Confession: I’m a little late to jump onto the task card bandwagon, but so far it has been a nice added layer for my classroom. I haven’t had the time to create ANY, but thankfully there are a TON on the Internet and TpT. {Thank you all for helping me to have a life outside of school!}
At any rate, if you have been reading my posts for any amount of time, you have probably heard me talk about simplicity over and over again. I honestly barely have the time to make the copies I HAVE to make on a day to day basis. I really don’t want to try to cram in more sheets for task cards… and I also don’t want to have to constantly try to inventory how many pages of each set are left. Nightmarish! So, because I am a big fan of simplicity, I created a process for my kiddos to work through that will stay consistent with any task card or skill. If you want to take a look to see if you can use this with your kiddos, head over to snag the freebie! 🙂
I laminated a few copies of this sheet, and I store them inside of a plastic storage tote for easy access. I slip each set of task cards in plastic sandwich bags, and keep them inside of the tub. It’s nothing fancy, but like I said, I am a fan of simplicity, and this works for me. 🙂 Happy Teaching!
I did this with famous people from our state in fourth grade. We invited all the other classes and offered state specific foods. I LOVED it! My kids did multi-genre projects with them and were awesome!
Thanks friend! 🙂 I am happy to hear that it went well! Yay!!!
Stop…!!!! You are single-handedly making me poor!! Just kidding! I love this unit. It is too cute. I have always heard about the Wax Museum concept and I do my own version- a traveling museum from classroom to classroom, but this looks fantastic and would be a great addition to what I currently do. Thank you!! Eileen Griffin
Eileen… you are outrageous! Haha! I like the traveling classroom idea. 🙂 And thanks… 🙂
You are amazing! I am going to share this with my 3rd grade friends.
I am going to try this with my Firsties too!
Blessings to you!
Heather
Heather's Heart
Hi Amanda!!
I found your blog from the Top Teachers group! Totally agree with you about simplicity! I try to make things as least complicated as possible! Thanks for sharing your task card idea! I love it! I am a new follower!
Molly
Lessons with Laughter
I tagged you in an interview game! Come to my blog and check it out! I would love for you to play along!
I love your wax museum idea! So creative and fun!
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