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!
- Plus Plan
Commonly Used Verbs - Flashcards
A set of 42 flashcards depicting commonly used verbs.
- Plus Plan
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.
- Plus Plan
Dolch Sight Word Flashcards - Grade 2
Use these flashcards to help students practice their Dolch sight words.
- Plus Plan
Italian Language Flashcards
220 flashcards of Italian words.
- Plus Plan
0-20 Number and Word Flashcards - Birds
Use these flashcards when learning about the numbers 0–20.
- Plus Plan
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.
- Plus Plan
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!
- Plus Plan
Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Flashcards
A set of flashcards displaying symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.
- Plus Plan
French Language Flashcards
100 flashcards of French words.
- Plus Plan
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.
- Plus Plan
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.
- Plus Plan
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.
- Plus Plan
Str Blend Flashcards
Twelve flashcards showing str blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
A-Z Picture Flashcards (Lowercase)
A set of A-Z flash cards with lower case letters and matching pictures.
- Plus Plan
A-Z Picture Flashcards (Upper Case)
A set of A-Z flash cards with upper case letters and matching pictures.
- Plus Plan
Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies - Question Flashcards
A set of question cards to use when working with the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.
- Plus Plan
Kn, Ph and Wr Digraph Flashcards
Seventeen flashcards showing kn, ph and wr digraph words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Spr & Spl Blend Flashcards
Fourteen flashcards showing spr and spl blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Squ Blend Flashcards
Nine flashcards showing squ blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Scr Blend Flashcards
Nine flashcards showing scr blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Sw Blend Flashcards
Thirteen flashcards showing sw blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
St Blend Flashcards
Fourteen flashcards showing st blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Sp Blend Flashcards
Fourteen flashcards showing sp blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Sn Blend Flashcards
Thirteen flashcards showing sn blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Place Value Cards - 10,000; 1,000; 100; 10; 1
A set of place value cards to help students explore and expand larger numbers.
- Plus Plan
10-20 Digit Cards
A set of flashcards, including the numbers 10-20, to be used when teaching numbers and place value.
- Plus Plan
Sc Blend Flashcards
Fourteen flashcards showing sc blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Sm Blend Flashcards
Nine flashcards showing sm blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Sk Blend Flashcards
Fourteen flashcards showing sk blend words and pictures.
- Plus Plan
Base-10 Flashcards - Random Numbers (100–10,000)
A set of 40 Base-10 flashcards of random numbers between 100 and 10,000.
- Plus Plan
1-100 Flashcards (Using Craft Stick Bundles)
Use these flashcards when learning about numbers and words.
- Plus Plan
1-100 Number Flashcards Using Base 10 Blocks
Use these flashcards when learning about numbers and words.