By Rachel Lynette
Lately, several teachers have asked for ideas for different ways to use task cards. I am working on a project to address that question more fully, but in the meantime I created these three game boards that you can use for reinforcing skills in almost any subject. Each game includes student instructions, along with the game board. Just glue them into file folders, add task
Yippee, spring is finally here! Here are some spring writing prompts to keep those young minds engaged! What are some things you can do in the springtime that you cannot do during winter? Make a list of every sign of spring you can think of. Consider how spring looks, sounds, feels, and smells as you make your list. Actor Robin Williams said, “Spring is nature’s
Fact and opinion can be tricky. Fortunately, there are many great ways to teach this concept. Here is a list of nine of them (Editor’s Note: This list originally had 10 ideas, but one idea linked to a website that has since expired, making that suggestion useless). Read or display fact and opinion statements one at a time. Students hold up index cards with either “Fact”
WOULD YOU RATHER…. be a tribute in a Hunger Games in which all of the other tributes are your friends or be a 12-year-old tribute in a Hunger Games in which all of the other tributes are 17 years old? Is your class going crazy waiting for the Hunger Games movie to come out? Get more fun Would You Rather Questions like the one above
I started off making a set of free task cards for upper elementary, but then I decided that the younger set should have some, too, so now there is something for almost everyone! Not only that, but both of these sets are also correlated with Common Core Standards. Measurement Task Cards for Grades 2-3 To complete these cards, your students will be measuring things around
Pretend that you have found a four-leaf clover that will bring you extraordinary good luck for exactly one day. Write about your lucky day. St. Patrick’s Day is not generally a gift-giving holiday like Mother’s Day or Christmas. Write a persuasive essay to convince people to give gifts on St. Patrick’s Day. Pretend that you can only eat green food on St. Patrick’s Day. Create
There are so many ways to use task cards: I have heard from teachers who use them in partners, with the whole class, and, of course, at centers. Here are pictures from two teachers who have graciously shared how they use task cards with their students. Randy Seldomridge teaches in Granite Falls, NC. Here is what Randy says about the way he uses
Ideally, partner work consists of two students enthusiastically working together on an activity, sharing ideas and treating each other with respect. Not only are these two students accomplishing the task before them, but they are also learning more about how to work cooperatively with others. However, partner work is not always ideal. Partners do not always get along, and sometimes one partner does the lion’s
