Task Cards Teaching Resources
Explore hundreds of task cards created by teachers for your primary classroom! This collection of curriculum-aligned teaching resources touches on every subject from English to maths, 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 rotations, 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 coloured bags so that kids know exactly which bag takes which card set. You could even bring the binder ring into the mix by punching a hole in each bag, then looping the bags on the binder ring.
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Fast Finisher Task Cards (Lower Primary)
Keep your fast finishers busy with this set of task cards targeted to lower primary students.
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Telling Time Task Cards - Hour & Half-Hour
Practise telling time to the hour and half hour with a set of printable Telling Time Task Cards.
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Summarising Nonfiction Task Cards
Guide students along their summarising journey with this set of Non-Fiction texts on task cards for students to summarise.
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Resilience or Not? Scenario Task Cards
Get students to explore real-life examples of resilience with this set of 16 scenario cards perfect for developing students' social-emotional skills.
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3 Digit Subtraction With Regrouping Game Cards
Practise 3-Digit subtraction with regrouping strategies with a printable set of subtraction strategy task cards.
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A Walk in My Shoes – Empathy Task Cards
Use these empathy scenario cards with your students when teaching them about social awareness.
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Shape Investigation 2D Figures Task Cards
Combine fun and learning with these 2D shapes and symmetry task cards for your Grade Four students!
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Identifying Lines of Symmetry Task Cards
Use this set of 24 task cards to help your students practise identifying lines of symmetry in 2D shapes.
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Is It Safe or Unsafe? Task Cards
Explore safe and unsafe situations with this set of task cards.
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Four Digit Numbers on a Number Line - Task Cards
Determine the intervals and identify the missing four-digit whole numbers on a number line with this set of 24 task cards.
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2-Digit Whole Numbers on a Number Line - Task Cards
Identify the missing two-and-three digit whole numbers on a number line with this set of 24 task cards.
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Synonym Task Cards
Build vocabulary and recognition of synonyms with a set of Synonym task cards.
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Number Patterns Task Cards – Addition and Subtraction
Practise identifying the rules of patterns, determining missing numbers and interpreting word problems with this set of 36 task cards.
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Phoneme Segmentation Task Cards - CVC Words
Segment initial, middle and end sounds with this set of 20 CVC word task cards.
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Number Talks - Measurement Conversion Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 20 task cards.
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Number Talks — Decimal Representation Task Cards
Explore representations of decimals with your students using this set of 28 number talks task cards.
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Maths Brain Teasers – Middle Primary
A set of 10 fun brain teasers for your students in middle primary.
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English Homework Task Cards - Upper Primary
A set of 10 task cards for literacy and English homework. Suitable for upper primary grades.
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Subtracting Like Fractions Word Problems Task Cards
Use this set of subtracting fractions with like denominators word problems to help your students put their fraction computation skills into practice!
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Procedural Writing Prompt Task Cards
Need some procedural writing ideas? Download these task cards to use as a writing activity during your procedure writing unit.
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Task Cards - A.M. and P.M. Time
Help your students tell A.M. times from P.M. times with a set of 24 A.M./P.M. task cards.
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Perimeter Task Cards
Use these perimeter tasks to give your students practice with this fundamental measurement skill.
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Multiplication With Arrays Task Cards for Year 2
Help your students master their understanding of multiplication arrays with this set of 20 task cards.
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Sorting by Symmetry: 2D Shape Task Cards
Help students practise sorting 2D shapes by the number of lines of symmetry using this fun set of mathematics sorting cards.
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Interpreting Line Graphs Task Cards
Engage your Grade 5 learners with this task card set focused on interpreting line graphs.
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Main Idea Task Cards
Practise finding the main idea and supporting detail in a passage with these task cards.
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Safe or Unsafe Scenario Task Cards
Discuss safe and unsafe situations with this set of scenario task cards.
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Forms of Energy – Year 4 Science Experiments for Kids
Investigate mechanical, electrical, light, thermal and sound energy with this set of science activities for kids.
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Build It – Partitioning Task Cards
Practise the partitioning strategy with this activity that has students splitting numbers into parts.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Identifying Author's Purpose
A set of comprehension task cards to help students identify the author's purpose when reading.
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International Dot Day STEM Challenge Task Cards
Integrate science, engineering and art with a set of International Dot Day STEM task cards.
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The Gas Has Mass Task Cards
A set of four task cards that explores the physical properties of gases.