Totally 10 is an approach to differentiation that I stumbled upon a few years back when working with a co-teacher that thought that all students needed to complete the same assignments each day. While trying to avoid causing friction, but deeply believing that some students needs weren't being met by the one-size-fits-all curriculum, I set out on my search. I looked for ways to incorporate choice for all students so that in theory they were all provided with the same options. Totally 10 appealed to my co-teacher while meeting the needs of our diverse group of students. A true win-win.
Totally 10 Assignments
Totally 10 is a student choice format for differentiating projects, student work and/or assessment. Each task on the Totally 10 document provides your students with choice and a list of differentiated tasks. Each task is given a point value, ranging from 1-10, where the higher scores reflect a greater challenge and complexity or higher level thinking skills. Students must select either one project with a score of 10 or several that add up to a score of 10. The goal being that students need a score of ten from the Totally 10 handout, not as a grade. This means that some students will choose rigor to do fewer projects.
Totally 10 can also be used to design assessment. Here, a teacher will make a test with a question bank. Students choose which questions they will answer to reach their goal of 10. Using a Totally 10 for assessment adds choice to a practice that doesn't often offer options. In the end, they may be believe that they create the assessments in your classroom.
Some examples of Totally 10 can be found at the links below and their are many available for download by conducting a basic Google Search.
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