Flashcards for Teachers
So you know flashcards are invaluable for student learning, but you don't have time to make hundreds of educational flashcards for all the topics you're teaching this year? The teachers on the Teach Starter team have you covered with digital and printable flashcards that are curriculum-aligned, engaging, and fun too!
Designed to help students meet Common Core and state-level standards, the flashcards in this teaching resource collection cover grades pre-K through 6 and a variety of elementary subjects from math to ELA, science to social studies.
Oh, and here's where we mention that every resource is teacher-created, plus each flashcard has undergone a rigorous review by the teachers on the Teach Starter team so you can feel comfortable hitting print and handing them out for whole class, group, and individual student activities.
Are Flashcards Actually Useful?
They're an age-old teaching tool, so you might be asking: are flashcards still valuable in the elementary classroom? Well, yes!
The education research indicates flashcards are every bit as valuable for improving students' metacognition today as they were decades ago when you were sitting behind the student desk. Using flashcards in the classroom — or at home — allows students to practice their active recall and confidence-based repetition.
How to Use Flashcards in the Classroom
Whether you're printing out flashcards for students to use when they're learning sight words, new vocabulary words, place value, or any of the hundreds of thousands of concepts elementary students work through, flashcards can be used in a variety of ways to make learning fun. For example, many popular children's games can be adapted so they can be played with flashcards to help boost students' recall of learned concepts.
Here are a few tried and true ways to use flashcards our teacher team swears by!
- Play a curriculum-based version of the game Memory with flashcards. All the cards are turned upside down, and cards are flipped over two at a time to find matches.
- Play flashcard charades in small groups. Students pick from a pile of cards and act out what they see on the card for their peers to guess.
- Play Who Am I? In this group game, students make a headband out of construction paper that's been stapled to form a wring then staple or tape a flashcard to the center. Students then ask yes or no questions of their classmates in order to guess what is on the flashcard.
- Pronunciation Challenge. Teaching a foreign language this school year? Elementary schoolers can have fun practicing their pronunciation by pulling flashcards from a pile and sounding out the words!
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Numbers – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching the terms for numbers in German.
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Greetings – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching common greetings in German.
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Fruit – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for fruits.
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Colors – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for colors.
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Animals – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for animals.
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Verbs – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for various verbs.
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Representations of Numbers 1-10 Flashcards
A set of flashcards showing various representations of numbers from 1-10.
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Alphabet and Digit Mini Flashcards
A set of alphabet (uppercase and lowercase) and digit (0-9) flashcards.
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Weather-Themed How Are You Feeling? Poster and Flashcards
A visual resource to help students verbalize how they are feeling.
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Rhyming Words Flashcards
Practice producing rhyming words with this set of 36 picture flashcards.
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Number and Math Symbol Mini Flashcards
Print a set of colorful number and symbol cards for various math activities.
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Fry Sight Words Flash Cards
A set of flash cards for the first 100 Fry Sight Words.
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Word Families Cards – Short Vowel I
A set of word family cards focusing on short vowel ‘i’.
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Commonly Used Verbs - Flashcards
A set of 42 flashcards depicting commonly used verbs.
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1 to 20 Number Match-Up Cards (Base-10 Blocks, Quantities, Digits, Tallies, Tens Frames, and Words)
A match-up activity to help students identify different representations of the numbers 1 to 20.
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Dolch Sight Word Flashcards - Grade 2
Use these flashcards to help students practice their Dolch sight words.
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Italian Language Flashcards
220 flashcards of Italian words.
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0-20 Number and Word Flashcards - Birds
Use these flashcards when learning about the numbers 0–20.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Flashcards
Use this set of 16 colorful flashcards to introduce students to the attributes that make up simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Dewey Decimal Classes Flashcards
Explore the Dewey Decimal Classes with this set of printable flashcards for the classroom or school library.
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Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards for Third Grade
Practice the Dolch 3rd grade sight word list in the classroom with these fun printable flash cards. We've also included teacher tips for getting the most out of these cards!
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Improper Fractions Cards
A set of 30 cards displaying various improper fractions.
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Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Flashcards
A set of flashcards displaying symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.
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French Language Flashcards
100 flashcards of French words.
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Phonics Flashcards and Progress Tracker - Skateboard Theme
A set of CVC, CCVC, and CVCC word flashcards in a skateboard theme with an accompanying skateboard ramp to monitor student progress.
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Phonics Flashcards and Progress Tracker - Motorbike Theme
A set of CVC, CCVC, and CVCC word flashcards in a motorbike theme with an accompanying motorbike track to monitor student progress.
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Phonics Flashcards and Progress Tracker - Scooter Theme
A set of CVC, CCVC, and CVCC word flashcards in a scooter theme with an accompanying scooter ramp to track student progress.
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Str Blend Flashcards
Twelve flashcards showing str blend words and pictures.
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A-Z Picture Flashcards (Lowercase)
A set of A-Z flash cards with lower case letters and matching pictures.
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A-Z Picture Flashcards (Upper Case)
A set of A-Z flash cards with upper case letters and matching pictures.
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies - Question Flashcards
A set of question cards to use when working with the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.
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Kn, Ph and Wr Digraph Flashcards
Seventeen flashcards showing kn, ph and wr digraph words and pictures.