December, March and May can be the
three toughest months to reel in students’ attention due to the Too Little and Too Much Flu. The main
symptoms of this illness are: Too Little desire to learn, Too Little
concentration and Too Much lethargy.
In May, though, another ingredient-Too
Much testing crowns this month as the most frustrating for teachers. Between A.P. and state Standards of
Learning exams, students’ class attendance is spotty, and their desire to
participate in lessons and activities has been sapped by preparing for Multiple
Choice tests and writing to a prompt.
Lesson plan continuity endures a major blow although teachers still want and need to teach and students still need to add
to their learning homes.
These three sets of Task Cards
will alleviate teachers’ frustration and stress while reviving students’
motivation, concentration and attention and creating strong foundations of learning.
Reading Comprehension - Literature Task
Cards
With
this set of Elements of Literature Task Cards, Middle School and High School
students will reinforce, review and develop their understanding of a text any
time that they need to work on expanding their comprehension/higher thinking
skills and /or writing aptitudes.
Each
element of literature: Plot/Conflict,
Character, Setting, Theme, Symbols, Tone and Point of View
as well as a set titled, My Insights,
is represented by color-coded task cards that reveal questions which address:
Understanding/Remembering, Applying Knowledge, Analyzing Ideas, Evaluating Situations and Characters'
Actions. Students will also compose original pieces based on the text(s)
that they are reading.
Preview
and download it from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Comprehension-Literature-Task-Cards-1131263
($4.50)*
Vocabulary - FOR THE LOVE OF WORDS! Task
Cards
Middle
School and High School students need to gather words that showcase their verbal
and written language instead of relying on texting abbreviations to speak for
them. When they understand the nuances of word meanings and usage besides just
memorizing them, they will score higher on SAT and other standardized tests.
Most importantly, they will be able to clearly communicate their thoughts,
ideas and beliefs, and will comprehend what they read and what other people write and say.
FOR
THE LOVE OF WORDS! is an 11-page Task Card vocabulary study with 32 individual,
pairs, small group and whole class activities. These activities engage
students' curiosity, and this inquisitiveness sparks learning because they are motivated to own the words and not borrow them for a test.
Preview
and download it from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Vocabulary-FOR-THE-LOVE-OF-WORDS-1840502
($4.00)*
Grammar - PUNCTUATION RULES! Task Cards
& Activities
Between
Tweets, Facebook status updates, Pinning,Texting and various other sites
limiting characters, students are forgetting how to properly punctuate their
longer writing pieces. PUNCTUATION RULES! Task Cards &
Activities, enable Middle School and High School students to improve
their Language and Writing knowledge and skills.
This
20-page packet includes
~detailed Teacher Notes
~Rules for End Mark Insight, Comma
Sense, Colon/Semi-Colon Credibility, Quotation Mark Quality, and Grasping Apostrophes
and Dashes
~8 Task Cards for each of these 5
categories
~1 Task Cards-Punctuation Review
Activity with a Part 2 Writing segment
~Answer Keys for all Task Cards
~2 Alternative Activities: Fill-It-In! a
MadLib-type of challenge- with an Answer Key, and Proofreading Pride- a
Three-Step Correction Format for students to use with any graded and non-graded
writing piece- with specific directions.
Preview
and download it from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Grammar-PUNCTUATION-RULES-Task-Cards-Activities-1820840
($6.00)*
All
three of these Task Card sets are aligned with Common Core Standards and Bloom’s
Taxonomy.
Most
importantly, since they are beneficial for individual, small group or whole
class study and discussion, for in-class writing and for homework, these task
cards are the perfect antidote to the Too
Little and Too Much Flu.
* These Task Card sets and all of my products are on sale at 20% off during The TpT Teacher Appreciation Days Sale- May 5th and 6th. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Connie
Enjoy
a Teach It Now Day - every day.
