Type a topic, pick a ready made set or write your own questions, and Sage makes a set of numbered task cards with a recording sheet and an answer page. Check and change every card before you print. Questions can be multiple choice, short answer, true or false, or picture questions that the app draws itself: fraction bars, shaded grids, shapes, arrays of dots and number lines.
Task cards are small cards with one question each, numbered so children can record their answers on a sheet. Because every card stands alone, children can start anywhere, work at their own pace and move on when they are ready. A set of 24 questions on a worksheet can feel like a wall; the same 24 on cards feels like 24 small jobs.
Flashcards put a question on one side and the answer on the other, for quick recall. Loop cards chain together, so the whole class plays one game in order. Task cards stand alone: each child answers them in any order and writes the answers down, which makes them right for independent practice and moving round the room.
What are task cards?
Task cards are small numbered cards with one question each. Children work through them in any order and write each answer in the matching box on a recording sheet, so a whole set of questions becomes something they can move around and tackle one at a time.
How do I use task cards in class?
Put the cards round the room and let children move from card to card, often on a timer, which some teachers call Scoot. They also work as a station in a carousel, a pot for early finishers, a small group activity, or one card at a time on the board for the whole class.
What do I get when I print?
The task cards, four to a page or eight to a page, a recording sheet with a box or a line for every card, and an answer page for you. One PDF holds them all.
How are task cards different from flashcards and loop cards?
Flashcards have a question on one side and the answer on the other, for quick recall. Loop cards chain together, so the whole class plays one game in order. Task cards stand alone: each child answers them in any order and records the answers, so they suit independent practice and moving round the room.
Is the task card maker free?
Free to try. Making a set uses one token, whether Sage writes it, you pick a ready made set or you write your own. Printing and launching that same set again is free. Every account gets 20 free tokens, and Pro gives 50 a day.
Making more printables from the same topic? Try the Loop Card Maker, the Tarsia Maker, the Crossword Maker or the Word Search Maker.