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Unlock Creativity and Efficiency with Menu Templates for Every Occasion

In the digital age, menu design has taken on new dimensions with the emergence of menu generators and online platforms. These innovative resources offer a multitude of benefits, including the ability to design visually appealing menus from scratch or by customizing pre-designed templates. The synergy between menu generators, menu design online, blank menu options, customization features, and the convenience of print services empowers businesses and individuals to create a professionally looking menu that captures the essence of their food and drink options and leave a lasting impression on patrons.

Exemplify Your Creativity: Create a Menu Template Using Online Menu Creators

The opportunity exists to incorporate a logo, icons, taglines, and specific imagery to reinforce brand identity and create a cohesive visual experience. Additionally, online menu creators often provide intuitive editing tools that enable easy adjustments to menu sections, pricing, and descriptions. This flexibility ensures that menus stay up-to-date with changing offerings, seasonal specials, or pricing modifications. By tailoring the design to suit the restaurant's unique style and ambiance, establishments can effectively communicate their culinary vision and entice customers to explore their offerings.

Menu Design Made Easy: Customization and Branding with Online Menu Makers

One of the standout advantages of using free templates and online menu creators is the ability to customize every aspect of the design. From choosing the right fonts to selecting colors that complement the restaurant's branding, customization options allow for a truly personalized menu. With printable menus templates, you can easily customize and print your own professional looking menus. The flexibility to personalize elements such as layout, typography, colors, and images ensures that menus accurately reflect the unique brand identity and offerings of each establishment. Once the design process is complete, the menus can be conveniently printed, ready to be presented to customers.

Using Menus in the Classroom

Storyboard That’s engaging templates are designed to look like restaurant menus, but can be used in all ways in the classroom and in educational settings. Check out how menus can be incorporated into a classroom environment:

• Choose a Theme: Select a theme that aligns with the subject you want to teach or the specific activity you have planned. For example, if you're teaching fractions, you could design a pizza menu, or if you're focusing on persuasive writing, you could make a menu for a fictional restaurant.
• Customize Menu Items: Populate the items with options related to the subject or the activity. For example, if you're teaching vocabulary, you can list different words with their definitions as menu items. If you're teaching addition and subtraction, you can have math problems as items.
• Student Selections: Distribute the menu templates to the students and instruct them to make selections based on their preferences or answers to specific questions. Encourage them to choose a variety of items and explain their reasoning behind their choices. For instance, if they are selecting vocabulary words, they can choose words they find interesting or challenging.
• Order Total and Calculations: Once students have made their selections, they can calculate the total cost of their orders. Assign prices or point values to the items, and have students add them up or perform other mathematical operations depending on the lesson objectives. This allows for practice in math skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication, or fractions.
• Writing and Discussion: After students have completed their orders and calculations, have them write or discuss their choices. Depending on the subject, you can ask them to write persuasive paragraphs justifying their selections, write stories using the vocabulary words, or describe the math strategies they used to calculate their totals.
• Sharing and Presentation: Provide an opportunity for students to share their choices, explain their thought processes, and showcase their work. This can be done in small groups, pairs, or as a whole class activity. Encourage active participation and discussion among students.
• Extension Activities: Extend the activity by allowing students to make their own menus or collaborate in groups to design menus for different scenarios. They can even bring their menus to life by organizing a class event or a pretend restaurant where they serve the menu items they created.

Using menus in an elementary school class activity not only makes learning interactive and enjoyable but also provides opportunities for students to practice various skills and apply their knowledge in a creative way.

How to Make a Menu Template Example Using Storyboard That

Choose one of the premade templates.

We have lots of templates to choose from. Take a look at our example for inspiration!

Click on "Copy Template"

Once you do this, you will be directed to the storyboard creator.

Give Your Worksheet a Name!

Be sure to call it something related to the topic so that you can easily find it in the future.

Edit Your Worksheet

This is where you will include theme elements such as borders, backgrounds, , specific images, and any other aesthetic changes that you would like. The options are endless!

Click "Save and Exit"

When you are finished, click this button in the lower right hand corner to exit your storyboard.

From here you can print, download as a PDF, attach it to an assignment and use it digitally, and more!

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Frequently Asked Questions About Menus

What are some things to avoid when creating a menu.

