These 32 Text Evidence Task Cards will help your students practice finding reasons and evidence using informational text. Each "Text Evidence" task card has a short informational text passage and asks students to identify a specific piece of information from the text. The passages chosen are hand-selected to be high interest for your students and ones they will enjoy.
I am crazy about task cards and think they are such a versatile tool for the classroom. You can use them in a literacy center, in small groups, or even individually. Another option is to use one card at a time with the whole class. I like to keep a stack of cards on my desk that go with whatever concept we're working on and pull a few of them out to do together whenever we have a few extra minutes.
My favorite way to use task cards though, is to use them as a rotational activity. Simply print out the record sheet for each child and station the cards at different places around the room. You can call "Scoot" after a few minutes and kids rotate to the next station. Or depending upon the class, you can let the kids rotate to any card that's open. I love to send them on this "scavenger hunt" in buddies because I like to hear the kids collaborating on their answers. Kids love the movement too and it's always neat to see them really enjoying an activity and learning at the same time.
The task cards can be printed in color or grayscale and can be laminated and used again and again. Baggies are great to store them in or you could hole punch each card's corner and put them all on a ring. A plastic shoebox with dividers or a photo box also works really well to keep them organized.
***Please note: This task card set is also included in my Text Evidence Using Informational Text Unit:
Text Evidence Using Informational Text: 4th and 5th Grade
If you're looking for more Text Evidence practice, I have created a reading game which may be used for centers, whole class, or for one on one:
Text Evidence Game
The Text Evidence Game is part of a 10 Game Nonfiction Bundle, as well as a 20 Game Reading Bundle with Nonfiction and Fiction:
10 Nonfiction Reading Games
20 Reading Games Bundle
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