The 39 Clues: Maze of Bones Choice Board and Rubric

Choice boards are a great way to reach many interests and abilities in diverse classrooms. Whether needing to differentiate higher or lower, the variety of assignment options allows for student choice at their appropriate response level, and allows teachers to see what students truly grasp from the texts they are reading.

The 39 Clues: Maze of Bones, written by Rick Riordan is a novel appropriate for 4th through 6th grades. The choice board includes nine activities and multiple rubrics for teacher choice in grading. The tasks are as follows:

• Researching Ben Franklin's role as an ambassador (nonfiction reading/writing)

• Creating a family crest (character analyzation)

• National and international monument descriptions (social studies cross curricular)

• character webs and maps (2 assignments)

• research and reporting (plot + nonfiction reading)

• personal reflection (reflective writing + plot)

• compare and contrasting (characters)

• paragraph writing

Each activity included either has a direction sheet with specific instructions or an actual worksheet to guide them through the tasks they fill out. The expectation is set for students to complete three activities in a tic-tac-toe format, but can be utilized in different ways in each classroom.

Rubrics are included that allow for open response (and more information included from students), as well as teacher choice in how to assess student knowledge.

Tags: choice boards, reading, writing, social studies, differentiated learning, student choice, rubrics, cross curricular

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