Index Card Match

Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject by Mel Silberman;

Simon & Schuster, 1996.
This is an active, fun way to review class material. It allows students to pair up and
quiz their classmates.
Directions:
1. On a separate index card, write down questions about anything taught in the
class. Create enough question cards to equal one-half the number of
students.
2. On a separate card, write down answers to each of these questions.
3. Mix the two sets of cards and shuffle them several times so they are well
mixed.
4. Give out one card to each student. Explain that this is a matching exercise.
Some students have review questions and others have the answers.
5. Have students find their matching cards. When a match is formed, ask the
matching students to find seat together. (Tell them not to reveal to other
students what is contained on their cards.)
6. When all the matching pairs have seated, have each pair quiz the rest of the
class by reading aloud their question and challenging classmates to tell them
the answer.
Examples:
Prompt
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number

of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of

eggs in 5 dozen
months in 6 years
quarters in $5
feet in 6 yards
dimes in $3
inches in 3 feet
inches in 2 yards
years in 2 decades
pints in 4 quarts
quarts in 3 gallons

Names of Polygons
Triangle
Quadrilateral
Pentagon
Hexagon
Heptagon
Octagon
Nonagon
Decagon
How many inches in a foot? 12
How many feet in a mile? 5,280

Mathematical Formula
12 X 5
12 X 6
4X5
3X6
10 X 3
12 X 3
36 X 2
10 X 2
2X4
4X3
Sides
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
How many feet in a yard? 3
How many ounces in a pound? 16

How many pounds in a ton? 2000

How many quarts in a gallon? 4

How many pints in a quart? 2

How many teaspoons in a tablespoon? 3

Time Lines:
When was the Declaration of Independence signed? 1776
When did the Civil War begin? 1861
When did the Civil War end? 1865
First 8 American Presidents:
Who was the first President of the United States? Washington
Who was the second President of the United States? Adams
Who was the third President of the United States? Jefferson
Who was the fourth President of the United States? Madison
Who was the fifth President of the United States? Monroe
Who was the sixth President of the United States? Adams
Who was the seventh President of the United States? Jackson
Who was the eight President of the United States? Van Buren
(Mnemonic: Will A Jolly Man Make A Jolly Visitor?)
Vocabulary Words
accost
adroit
cajole
enhance
fabricate
felon
furtive
stealth; secret
hapless
intrepid
irate
laconic
concise
nuance
meaning, response
plethora
pretext
object

Definitions
to confront boldly
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body
to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax
to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify
to make by art or skill and labor; construct
a person who has committed a felony
taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by
unlucky; luckless; unfortunate
resolutely fearless; dauntless
angry; enraged
using few words; expressing much in few words;
subtle difference or distinction in expression,
overabundance; excess
something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or

http://flashcards.dictionary.com/
adjectives
adverbs
conjunctions
nouns
preposition
verbs
VARIATIONS

words that describe or modify another person or thing

words that modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb
words that connects parts of a sentence.
words for a person, place, or thing
words that describe a relationship between other words
words that indicate action

1. Develop cards containing a sentence with a missing word to be matched to cards

containing the missing word. Example: The President is the _________of armed
forces. (Commander-in-chief)
2. Develop cards containing questions with several possible answers-for example,
What are ways to defuse a conflict? Match them with cards that contain a
corresponding assortment of answers. When each pair quizzes the group, have
them obtain several answers from other students.