When designing a custom menu template with an online menu creator, it's important to avoid overcrowding the layout with too many menu items or excessive text. It's also advisable to steer clear of hard-to-read fonts, inconsistent branding, and unclear pricing. Also be specific about your choice of menu card size. Additionally, be cautious about including dishes that are difficult to prepare consistently or ingredients that may be hard to source consistently. Some sites offer free menu templates. You can choose to edit the available menu design templates or create your own.

What are some non-negotiable inclusions on a restaurant menu?

Restaurant menu templates should include clear and concise dish names, accurate descriptions, and pricing information. It's essential to list any allergens or dietary restrictions for each dish to ensure the safety and satisfaction of customers. Providing contact information, operating hours, and any special promotions can also be beneficial.

What are some tips for effective menu design?

To create your own menu effectively, consider using enticing language and descriptions to make dishes more appealing. Highlight popular or signature dishes, and strategically use visual elements such as high-quality food photography. Additionally, consider the flow and organization of your menu to guide customers' attention and make it easy to navigate.

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Use free editable menu templates in Google Docs. Our diverse designs are ideal for family-style restaurants, canteens, eateries, bars, pizzerias, as well as cafes focused on breakfasts or business lunches. Our free menu templates are very easy in customizing. You can replace the text and photo in the menu with just a couple of clicks. The templates are fully compatible with Microsoft Word and macOS Pages.

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Preparing for a wedding is a big time. It is important to think through everything to the smallest detail, including the wedding menu and drinks. Make your wedding perfect, even in such small things.

The most difficult thing is to prepare a menu for your guests that will combine wedding and autumn mood. Use the fall wedding menu template so you don’t waste your precious time creating a template from scratch.

The contrasting combination of a black background and white handwritten graphic elements, pattern and fonts, together create an image of a traditional menu on a slate board.

Nice design includes not only vector illustrations with coffee beans, but also minimalistic graphic elements in the form of wavy lines. An attractive catering price list will help your business stand out!

Minimalistic and simple illustrations and Asian dishes are combined into a single style that is typical for the countries of the rising sun. The background represents traditional Far Eastern patterns.

This template is perfect for those who have already decided to start their own family. But as always before living together, preparations for the wedding are underway. We present this awesome bar menu with a variety of drinks for your guests!

The most difficult tasks in wedding preparation are the little things. By the way, one of such items is the wedding menu. That’s why we designed this wedding menu card template.

Warm colors combined with cute hand-drawn illustrations will wonderfully complement your friendly message to your customers! Menu sections have items such as: espresso, brewed coffee, hot specialty drinks, smoothies, hot tea, bakery.

Win the hearts and palates of your holiday customers with our free Google Docs menu template. Design a Christmas menu that reflects your restaurant’s unique style and culinary expertise.

The most suitable retro design for restaurants or pubs with draft craft beer. Also, the menu sections are not limited only to this drink and include cider, snacks, burgers, soft drinks.

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Interactive Learning Menus (Choice Boards) with G Suite – FREE Templates

November 7, 2017 by Kasey Bell

Differentiate with Learning Menus and Choice Boards

“ …at its core, differentiated instruction means addressing ways in which students vary as learners. ” – carol ann tomlinson.

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What Are Learning Menus?

Learning menus can be used with any age group.

I have found that menus and choice boards tend to be more popular among elementary teachers, but I used them in my middle school classroom, and now I use them in professional learning workshops with adults. Any grade level can use learning menus!

Learning Menus Can Be Used in Any Subject Area

Since learning menus are so flexible, they can easily be created and adapted for just about any subject area. So no excuses! Any teacher who is willing to try can make use of this student-centered strategy .

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Are Learning Menus Hyperdocs the Same Thing?

No, but they could be part of a Hyperdoc assignment. I love Hyperdocs! But these two are not one in the same. Keep in mind the definition of learning menus stated above. It is simply a menu of choices from which students can choose. Student choice is the big idea behind learning menus and choice boards.

Creating a Tic-Tac-Toe Learning Menu in Google Docs

One easy way to dip your toes into the learning menu water is a Tic-Tac-Toe menu. A Tic-Tac-Toe can be used for anything from short activities to more long-term projects, both assessment FOR learning (formative) and assessment OF learning (summative).

Below is an example of a Novel Unit Tic-Tac-Toe menu that I created as a summative project. It was created in Google Docs, nothing fancy, just a table and some color. Depending on how you want to use, you can add links, rubrics, images, video and more. ( Click here to use my blank tic-tac-toe template .)

