dish (Student Chooses Two)
• Dessert (Optional)

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Appetizer Everyone Shares

• What is the purpose of an appetizer?

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Main Course You Must Choose One

• 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.

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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.

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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)

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Cooking Up Menus
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Diner Menu Whales

• Appetizer (Everyone Shares)
• View a film on Whales

• Entrée (Select One)
• Draw and label a picture of a whale
• Write a letter to a friend about whales
• Create a rap about a whale
• Build a model of a whale

• Side Dishes (Select at Least Two)
• Publish an advertisement to save a whale
• Create a recipe using whale as an ingredient
• Write a poem about whales
• Create and perform a skit about whales

Dessert (Optional ) Write an editorial debating
the need to have whales placed on the endangered
species list.
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How to select choices for the Diner Menu

• Blooms
• Cognitive Tool
• (see next slide)
• All levels should be represented on the Menu

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Cognitive Taxonomy Circle                      
                                                  
                  
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Diner Menu
Appetizer (Everyone Shares)
Entrée (Select One)
Side Dishes (Select at Least Two)
Dessert (Optional )