Using Microsoft Word to Make Challenge Cards
Using Microsoft Word to Make Challenge Cards It's important to take advantage of quick and easy available tools. Challenge cards are pre-cut business cards with questions or statements printed on them. They can be used in a variety of games and used in any subject. For example, trivia questions, left/right orientation, in a categorization game ("name something that has wheels"), math (equation on the front and answer on the back), reading (word on the front and picture on the back), or any other content area that students may need additional practice. Students can use them in the class or take home for extra practice. OR, even better, teach them to make their own cards. The steps to make Challenge Cards are:
-
Open the Microsoft Word program.
-
Go to Tools, then Envelopes and Labels, then click on Options. In newer versions of MS Word, go to Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels, then click on Options.
-
Under Label Products, select Avery Standard (or other product you use) and under Product Number highlight the number of your business cards that you will be printing on, then click OK.
-
In the new dialog box, click on New Document.
-
Once you are back to the document, if you do not see lines separating the cards, then go to Table, then click on Show Gridlines located at the bottom.
-
Put your cursor in each box and type your challenge.
- Once you have typed in each box, just put your business cards into the printer and print them up.
NEW - Erasable Highlighter
NEW - Eraseable Highlighter by Crayola. When highlighting (in textbooks and reading books), you can color-code different concepts. I'm sure there's 100 other ways to use this NEW tool.