CLICK HERE to use the Novel Study Tic-Tac-Toe template .

On mobile? CLICK HERE to make a copy .

Learning Menu Design

Remember when you are creating a learning menu to align it with your learning goals! First, I use the middle square as my non-negotiable, the one activity that I want every student to complete. This could be reading an article, watching a video, or in this case; every student will write a summary and add it to a collaborative Google Slide deck where they will also add links to their other projects. Everything in one place!

Some teachers also make the middle square a free space where students can propose their own ideas to demonstrate their learning. LOVE THIS IDEA!

I had some students who would try to find the easiest or fastest way to complete the tasks. But if you pay attention to the learning design, you can design it so that it gives choice and flexible learning paths, not just an easy completion grade.

I use the color to guide the learning design. Because I use the middle square as a non-negotiable, I control how they make the tic-tac-toe just a little bit more. Every student will do the middle square and one from the blue and one from the yellow. In this summative example, students are mostly creating, but in the example below, you will see how it can also work for activities that guide the learning.

Below is a professional learning example that I designed for teaching Google Chrome. As a trainer, I typically have very mixed groups in my training sessions (multiple grade levels, subject areas, and tech savviness). I usually address general skills, and apps and extensions that are applicable across all grade levels and subject areas as a whole group.

Then I move into an activity like the Chrome PD Tic-Tac-Toe learning menu to allow teachers to dig deeper into their own subject areas and grade levels AND move at a pace that is comfortable for their level and learning style.

CLICK HERE to use my Chrome PD Tic-Tac-Toe template .

On mobile? CLICK HERE to make a copy of the template .

Other Types of Learning Menus

As I said, a tic-tac-toe is just one type of menu. It happens to be a favorite of mine because they are easy to design and are not too overwhelming. But I have used many other types of menus, and I have been curating ideas on this Learning Menu Pinterest Board .

Digital Menu for Student Creation with Google Slides by Tommy Spall

Professional Development BINGO Board by Amber Teamann and Melinda Miller

Another option is to make it a full out BINGO board, like in this example from my friend Amber Teamann and her collaborator Melinda Miller. (Follow them at @8Amber8  and @MMiller7571 , and yes, you will thank me for this one, too!)

Amber and Melinda are both elementary school principals. They issued this BINGO PD Challenge to her teachers over the summer, and I thought it might inspire you with some other options for choice and challenges in your classroom or professional learning. You can learn more details about PD Bingo in Amber’s blog post .

Using G Suite to Create Learning Menus

The possibilities are truly endless! Consider all the ways you could use G Suite to create learning menus and the extended activities and links. Try thinking of the ways you could create menus using these G Suite tools:

• Google Docs
• Google Slides
• Google Drawings
• Google Sheets
• Google My Maps
• Google Sites

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January 23, 2015 at 11:02 am

I love this idea !! What a great way to feature differentiated learning. I have to try this !

January 23, 2015 at 11:19 am

Thanks, Scott! More ideas are also in my FETC preso. Go to the presentations link in the top menu.

January 23, 2015 at 7:58 pm

hi Kasey! I LOVE this menu! I made one and had no problem setting it up. However, when I published it, my box dimensions are all off. I don’t know what I did wrong? Could you (or someone else) help me fix it? here’s the link.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/18zc1zWXhHokd9gkfPSN3PkrP22K3NvBHk1kcalD90C8/pub

January 24, 2015 at 4:55 am

Hi C.S., Nice job turning this around! You didn’t do anything wrong, that’s the one thing that drives me crazy with published docs. My advice is to left justify everything because it will do that in the published version. Keep your title short and sweet. It’s not perfect by any means, but a clean page. Kasey

January 24, 2015 at 9:47 am

Thanks Kasey! It occurs to me that this same concept could be used as a Connect 4 board with almost twice as many choices added… I have a class project coming up where I think think I”ll add the lessons and activities that way! *so excited*

January 24, 2015 at 10:11 am

Great idea! The possibilities are endless! Keep sharing! I’d love to hear how it goes! Thanks for all you do!

