Bring your nonfiction instruction to life with this fun task card resource! If you teach 3rd grade informational text, you'll find what you need in this 7 resource bundle. Get 142 different task cards, plus FREE digital Easel resources. While the task card sets are designed to meet the Common Core, this resource covers the informational text skills any third grade student needs to master. It is also perfect for fourth or fifth grade students who struggle with reading skills. Save over 30% with the bundle!

Special Features about this Bundle:

• Each set of task cards includes pictures, cartoons, or illustrations, along with engaging text, that is guaranteed to keep your students on the task at hand.
• This resource is perfect for test prep and review.
• Includes FREE digital Easel activities
• Each resource contains 36 multiple-choice task cards that are provided in both color and black and white to meet your printing needs.
• Each resource includes student answer sheets, as well as a grading key.
• Save over 30% by purchasing the bundle
• Ideal for RTI
• Easy to inset into any lesson, center/station or group activity
• Appealing cartoons, pictures and engaging text keep your students' interest
• Low-prep, just print, cut apart and go
• Reading selections have been written by a professional children's curriculum writer and teacher. Experience includes writing on-line curriculum for CNN and Coca Cola, 7 books for The Child's World Press and writing weekly social studies newspapers for American Legacy Publishers.

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To see more about each resource, be sure to click on each resource included.

Areas covered in this resource include:

Informational Text Based Questions (RI.3.1)

Main Idea and Key Details (RI.3.2)

Relationships Between Events, Ideas, and Technical Steps (RI.3.3)

Determining the Meaning of Academic Words and Phrases (RI.3.4)

Using Text Features and Search Tools (RI.3.5)

Using Images to Understand Text (RI.3.7)

Connections in Informational Text (RI.3.8)

Please Note: Standards RI.3.6 and RI.3.9 are not included, as they are not standards task cards can cover well

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Task cards can be used in many different ways:

1. Centers and/or stations…since task cards can be done in any

order, they are easy to share.

2. In pairs or small groups

3. Whole class

a. Quick review before going home, or to specials

b. Teacher reads question, students write answers on white

board

c. Use as an assessment. Task cards don’t feel like a test, so

test phobic students are more relaxed.

4. Independent work at seats

5. Send home for homework as reinforcement for students

needing remediation

6. Test Prep

7. Games..Use game boards and dice. Place task cards upside down above game board. As students move around board they must answer task card questions. Partners use the grading key to tell if the answer is correct. Student may only move if the answer is correct.

8. Scoot...Give one answer sheet and one task card per student. Give students 30 seconds to answer their task card question on the answer sheet. Set timer for 30 seconds again and say, "Scoot". Student leaves his/her card on their desk and move to the next seat to answer that question. When the timer dings say, "Scoot" again and students move to next seat until all cards are answered on the answer sheet.

9. Scavenger Hunt...Hide cards around the classroom. Give each student one answer sheet. Students search for cards and answer them as they are found.

10. Jenga...Number Jenga blocks to 36 (or less if you wish). Students play in groups of three-four and take turns pulling them out. Students all answer the task card number on each block on their answer sheet until the Jenga blocks tumble.

11. Exit ticket...Pass one task card to each student plus one sticky note. Students answer on the sticky note and place on board on the way out the door.

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This Bundle is also available in another Digital Format

3rd Grade Informational Text Boom Card Bundle

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About this Teacher Author

Jan Bernard

National Board Certified Teacher (2001-2011), Masters in Curriculum, Gifted Certified, Cobb County Elementary Teacher of the Year, Addison Elementary Teacher of the Year, Bullard Elementary Teacher of the Year, Atlanta Journal and Constitution Honor Teacher finalist ($5000 award), District 3 Georgia Science Teacher of the Year, Author of seven books published by The Child's World Press, Wrote online k-12 social studies and language arts curriculum for Coca Cola, curriculum writer for CNN, curriculum writer for American Legacy Publishers 2009-2014, 25 years teaching experience in grades 1st-4th.

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