Boosting 3rd graders’ confidence in finding the area of rectangles and irregular shapes has never been easier! These Thanksgiving themed task card activities are a simple way to sneak in some important practice and review for area while enhancing student engagement at the same time.

This convenient set of area task cards has your Thanksgiving math review covered with 3rd grade aligned practice for area as square units, area of rectangles, area of irregular shapes, word problems, and computation involving 2-digit x 1 digit multiplication.

You'll love how these task card activities for 3rd grade area help your students build independent work habits and free up time for you to work with small groups and students who need more help.

Free yourself from the Sunday Night Scaries this November with the versatility, flexibility, and simplicity of these Thanksgiving themed area of rectangles and irregular shapes task cards. With options for traditional task cards, black and white printable task cards, PowerPoint task cards, Google Slides task cards, and Easel task cards, you'll always be prepared!

The 36 Thanksgiving Area Task Cards come in 5 easy-to-use formats:

• Traditional quarter-page task cards in full color to laminate and use year after year.

• Black and white printer-friendly, quarter-page cards that you can use in the classroom or send home.

• PowerPoint single card slides that you can display from whole-class discussion and solving, use as a bell ringer activity, or class cooperative learning structures.

• Google Slides single card slides with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned in Google Classroom.

• Easel-ready activity with one card per page with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned through Easel by TeachShare.

The Thanksgiving themed graphics on each task card will grab your students' attention and help keep them engaged while they practice and review their way to mastery of area of shapes. Whether you have students working together on finding area or practicing independently, task card activities are a great tool for helping them maintain focus and attention to the task at hand.

Concepts Included in Thanksgiving 3rd Grade Area Task Cards:

• area as square units
• area of rectangles
• area of irregular shapes
• word problems involving area
• computation involving 2-digit x 1 digit multiplication

PLEASE NOTE: The math problems in this area task card set are identical to those in my other holiday-themed sets of the same skill. Only the clipart has been changed to match the holiday/season. 

To prepare these Thanksgiving 3rd Grade Area Task Cards:

For traditional task cards: Print one copy of each card page. Laminate for durability to use year after year. Print enough copies of the recording sheets for each student in your class. B&W, PPT, and Google Slides versions are included for versatility.

Thanksgiving Area Task Cards in Action:

Get ready to feel like the high-engagement teacher that you really are, because these task cards can be used and reused in so many ways! Here are just a few ideas.

• Scavenger Hunt in the room-Hide the cards around the room and have students find and solve all the cards.

• Hang on the walls for Solve the Room.

• Place cards at a table to be completed as an independent math station activity.

• Use as the content for your favorite math review game.

• Use them with small groups as the content for your favorite cooperative learning structure.

• Display one at a time (PPT version) and discuss as a class or use as bell ringers

• Assign a few slides a day for practice in Google Classroom (Slides version).

• Print the black and white version to assign as homework.

Grab these time-saving task cards so you can enjoy family time this weekend knowing your 3rd grade practice for area of rectangles and irregular shapes is ready to go!

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