January 25, 2015 at 10:32 am

Kasey- great Tic-Tac-Toe board for choice activities for students and teachers. Yes, learning menus and choice boards are so vital to differentiate instructional, learnin gopportunities and personalize learning with each students. Here are a few links to learning menus and Google bingo borads we have created for our workshops. MN Hot Dish Learning Menu: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ZTV1QBJrm2oDs50rJxOpSEjnhVJm89QDExXWzJmcrU/edit?usp=sharing Google Apps Bingo: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wJGg4pU5CPTtyGa9uo8OuNEBriCSLH0wejzMFStzvMc/edit?usp=sharing Keep doing the great things you are doing to inspire others. Can’t wait to connect with you at WEMTA 2015.

January 25, 2015 at 3:46 pm

These are awesome! Thanks so much for sharing and leaving a comment! See you in March!

February 20, 2015 at 1:30 pm

I’m confused as to how I can create this. Is there an app that I need to download to create one of these? Thank you.

February 20, 2015 at 1:35 pm

Hi Angie, the examples above were created with Google Docs that were also published to the web. If you have a Google account, you can make a table and create your own tic-tac-toe. If you want to learn how to publish to the web, you can find directions here: https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/google-tricks-and-tips-turn-your-google-doc-into-a-web-page

November 7, 2017 at 12:41 pm

I love the tic-tac-toe Novel Study menu. I am just about to start novels with my 7th and 8th graders and this is perfect. Thanks for the share!

November 8, 2017 at 5:55 pm

Awesome! Let me know how it goes, Karen!

November 15, 2017 at 11:41 am

I worked with my 6th grade science teachers to create a mitosis tic-tac-toe where the center square was using Google Slides to draw the stages of mitosis (with the draw tools, not image inserts) and then the other choices ranged from inforgraphics, to stories, to making a costume. It was a big hit with the 6th graders.

November 16, 2017 at 9:20 am

Oh this sounds super cool! Can you share links?

November 17, 2017 at 7:30 am

I helped the teachers create the menu in Google Docs using your template and then I created a 2nd version of it using Buncee. This is the Buncee link. https://app.edu.buncee.com/buncee/c8352a296c98424089fa30e67454e8b4

This is the Google Doc link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gqhEcOVFtslyXyJ6E_kD8pf0oJIf9IBRjSpVWjQBdbw/edit?usp=sharing

November 17, 2017 at 7:37 am

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I helped the teachers create one using your template in Google docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gqhEcOVFtslyXyJ6E_kD8pf0oJIf9IBRjSpVWjQBdbw/edit?usp=sharing

I also took it a step further to create one in Buncee https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/212e59d34c4a0e799328bf87d7f2deb2db3261f955dc13c91f48e2a4272f13d8.jpg

https://app.edu.buncee.com/buncee/c8352a296c98424089fa30e67454e8b4

November 17, 2017 at 7:51 am

Thanks so much for sharing this!

November 16, 2017 at 8:56 am

I love these ideas! My colleague found them and shared with me. I’m excited to see how I can apply them in Student Success with Self-Regulation, PD, helping students find their pathways in different courses — lots of applications!

Thanks, Victoria! I’d love to hear about any implementation. Please come back and share.

November 16, 2017 at 9:22 am

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Student choice in the classroom with choice menus.

Using student choice menus in your classroom is such a great way to foster student choice independence. It also helps you not have to constantly reinvent the wheel on weekly activities for stations, centers, or different activities. Here are some ways to foster student choice in the classroom using student choice menus!

Using menus with your students is easily done in person or virtually. Whether you use printable or digital choice menus, making a template for yourself will save you so much time and easily make it to where your students are working through a range of activities and assignments.

When students are able to choose which activity to work on when they are more engaged in their learning and are more likely to take ownership of their work.

Creating choice menus is so simple. You can easily create a table with different amounts of rows or columns depending on how many choice activities you want to provide your students. In the beginning you may want to give 6 choices and then eventually give 12 or more.

For in person learning I love to use the Target adhesive pockets for students to keep their menus on their desk. This makes it easy to see and easy to find.

For digital student choice menus, it is SO easy to link up activities and assignments! You can provide your students with links to:

• Google Classroom activities
• Podcast episodes
• external websites
• Seesaw assignments
• Articles or current events to read

In the below resource I have created TONS of digital student choice menu templates for reading, writing, math, science, stations, and MORE. I also included easy to use copy and paste digital stickers for various student choices. You can easily paste these into your menus and link them to the assignments or activities!

Digital Student Choice Menus

Use any of the menu templates and activity stickers to create your own student choice menus for your students. Simply link up the stickers or text boxes for students to go to any activity of your choice. Students can drag one of the “finished” checkbox images over their finished activities. Or, just sent the choice menus as view only to your students!

