three part cards

I’d like to apologise for not keeping up on this site for so long. Things got busy, there were some changes and events in my life…but I HAVE been thinking about the site and what I want to do.
I’m going to start with materials I have created for students in my class and at my school. Most of these are for intermediate (9-12 year olds), but one set I created to put in my parent volunteer time for my daughter’s kindergarten class. Those are the three-part cards, briefly explained below.
I also want to start posting recipes that I like. I’ll try to post the source as much as possible. Recipes are because I really like to cook (no joke!) and enjoy trying new foods. I also use recipes as cursive handwriting lessons which students copy into notebooks. Then a small group of students cooks once a week, so we can all sample the food. By the end of the first quarter, each student has had a chance to cook at least once. There are lots of hands-on activities involved, and it is great one-on-one time with kids.
I am a Montessori teacher in the public school system. After a lesson, one activity for students is called three part cards. These cards are matching sets: a picture, a label, and information. The teacher codes the back of the cards for easy checking, or can also make a booklet of the three parts lined up on one page.
I have spent the last few years creating three part cards for a variety of subject areas–the intertidal zones of Alaskan shores, Alaska studies, Birds and Mammals of Kenai Fjords National Parks—are the titles at the top of my head. I’ll start posting them this week, as PDFs, so feel free to print them for your use.
The cards are a great follow-up to lessons, good independent exploration, great for small group and individual independent work.
I try to check for student understanding once the cards have been laid out (checking the coding I put on the back, like each card in the 3 card set has an “A’ on the back, the next three have a “B”, and so on). There is usually another assignment as well, like answering teacher prepared questions or writing a summary paragraph of information.
So tomorrow I’ll sweat through my first PDF posting, and continue adding to the page as much as possible.