I print 30 of the common ones (I have 30 students) and only as many as needed for the more rare ones. You can create the cards in cardsmith then import them into the powerpoint. The best part about this is the kids are really good at tracking their own stuff and never forget to let me know when they have earned one which I like because that means the system requires less moderation on my part.īelow is a link with the files I use to print the cards. I write their name on a sheet that I have after each page of cards so that I can keep track of who gets which cards and so I know who has which cards. I have a book that has all the achievements cards pre-made so I can hand them out when one is earned. I see them showing them off to their classmates and they will show them to parents at conferences. They get a sheet that tells them what all the achievements are and they work really hard to be the first to get one or to have the most. The cards are the size of a baseball card and the kids collect them in their data binder in a 9 slot sheet protector. Getting a 100% on a spelling test, helping another student learn something, doing a class job for a month and so on. These are like achievements you earn in a video game for doing certain things in the class. Vail I would like to activate my card and I take it down and do whatever the card says.Īchievement Cards - This is by far the most popular use for the cards. They are larger because I place them in the front of the classroom in the pockets used for student book boxes and write the name of the student it belongs to with a dry erase marker on it. Plus I teach 4th grade so it keeps me from accidentally showing something that might offend a parent -) See link at the bottom for the files I use to print my cards and below for how I use them:Īrtifacts - these cards are printed larger than a normal collecting card and are given to students at random for doing good things or as a random event. I use the armor sets from Classcraft instead of random internet pictures because it increases student investment in the game and they get really excited about seeing the armors. I use cardsmith in the following way in my classroom.
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