Some other great tips for using student choice menus:

• make it clear which activities are graded or MUST DO activities
• Keep the same format to stay consistent
• give students a new menu weekly
• allow them to highlight which activities or assignments they are going to work on first or those that are must-do choices
• for printable menus have them write their initials on the back in case they get misplaced
• have students cross off menu choices as they complete them or turn them in; for the digital versions allow them to drag a “done” image on top after they have completed that box
• Use weekly for stations or centers or even for specific subjects as a “when done” activity

There are so many ways you can create and foster student choice and independence in your classroom. Remember that this will help with your classroom management as well as keep your students engaged and bought into their learning and assignments.

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How to Create a Menu Template in Google Docs

Are you struggling to create a unique-looking menu template? You may be busy opening your restaurant , believe that you don’t have the necessary skills to design a stunning template, or you think you’d need hours to make something decent.

And you’re not the only one. Many people struggle when designing their menus because they don’t want them to look average, but they can’t navigate their way around Photoshop.

Don’t worry. We have good news. You don’t need Photoshop or any complicated programs for your menu template because you can create a great one using Google Docs. And it’s super easy, too!

This service comes with plenty of options to make a template that will reflect your brand in the right way. Keep reading because our article will give you a complete walkthrough on how to create a menu template in Google Docs.

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What is a menu template, why use a menu template in google docs, how to create a menu template in google docs: a step-by-step walkthrough, still copying content into wordpress, you’re doing it wrong… say goodbye forever to:.

• ❌ Cleaning HTML, removing span tags, line breaks, etc.
• ❌ Creating your Table of Contents anchor ID links for all headers by hand,
• ❌ Resizing & compressing images one-by-one before uploading back into your content,
• ❌ Optimizing images with descriptive file names & alt text attributes,
• ❌ Manually pasting target=“_blank” and/or “nofollow” attributes to every single link

A menu template is a pre-formatted document suitable for creating a restaurant menu or a coffee shop offer. A template allows you to use the same document more than once since you can save it on your computer for future use.

You can also use it on various other occasions, not just in your restaurant or coffee shop. For example, if you’re contacting a business for potential collaboration, you can email them your template, print it as a poster , use it for ads, and more.

A template can also come in handy when you update your menu . It saves time as you don’t need to design the whole thing from scratch.

A template can be quite useful when you only need to modify a couple of elements in your menu design. For example, if you want to create a kids’ menu or a holiday season edition. Using a template also works if another person is supposed to update the menu when you’re not around.

What’s more, you can use the same style across your restaurants or cafés if you have more than one. That contributes to an overall consistency in design, even without using graphic design software , which is excellent for your brand.

Google Docs is more than convenient for creating menu templates since it’s user-friendly, available on multiple devices, and in an offline mode. Besides, you can easily share your template with others in a few clicks.

Are you not sure of how to create a menu template in Google Docs? This section will provide you with a comprehensive walkthrough of how you can do just that.

• In a web browser, navigate to docs.google.com.
• Sign in to your Google account if you’re not already logged in.
• Open a new blank Google doc. Note that there aren’t pre-made templates for menus in the template gallery. Still, you can create your own or import a document template you find available online. To edit these, you usually need to make a copy and then make the desired changes. You may also use the brochure template or another that’s available in the gallery and customize it to create a template for your restaurant menu .

Now you have numerous options when it comes to customizing the page and creating the menu template. Here are some ideas:

Background Color

To change the background color of the page:

• Select the File tab in the taskbar at the top.
• Choose Page setup from the drop-down menu.
• In the pop-up window, select the desired color under Page color at the bottom.
• Click OK to confirm.

Here, you can also choose the page size and orientation.

To display text in two or three columns:

• Click the Format tab at the top.
• Hover the pointer over the Columns option.
• Choose two or three columns from the drop-down menu.

To insert images to your template:

• Click the Insert tab at the top.
• Hover over Images and choose the method that you want to use. You can upload an image from your computer, use a URL, search the web, etc.
• Once the image is added, you can place it wherever you want in the document and choose the desired text wrapping. Note that you can also insert charts, drawings, and tables.

Fonts and Colors

To choose the right fonts and colors for your restaurant template:

• Under the main taskbar at the top, you’ll see different formatting options.
• To change the font, click on the current font and choose the desired one from the drop-down menu.
• Next to that option, you can change the font size and color. By using different fonts and sizes, you can highlight a specific menu item when needed.

