Summer Stock-Up...Grab your FREEBIES!

Raise your hand if you haven't been able to turn off your teacher juices? Anyone? Anyone? TOTALLY me! I just can't turn it off. I love the freshness of a new year. So, here are a few things to get the ideas flowing for a new year and STOCK-UP on a few freebies along the way!!

As I have attempted to incorporate a Guided Math model into my classroom, I have become a big user of task cards.  So I've been quite the collector and producer of these FABULOUS and MULTI-USE little gems!

Some great uses are:

1. I like to use them for Independent Work after we have spent time practicing the skill.  This should be a time when little guidance is needed so that I can work with my small group without assistance.  I like to keep them in Dollar Store photo albums to keep them together, in order, and ready to go for the next person.  I never have a problem with lost cards while they are in constant use. Let's face it, we don't want to have to deal with an interruption saying, "I'm missing number 4!"  It is totally worth a few bucks to have all of your sets ready to grab and return very quickly.  
                                                       Once they have served their purpose, I will put them in a baggy and store them by the math strand until I need them again.  Then, I simply fill up the albums for the next round.
   
2. Whole Group use of task cards playing Scoot is really a favorite in my class.  I have used my task cards in a couple of ways here.  Sometimes, I like to get an idea of where we are BEFORE teaching.  There is no pressure here.  I can see some patterns pretty quickly and can anticipate how to adjust my teaching plans.  I also like to wait to use them at the end of a unit to see if there are any gaps before formal assessments.  
   
3. I really like using them in my small group teaching to focus on smaller parts of whatever I may be teaching.  When I do this, I use a very generic answer document like this one.  In fact, I keep stacks of them ready to go.  
   
   
   
   I use them with math and reading all of the time!  You just never know when you need to pull a group quickly.  I can pull any 8 cards from the stack that could provide extra attention or that I want to introduce.  So, even if I pick numbers 2,5,7,9,13,17,19, & 23, all we need to do is write those numbers in the circles.
4. Another way I use a set of 8 cards only is doing some small group rotations.  I might want to have my kids review several different math activities during a certain review time.  This allows me to have the flexibility to use WHICH task cards meet my needs-pulling from multiple sets that I have available to choose from.  Additionally, practicing 4-8 of one skill is really plenty to know if they have mastery or still progressing.
   
   

This is how I do the Rotation Review using the same answer document as above.

1. Pull 8 cards on a given task and put them in stations in the room.
2. Divide my class up into groups
3. Set the timer for 10-15 minutes for each station (depending on the skill)
4. Go!

 They simply fill in the numbers for the cards at the station and complete the task.  Since I don't have Ipads in my classroom, this also allows me to use QR code task cards at one station only, leaving my cell phone and IPad Mini for them to share.  It is a TREAT when they get to that station, and I'm not trying to manage everyone WAITING!

So, using the cards in my Freebie, the student could try doing my Rotations Review with the small group document that I am also sharing with you.  Going to the next station of 8 cards for 10 minutes, you could pull some other math skills!  How fun would it be to do this at the beginning of the school to year to see where your kids are ALREADY!  So much more fun than a worksheet!

Hope you like this sample of my set where I've shared the "Standard Form" cards from the complete set. You'll need to head over to my Facebook Page if you are STARTING here, Like my page (if you haven't already), then you can download this FREEBIE!  Click HERE to take you there!

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