Blog #8

There were many different learning strategies that I found interesting and possibly very useful in my future classroom, but the one that was most intriguing to me would have been the "learning menus". I loved this strategy because I feel that students would find it very fun as well as easy to use because of the style of this strategy. If done in a way that was visually appealing, the students could be pulled into this strategy and very eager to participate in the activities offered. From a teacher standpoint, I liked how the choices were laid out for the students giving them opportunities to choose from a variety of activities. This would be an excellent tool to use to differentiate because a teacher could place activities on the menu in a variety of readiness levels as well as varying the activities to appeal to interests of the students. A teacher could also give students at different levels of readiness different guidelines for using the menu. I also liked the dessert incentives. Offering some very fun options that are not required but letting the students choose the desserts if they completed their other activities. This option works great for fast finishers as well as giving students incentives to get their activities completed so that they can move onto a dessert. Of all the differentiational strategies I will definitely be using the "learning menus" in my future classroom.