By exploring other available options, you’ll be able to create a unique restaurant menu and edit it whenever you need to create a custom menu for special occasions. This Google app allows you to do it quickly and on a variety of devices.

Delicious Design for Delicious Food

A restaurant menu is a perfect opportunity to show some creativity in design. And thanks to Google Docs, it can be a simple task that you’ll have fun completing.

Experiment with colors, fonts, and images to create a template that will reflect your brand and the delicious food you serve. What’s more, you’ll be able to share it with your coworkers in no more than a few seconds.

Hopefully, you now have a better understanding of how you can create a menu template in Google Docs, and are well on your way to start designing.

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Assessment Menus – Supporting Individualized Learning

Assessment Menu Resources

These resources include:.

• 8 different assessment menu options with assessment descriptions.
• 5 tailor-made assessment rubrics.

What is an Assessment Menu?

An Assessment Menu provides students with a list of assessment tasks to choose from . The assessments give students an opportunity to demonstrate their learning while targeting specific critical reading, critical thinking, and presentation skills. This approach helps teachers support individualized learning because the process and the assessment task (chosen in consultation with the teacher) are designed to support student’s specific growth goals in the course.

Assessment Menus are best integrated into a practice of maintaining an Assessment Portfolio .

When would you offer an assessment menu?

• At the end of a unit.
• After studying 2 or more units.
• At the end of a quarter, semester, or year.

Why use an assessment menu?

1. assessment menus help teachers and students prioritize learning and growth in one or more skills areas..

Because of external demands (standardized tests, IB or AP assessments), teachers often prioritize assessment tasks set by the external program. These assessment tasks are often complex, asking students to synthesize ideas into an interpretation they can support and analyze with direct and indirect evidence from the text either through speaking or writing. Some students are ready for this challenge, but some are not. Assessment menus are a way for teachers to engage with the reality that students enter the course with different competencies and need tasks that are appropriate for their current competencies to target areas of growth.

2. Assessment menus help students understand the importance of setting clear goals before selecting and starting a task.

Before students can select an appropriate assessment task, they have to reflect on their past assessments to identify their current skill level and set a clear goal . This is done using quantitative and qualitative data from prior assessments (and may also involve conferencing with the teacher). Once students have identified their skill level in relation to each of the criterion, standards, or domains, they can begin the process of setting a goal and selecting an appropriate assessment task.

3. Assessment menus help students understand the skills targeted in each assessment task as well as how each assessment can be used for learning and growth.

Before selecting a task, students have to develop an understanding of each task : the skills required to complete the task and how each skill is evaluated in the assessment criteria. While many of the same core skills are evaluated in the assessment tasks, the scope, level of depth, and cognitive complexity may vary depending on the assessment task. Also, some assessment tasks prioritize different forms and modes of communication. For example, a 500 word response post requires students to develop an argument or idea in response to a work with one or two points of development (that includes evidence); whereas, a 1500 word essay asks students to develop a complex argument or idea with several points of development (that includes evidence). While the cognitive tasks are similar in terms of skill, the two tasks differ in complexity and depth. However, this does not mean a 500 word response post is “easier” than a 1500 word essay. Ultimately, the difficulty of the task depends on what the student chooses to write about . A student who tackles a text’s ambiguous meaning or choices in a 500 word post, using indirect and subtle details to develop their argument, might face a larger challenge than a student who writes a 1500-word essay on a text’s obvious meaning or choices, relying on direct evidence and overt details. This means a teacher needs to be strategic when recommending assessment tasks. A student who is struggling to improve their essays from “good” to “very good” may benefit from tackling more sophisticated ideas (or ambiguous meaning) through response posts that require fewer points of development before developing these “perceptive” arguments in full length essays.

4. Assessment menus help students understand the role reflection and metacognition play in their learning.

Aligning goals with appropriate assessment tasks helps students understand that cognitive growth is achieved iteratively by setting intentional goals, choosing appropriate challenges, receiving feedback, and engaging in reflection. This sets a clear path for both teachers and students while teaching students valuable, life-long skills about goals and their relationship to growth.

