Task Cards for Teachers
Explore hundreds of task cards created by teachers for your elementary classroom! This collection of curriculum-aligned teaching resources touches on every subject from ELA to math, science to social studies and beyond.
This collection of printable task cards can help stimulate curiosity and motivate your students to participate actively in their learning!
Not familiar with task cards, or just looking for fresh ways to use them in the classroom? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Are Task Cards?
A task card is a small card or piece of paper that presents students with a specific learning task or activity to complete.
Perfect for adding to your learning stations or centers, the cards typically contain a question, problem or activity that requires them to apply their knowledge and skills to solve or respond. The idea is to promote independent learning and allow kids to work at their own pace.
They're also invaluable for differentiating instruction as you can provide different levels of challenge or content to meet individual student needs. You'll notice many of the Teach Starter sets of task cards have varying difficulty levels.
Best Ways to Store Task Cards
We know task cards are invaluable tools for teachers — it's why our teacher team invests time in creating cards that will get your students engaged in learning! But we also know you end up with a LOT of task cards as the school year goes on. So how do you store them all?
Here are some tips from our teacher team to keep track of all those task cards!
- Punch a hole in each pack of task cards, and use binder rings. This makes it easy for students to flip through the cards in your centers without losing any along the way. The one drawback to this solution is that the cards can get frayed quickly, so you might want to laminate the cardstock before adding them to the ring.
- Use photo storage boxes. Most task cards are sized similarly to small photos, making photo storage boxes perfectly sized for your cards! Don't forget to label each box with the type of task card so you can find them easily next school year when it's time for this particular unit!
- Use note card holders. Did you print your task cards to fit on note or index cards? There are storage holders designed just for those items that will double as simple task card storage!
- Plastic zipper bags. Store individual sets of task cards in plastic zipper bags or sandwich bags, and use a permanent marker to label each bag with what the card is all about or use different colored bags (there are often fun colors in the stores around the different holidays) so that kids know exactly which bag takes which card set. You could even bring the binder ring into the mix here by punching a hole in each bag, then looping the bags on the binder ring.
- Use binder clips. Teach Starter Senior Resource Producer (and Georgia teacher) Randi Smith uses binder clips to organize her task cards, writing the subject of the cards on each clip.
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Identifying Positive, Comparative, and Superlative Adverbs - Task Cards
Identify positive, comparative, and superlative adverbs in sentences with a set of twenty task cards.
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Analyzing Graphs – Single-Unit Bar Graphs & Pictographs – Task Cards
Use data analysis skills to analyze bar graphs and pictographs with this set of task cards.
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U.S. Patriotic Holiday Discussion Cards
Spark discussions about U.S. patriotic holidays with a set of 16 patriotic-themed discussion cards.
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Procedures Scoot!
Review classroom procedures and expectations with with this back to school SCOOT activity.
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Playdough STEM Challenge – Task Cards
Use this set of STEM challenge cards to foster critical thinking and problem-solving by building various items with playdough.
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Back to School Problem Solving Task Cards
Use this set of 20 task cards when teaching behavior expectations during your back-to-school lessons.
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Comma Task Cards - Grades 4-6
Practice correct comma placement in dates, series, and compound and complex sentences.
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What's the Genre? Task Cards
Identify literary genres through a set of 12 task cards with short text passages and multiple-choice questions.
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What Does It Really Mean? - Hyperbole Task Cards
Identify and interpret hyperboles used in sentences.
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Antonym Task Cards
Build vocabulary and recognition of antonyms with a set of 24 task cards.
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Grade 4 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 4 "What's Buzzing?" magazine.
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Number Talks - Division Strategies Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 24 task cards.
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Number Talks - Place Value Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 32 place value task cards.
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Context Clues Task Cards
Use this set of 20 task cards to help students define new vocabulary words by identifying context clues within sentences.
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Counting to 20 Task Cards
Practice counting objects up to 20 with this set of 16 task cards.
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Making Predictions Task Cards
A set of 10 task cards to practice making predictions.
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Reading Task Cards
Over 40 reading task cards.
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Open-ended Math Problem Solving Cards – Grades 2-4
A set of 20 open-ended problem solving cards covering a range of mathematical concepts.
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Math Problem Solving Cards - Grades 2 and 3
A set of 30 problem solving questions covering a range of mathematical concepts.
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Fast Finisher Vocabulary Task Cards - Upper Grades
A set of 30 vocabulary task cards.
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - All Families Should Own a Pet
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
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Printable Joke Cards for Kids
Print jokes for kids cards to use as an indoor recess activity.
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Pandora's Party Palace Math Activity - Middle Years Version
16 mathematics problem solving task cards involving money in a real-world context.
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Editing Passage Task Cards - Grade 2
A set of 20 editing passage task cards with answers.
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Pandora's Party Palace Math Activity - Lower Level Version
16 mathematics problem solving task cards involving money in a real-world context.
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Adding Unlike Fractions Word Problems Task Cards
Use this set of word problems for adding fractions with unlike denominators to help your students practice this important math skill.
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Subtracting Fractions With Unlike Denominators Task Cards
Get your students subtracting fractions with unlike denominators using this set of task cards focusing on a variety of strategies.
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Procedural Writing Prompt Task Cards
Need some procedural writing ideas? Download these task cards to use as a writing center activity during your procedure writing unit.
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Compound Words Folding Task Cards
Build vocabulary skills and help your students practice forming compound words with a pack of compound word shutter-fold task cards.
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Telling Time Task Cards - Hour & Half-Hour
Practice telling time to the hour and half hour with a set of printable Telling Time Task Cards.
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Comprehension Task Cards Summarizing
Practice summarizing text with this set of event-specific task cards.
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Math Word Problem Task Cards - Multiplication and Long Division
Solve multi-step multiplication and long division word problems with a set of printable math task cards.