Tips For Organizing Chore Cards


Hello, I am Jamie together with I am addicted to chore cards. 

I accept dozens of sets. I could non imagine pedagogy grammer or math without chore cards. I fifty-fifty used them during writing workshop!

I am a chore bill of fare addict, but I am also a self-diagnosed OCD neat freak. I can't accept stacks of chore cards on every tabular array or counter inward my classroom. That would mail me over the edge!

Task cards must live on organized thus that it is slow to uncovering the sets yous need!

Let me portion around of my favorite ways to store together with organize those amazing chore cards.

The Cover

Do non assume that yous volition ever cry back what science the chore bill of fare railroad train assesses. Some sets hold off really like together with yous don't desire to waste materials your fourth dimension sifting through the railroad train to decide if they are the chore cards yous need.

Print a encompass bill of fare for EVERY railroad train of chore cards that yous print.


Don't worry, this is crazy easy!

All yous accept to practise is purpose the encompass that comes amongst the chore cards. This encompass is typically an 8 1/2x11 page. That's only every bit good big. No worries!

Print the resources encompass at 50%!


When yous learn to impress the resource, only modify the pct when printing the get-go page. Then it volition impress the same size every bit the bulk of chore cards (the ones that come upwards 4 to a page).

Task Card Storage


There are many ways to store chore cards. The best agency actually depends on your needs. How oft practise yous purpose the chore cards? How many sets of cards practise yous have? Do yous accept shelf infinite or wall infinite inward your classroom?

Here are a duet ideas. Choose what industrial plant best for you!

Photo Boxes


This is seriously my favorite agency to store my cards! These photograph boxes tin live on purchased at Michael's.


The piddling boxes tally 1 railroad train of chore cards perfectly.


I purpose a piddling scotch tape or gum dots to attach the encompass to the front.


I accept a box for math cards together with around other for ELA cards. This makes it much easier to uncovering what I am looking for.

CD Boxes


I bought these Sterilite CD boxes from Walmart. I mean value that yous tin uncovering them inward other like stores too. 



The boxes tally several sets of chore cards. 

You tin purpose condom bands or binder clips to proceed each railroad train of chore cards together.



Shoe Hanger


I dear using a shoe hanger for chore cards because it makes me grinning to encounter all of those beautiful cards  hanging on my wall. It's thus yummy. 😍



It's also super slow to encounter what bill of fare sets yous accept because in that place is only 1 railroad train inward each pocket.


You tin hang these off the dorsum of a door if yous accept one. You tin also purpose a heavy duty stapler to attach it to a wall.

Push Pins together with Binder Rings


If yous don't accept a ton of chore bill of fare sets, yous mightiness only purpose force pins to organize them.


You volition demand to punch a hole inward the corner of each chore bill of fare together with thus purpose a binder band to proceed a railroad train together. If yous purpose chore cards inward a center, this is a keen agency to proceed all of the cards together!

Recording Sheets & Answer Keys


I proceed all of my recording sheets together with respond keys inward a binder that I proceed correct adjacent to my chore cards. Sometimes I don't demand recording sheets, such every bit when nosotros purpose the cards amongst games, but it is squeamish to accept them closed past times for times when I purpose them for scoots or centers.


I stick the recording canvas together with the respond telephone commutation inward a page protector.

I also proceed a generic recording canvas inward this binder. If I can't uncovering the specific 1 that came amongst the chore cards I am using, I tin only choose grip of the generic one. I loathe wasting my fourth dimension searching for stuff!



Click HERE to choose grip of FREE generic chore bill of fare recording sheets!


I promise that these tips assistance yous to learn those chore cards organized!

Have a Not So Wimpy day,