Brain research shows that without practice, the connections that were made when learning a concept can weaken. That's why spiral review is so important. Passing out a worksheet of past problems is a way to do this, but is it engaging? Definitely not!
Task cards are a fun, hands on way for students to practice past skills. Either hang them around the room to allow movement for those kiddos who need to actively learn, or place them in a basket to use for math centers. My students look forward to math rotations when they know that task cards are one of the activities. Not only, do they enjoy the activity, but amazing conversation and teaching happens at this rotation. Students become little teachers, helping their peers who need it, increasing both students' learning and teaching them the important skill of being independent learners.
Below are some of our favorite task cards that are available on my Teachers Pay Teachers Store:
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| Students will draw and create equations while solving 15 mini-mysteries. Adding to the fun-students check their answers using a secret decoder! |
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| Students will practice using their mental math strategies while finding the missing addends and solving an ice skating riddle. |
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| Bar model review and pirates! What could be better! |
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| Students will practice using fact families as addition and subtraction strategies while discovering treasure! |
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| The hungry alligator will help students master comparing 2 and 3 digit numbers. |
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| Students will use their super powers to practice 3 digit addition with regrouping. |
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| Multiplication heros are needed to solve these fact fluency problems! |
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| Keep the tricky concept of regrouping with subtraction fresh with these super task cards! |
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