5. Choice assessments give students more opportunities to be creative.

For externally assessed courses, like the IB and AP, it can be easy for teachers to make every summative assessment a mock assessment. However, we know that learning happens in different ways, and kids can learn just as much, if not more, from writing a pastiche as they can from writing a passage analysis. Some kids (and parents, and even admin,) want all student efforts to be in direct preparation for the external assessments. In private school settings, parents might even feel this is explicitly what they are paying for. But there are many kids who enjoy engaging with texts in creative ways. Assessment Menus are a good compromise – students who want to be creative (write, perform, present, etc.) can explore learning through this lens, and students who want to develop their analytical writing through practice have that option as well.

I’ve tried to address some of the questions and concerns about the assessment menu approach in the FAQ below. If you have a question, please ask it in the comment section .

1. How do you manage the class when students are working on 20+ different assessment tasks?

I give students time to work on the assessments in class while I meet with them in small groups or individually about their choice assessment. I will also stage the assessment process with due dates for their brainstorm list, idea, outline, draft, etc. When I meet with students one-on-one, I time the meetings to make sure we don’t go over. If a student’s not prepared for our meeting (e.g., I have an idea, but I didn’t write it down…) , I send them back to class, call the next student, and circle back to them by the end of the class. I pre-set the number of conference days and do not extend them. For students who are late or miss their meeting, we continue the conversation through a series of recorded videos. Also, I find that most students choose the same 2-3 assessment tasks, and then a few students choose a range of the other options (usually, these are the students who really take advantage of the opportunities to do something different). This makes the process very manageable because I can hold mini-workshops on the assessment tasks or supply resources, graphic organizers, tips, etc. for the popular choice assessments, and then work with the other students individually on their choice assessment through coaching sessions. For teachers who are lucky enough to have a co-teacher, this is a great opportunity to incorporate them into the teaching!

2. If the assessment tasks are all different, aren’t students working on different standards or skills?

On the surface, it may seem this way, but in reality the assessment rubric, not the task, determines which skills are taught . If you look at the assessment rubrics for each of the assessment tasks, they are all evaluating the same holistic skills:

• The student’s ability to communicate knowledge and understanding of the work.
• The student’s ability to formulate interpretations or draw conclusions from the work.
• The student’s appreciation and evaluation of choices made within the work.
• The student’s presentation of their ideas.
• The student’s communication of their ideas through language (and image).

When students compare works, they are applying these skills to two works and comparing them, but the core skills are the same; the task is just a bit more complex. When a student writes or performs a pastiche, I am just as interested in the rationale as I am the creative piece. And when students opt to research, prepare, and deliver a lecture, they are still required to still discuss authorial choices. It’s the rubric that dictates the skills and standards, not the assessment task. When I first started teaching IB, I experienced grading and planning whiplash going from a 6+1 traits rubric to an IB rubric. In the US, so much attention is places on HOW essays, etc. are written, whereas the IB places more value on WHAT students are communicating through their writing. The assessment task was the same – an essay – but the way I taught essay writing completely changed once I started teaching IB (in my estimation, for the better). The essays became much more substantive, which is all to say that it the assessment criteria drives the learning, not the task.

3. How do students perform on the assessment task when choosing from a menu vs. when the assessment task is teacher driven?

Honestly, students usually perform the same to slightly better. There has to be quite a bit of growth for students to make it to the next descriptor (let alone the next 1-7 markband) on a rubric; authentic change happens over time. Students will often rate the learning experience highly: because they intentionally choose a task, are targeting specific skills in that task, and have to understand the differences between the different types of assessments, their confidence grows alongside their understanding of what the assessments communicate about their reading and writing. Some students will play to their strengths (e.g., choose to present as opposed to write, or vice-versa). I have always viewed this as a good thing. When thinking about the classroom grade vs. the predicted external exam grade, I want the classroom grade to reflect a student’s potential.

4. How do students, parents, and admin respond to this approach?

I’ve always had positive feedback on the practice of using an assessment menu, but I have also worked in school contexts where administration value learning above everything else. Parents have also been supportive, especially parents who feel their kids aren’t enjoying learning in their later high school years because the learning is so assessment driven. Parents will often thank me for giving their kids a place to “play” and engage with real-world, communicative tasks. Lastly, students like being treated as agents in their own learning. This is where I build trust and respect with students, and they know and are clear about my ultimate goals – I want my students to learn and grow, and I care about their perspective and contributions to that process. Additionally, knowing students’ individual goals helps me target their feedback on this assessment and others, which makes the feedback more valuable.

