Differentiating
Instruction
Interests
Interest Groups
Use a survey or design an activity to get to know your students' interests at the beginning of the year. It does not have to take much time. Whenever appropriate, group students by common interests.
You can design your own interest survey or use one that is already developed.
Interest Surveys for Kids on Pinterest
Interest Survey Questions for High School Students
Featured Tech Tool
Use Google Forms to efficiently collect information about your students' interests. Results automatically get put into a spreadsheet for you to access anythime.
There are many different question types, and it is user-friendly and easy to create and distribute a survey.
Students do not need to login to anything and complete the survey on any device including their smartphones.
Featured Strategy
Think-Tac-Toe is a great strategy to give students choices to demonstrate their understandings. Design nine activities students can select from to show they know a concept or skill. Start with your learning objectives and create activities using a variety of learning styles and/or student interests.
NOTE: Make sure that all choices can be used to demonstrate understanding of your learning objectives. If you want students to select three in a row, make the middle box something you want all students to complete.