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Choice board maker v0.1.0

A printable choice board template in a minute: a 3 × 3 tic-tac-toe board, a 2 × 3 menu or a 2 × 2, with the rule printed under the title and a strip for what each student chose. Start from a ready board or write your own squares. Free, no sign-up.

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Rule
Squares
Squares stay in this browser and in the share link. Up to 140 characters each.

Reading choice board

Name ________________________
Date ______________

Choose three squares in a row: across, down or corner to corner. Color each square when you finish it.

1Draw the most important scene and write one sentence about why it matters.
2Write a letter from one character to another about something that happened.
3Make a timeline of five events in order.
4Write three questions you would ask the author, and guess the answers.
5Retell the story in five sentences: beginning, two middle events, problem and ending.
6Make a new cover for the book with a title and a one-line hook.
7Find three interesting words. Write what each means and use it in a sentence.
8Compare the main character to yourself: two ways you are alike, two ways you are different.
9Write a different ending in six to eight sentences.

I chose squares:   Finished on ______________   Checked by ______________

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One board prints to a page, in color or black and white. To save a PDF, choose Print, then “Save as PDF”.

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How to use it

  1. Start from a ready board (reading, math facts, writing, word work, science or early finishers), or type your own squares.
  2. Choose the grid. On a 3 × 3 board, choose the rule: three in a row, any number, or the middle square for everyone plus more.
  3. Rewrite any square. An empty square prints blank, so students can write their own idea in it.
  4. Press Print. One board prints to a page, with a strip to record the squares chosen and who checked them.

Ideas for class

  • Use “Middle plus more” when one task matters for everyone, and put it in the middle square.
  • Keep the squares about the same size of job, so no row is the easy way out.
  • Put one square with a quick check on every board, such as a three-question quiz from the quiz maker.
  • Give the early finishers board on the first day, so “I’m done” always has an answer.
  • Leave one square blank and call it “Your idea, with my OK”.

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What is a choice board?

A grid of activities on one topic. Students choose which ones to do, following a rule such as three in a row on a tic-tac-toe board, so everyone practices the same skill in a way they pick.

What ready boards are included?

Any book (reading response), Math facts practice, Writing, Vocabulary or spelling words, Science topic, Early finishers. Each square is written for this site, and you can rewrite any of them.

How many squares should students do?

Three in a row is the classic tic-tac-toe rule on a 3 × 3 board. On a 2 × 3 or 2 × 2 board, two is a good start. You can set one to four.

Is anything saved on a server?

No. The board stays in this browser, and the share link carries it after the # sign, which browsers never send to a server. Pressing Print notes that a board was printed, and nothing else.

Nothing you type is sent to us. The board stays in this browser; a share link carries it after the #. Pressing Print notes that a board was printed, and a thumb below notes up or down. Nothing else is sent. No sign-in, no ads, no AI.