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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Dictionary Skills Task Cards - Set 2
Practice dictionary skills with this set of task cards.
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Dictionary Skills Task Cards - Set 1
A set of 12 task cards to practice various dictionary skills.
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Dictionary Dig Activity Cards
Practice dictionary skills with this set of 24 task cards.
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Easter Writing Prompts- Story Starters
Create Easter-themed stories using these Easter writing prompt cards.
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Number, Word, and Base Ten Forms - St. Patrick's Day Activity
Have some fun matching number, word, and base-ten forms with a fun St. Patrick's Day activity.
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One-Step Equations (Addition and Subtraction) – Task Cards
Add and subtract whole numbers, decimals, and fractions to solve one-step equations with a single variable with this set of 24 task cards.
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North American Indigenous People Task Cards
Review information learned about the indigenous people in the different regions of North America with a set of task cards.
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Basketball Brain Breaks - Task Cards
Get your students up and moving with a set of fun Basketball Brain Break Activity Cards.
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Number Talks - Fractional Reasoning Task Cards
Build fractional reasoning skills with this set of 16 task cards.
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Ready, Set, SCOOT! Synonym Vocabulary Game
Build vocabulary and recognition of synonyms with a fun game of Synonyms Scoot!
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The War of 1812 Task Cards
Review concepts related to the War of 1812 with a set of printable U.S. history task cards.
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What's the Opposite? Differentiated Antonym Vocabulary Game
Build vocabulary and recognition of antonyms with a fun game of Antonyms Scoot!
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CVC Words - Spell and Write Task Cards
Practice spelling CVC words and manipulating their phonemes to create word chains with this set of hands-on work mats.
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Bug Shapes - Playdoh Mats
Build fine motor skills and build shape recognition skills with a set of fun insect-themed playdough mats.
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Ordering Integers – Word Problem Task Cards
Build confidence with ordering positive and negative numbers with this set of word problem task cards.
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World War II Task Cards
Review the historical era surrounding the Second World War in the United States with a set of task cards.
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Spring Math Activity - Ten Frame Task Cards
Step up your students’ number recognition, counting, and subitizing skills with a printable set of Spring Tens Frame task cards.
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Math Brain Teasers – Primary Grades
Challenge your first and second-grade students to solve these brain teasers with a set of 10 math word problems.
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Percent of a Number – Word Problem Task Cards
Find the percent of a whole number while solving a variety of word problems with this set of 24 task cards.
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Cause of the Seasons – Task Cards
Demonstrate an understanding of what causes the seasons with this set of 24 task cards.
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Numbers 0 to 20 - Playdough Mats for Fine Motor Development
A set of number playdough mats to help children develop their fine motor skills and identify the numbers from 0 to 20.
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CVCC and CCVC Words – Playdough Mats
Print and use these 27 Kindergarten sight word playdough mats to "squish" in a bit of fine motor fun.
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Build It! Decomposing Numbers – Task Cards
Practice decomposing numbers with this activity that has students splitting numbers into parts.
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We Are Moving – Planet Project Bundle
Use this printable Earth and Space project teaching resource bundle to create projects that develop knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts, research skills and writing skills.
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President's Day Snap Cube Center
Create a snap cube station for your February Math Centers with a printable set of Presidents’ Day snap cube cards.
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Football Multiplication Mystery Picture
Use the color-coded multiplication guide to complete the grid and reveal a mystery picture.
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OW Sound Spelling Patterns- SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore words containing spelling patterns that make the "o w " sound with a game of SCOOT!
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Long OO Spelling Patterns - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore words containing spelling patterns that make the “long oo” sound with a game of SCOOT!
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Words with OO - SCOOT! Task Cards
Identify the long and short "oo" sound in one- and two-syllable words with a game of SCOOT!
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Spelling the Short OO Sound - SCOOT! Task Cards
Learn to spell words with OO sounds with this active short OO Scoot! Game
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Percent of a Number Task Cards
Teach 6th graders how to calculate the percent of a number with this set of 24 task cards.
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Long Division with Multi-Digit Divisors – Word Problem Task Cards
Use long division to solve a variety of word problems with this set of 24 task cards.