To see an assessment menu used in the context of a unit, consult the “Guided Inquiry: Prose Fiction” unit. The resources for this unit also include sample student work.

Guided Inquiry: Prose Fiction

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Oct 19 2018.

Roads & Kingdoms talks to Russian chef Vladimir Mukhin of Moscow’s super-restaurant, White Rabbit.

Still in his mid-30’s, Vladimir Mukhin is already one of Russia’s best known chefs and the leading culinary light of the White Rabbit Group, which has 16 restaurants around the country. The most well-known of these, Moscow’s  White Rabbit , was named one of the 50 best restaurants in the world last year. Roads & Kingdoms’ Nathan Thornburgh talked to Mukhin in Moscow about being a fifth-generation chef, reviving classic Russian cuisine, and finding good product in the age of embargoes.

Nathan Thornburgh: Tell me about White Rabbit, what is the food? What are you trying to accomplish there?

Vladimir Mukhin: The White Rabbit is a big restaurant. We’re trying to revive Russian cuisine. I’m a fifth-generation chef, so I’m passionate about the food we create. During the Soviet Union period, we killed Russian food. Classic Russian recipes became too simplified. For example, usually you drink tea, but if you want to be, just to be creative, want to make the tea with milk, you can’t. It would be like stealing milk from the government. People went to jail.

When I was growing up, I remember my grandfather coming to the kitchen and crying because he couldn’t experiment with his food.

Thornburgh: Wow. I remember this famous photo session with Che Guevara which came up with some of his best pictures, maybe two incredible iconic portraits came from an entire roll of film, and the photographer went to him and showed him this roll of film and Che said, What the hell are you doing? You wasted all of these images. You took 30 pictures to get one? That’s the government’s film. It’s a similar mentality.   So you’re telling the story of a kind of cuisine that was lost on the Soviet history and now you’re playing with this idea of finding it again. What does your process look like? Do you get as many grandmothers as you can round up and just kind of shake recipes out of them? How were you doing this?

Mukhin: I just try to work with as many local farmers and producers as I can, so we can use as many Russian ingredients as we can.

Thornburgh: So this is a close relationship.

Mukhin: Yes. I traveled throughout Russia—not just the big cities, but also the villages to talk with older people.

Thornburgh: You know I think people don’t understand the vastness of Russia, and how big it’s collection of cultures and languages and cuisines is. What parts of the country influences your food?

Mukhin: I’m inspired by the whole country. It’s a big territory, and sometimes it feels like it’s too big. I try and use different techniques and ingredients from all over the country, which I think makes my menus distinct.

We have an a la carte menu with about 50 dishes of classical Russian food. Everything looks modern because I’m a young chef. But if you close your eyes and try these dishes, you’ll taste 100% classic Russian flavors.

I want to highlight all aspects of Russian cuisine. Before the Olympic Games in Sochi, we opened a restaurant there, not just to make money, but to expose people visiting for the Olympics to Russian food. That’s why we opened The Red Fox restaurant. It’s all about Russian ingredients.

Thornburgh: Sochi, at least when I’ve been there, is like a Miami Beach. It’s like a place to get pizza and sushi, and go to the nightclubs.

Mukhin: You been?

Thornburgh: Yeah.

Mukhin: It’s crazy.

Thornburgh: It’s a little crazy, but it’s interesting to bring in Red Fox and sort of say okay, because people are coming out, let’s bring Russia to Sochi.

Mukhin: It was incredible. We had thousands of visitors at the restaurant.  

Thornburgh: So you really looked internally for inspiration. Did working outside of Russia motivate you to focus on Russian cuisine?

Mukhin: Yes. I spent time working in Avignon, France. I worked with Christian Etienne, and he would make a special Russian meal once a year.  It was crazy.

Thornburgh: How was the food?

Mukhin: It was shit. I told him that I would cook real Russian food for him, and I did. I cooked borscht, blinis, and other classics. He liked it and said that once a year we should use my recipes, but with his influence. I agreed, and we went on to make amazing food. Eventually, I wanted to come back to my motherland. So I left and I started working on making White Rabbit a reality.

Thornburgh: When people go to White Rabbit, what are they going to find?

Mukhin: Someone once told me that there is a new Russian cuisine and an old Russian cuisine. I think Russian cuisine is going through an evolution. So I hope people will come and see evolution at White Rabbit.

Thornburgh: Great. Always good to end on an invite. Thank you.

Mukhin: Thank you so much.

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