December Celebrations Around the World: Digital Choice Board Activity
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December marks a huge variety of holidays around the world and this activity gives you the quick, bell-work, short, supplemental activities that you need for literacy, writing, and critical thinking during the holiday time of year. This digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 25 different supplementary resources across the categories: stories, poetry, pop culture, books and traditions around the world, all within the theme of December celebrations.
This choice board is designed with inquiry-driven learning in mind: what do these celebrations showcase about human nature? The goal of a choice board is to primarily provide choice to students - an opportunity to self-navigate their interests and explore new ideas. This activity can be used as a bell ringer, a weekly activity, or a 1-2 day lesson plan with reading and discussion. The choice board is highly versatile and can be customized to fit your exact classroom needs. It's especially helpful when you need sub plans in a pinch!
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The choice board is constructed in Google Slides. Once you select the pre-made board or make your own edits, teachers will present the board to students as a view-only Google Slide. From there, students can click each of the buttons to gain access to the live links for each.
Teachers may:
- Assign this as a daily activity (think: bell work)
- Assign this as a "tic-tac-toe" activity asking students to read everything in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line
- Assign this weekly asking students to pick from a different color/category each time
Then, students will use the Google Form template to respond and reflect on what they read or watched that day. Google Forms automatically collects all respondent's information into a spreadsheet making it easy for teachers to read reflections quickly and all in one place.
WHAT DOES THIS PRODUCT INCLUDE?
- Teacher directions
- TWO ready-to-assign choice boards that are titled with one EQ and the other with general topics
- ONE additional board with movable pieces
- The choice board is in editable format so that you can use it ANY time of the year with ANY unit
- Google Form for student responses
WHAT ARE THE CATEGORIES?
Each button is linked to a YouTube video, article, poem, or some other web experience. Each category contains FIVE buttons, giving the choice board a total of 25 live links for students to follow. The categories include:
- POETRY
- STORIES
- TRADITIONS
- BOOKS
- POP CULTURE
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