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Looking for a way to have your kindergarten students work independently at their own level? These math and language arts task cards are just the key!
I recently collaborated with a kindergarten teacher friend of mine, Deedee Wills of Mrs. Wills Kindergarten to make a year long set of math and language arts task cards. After years of working in kindergarten and hearing from lots of kindergarten teachers, we found a common theme: Teachers want to be it all and do it all to help their students!
It is our hope that these task cards will help you do just that. Be the teacher who has time to work with small groups while leaving meaningful activities for the rest of the class. Be the teacher who can differentiate instruction so that each student gets just what they need. Be the teacher that teaches their students important life skills like working independently.
What is a Task Card?
A task card is simply a card or set of cards with a learning activity on it. Generally, task cards focus on one skill or concept giving the students multiple opportunities to practice that skill. Here’s an example:
Students usually have a corresponding response sheet in which to write their answer, show their work or both. On the task card set above, students will look at shapes and then record them as 2D or 3D shapes.
Then students work through the task cards in the set to practice the skill.
Why Task Cards?
Task Cards are a great way to get your students working independently. Since the instructions on the cards are often similar, students know what to do so they can work on their own. The skills and concepts might change, but the consistent activity gives your students independence.
Task cards also make it easy for you to differentiate for the needs of your students. One way is by assigning the task card set that helps each student work on the skill or concept they need. But it doesn’t stop there. Inside our task cards is built in differentiation. Each task card set comes in 2 levels that are marked by a 💙 or a ⭐ in the corner. See if you can find the two levels in the picture below.
You as the teacher know the difference between the two levels, but the students don’t. Now it is easier than ever to differentiate for your students.
Organizing Task Cards
These task cards were designed to fit into a plastic storage case like a pencil box. The cards are approximately 4 x 6 inches so any case that will hold that size will work. I use these cases that I found at Michael’s. They are a 4×6 photo storage box and they work perfectly!
But you can also find them at Amazon and WalMart. I’ve also seen similar boxes at the Dollar Store. AND if you are a bargain hunter – just wait for the office supply stores to begin their Back to School Doorbuster Deals. I’ve seen these plastic boxes on sale year after year at places like Office Depot, Staples, Target and Walmart.
You can even use pencil pouches like this.
Everything you need for each task card set will fit right inside the container. This makes it super easy for your students to grab a task card set and get right to work.
Learning Standards
Deedee and I felt it was really important to provide teachers with a resource that could be used all year long. That is why each task card set covers a wide variety of the learning standards for that subject.
The Math Task Cards include 30 task cards sets each focusing on a different learning standard. Additionally, each of those learning standards comes in two levels. Some of the skills include: patterning, reading, writing and counting numbers to 10, 11-20, and 21-30, 2D and 3D shapes, position words, coins and so much more!
The Language Arts Task Cards includes 45 task card sets each focusing on a different learning standard. Some of the skills in this set include: writing letters, rhyming words, CVC Words, short vowel and long vowels, digraphs and more!
Task Cards in the Classroom
There are many different ways to use these cards in your classroom. Here’s just a few ideas:
- Independent Learning Centers
- Small Group Instruction
- Interventions
- Morning Work
- Early Finishers
I am so excited to be using these in my classroom and I hope you are too! Although many of these activities have already been used in mine or Deedee’s classroom, it will be so nice to have it all together, organized and in one place.
I’d love to know how you and your students like the Math and Language Task Cards. Make sure to connect with me on social media and let me know!
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You can find these task cards on Teachers Pay Teachers. Just click on the image below!
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