Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Task Cards | Credit Cards

Improve Reading Comprehension AND Consumer Skills... at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & visually interesting Task Cards inform students of the ways they can use a credit card as well as the responsibilities of having a credit card. The in-depth information is presented in small, easy-to understand chunks. Students of multiple skill levels will be able to successfully access the information.

A step-by-step approach makes the task cards ideal for explicit instruction, life skills classes, remediation, transition students, special education, and more. Using a Credit Card can be used as a stand-alone unit of instruction or can be used as a companion teaching unit along with Credit Card Basics and Getting a Credit Card.

“What is Buying on Credit?” This set of task cards starts off by explaining what it means to buy something on credit.

“What is a Credit Limit?” Understanding a credit limit is basic information each credit card user needs to have.

“Ways to Use a Credit Card” Detailed information is given in this section of task cards explaining how to use a credit card in person, over the phone, and online.

“Credit Card Account Statement” How to read and understand an account statement is presented in a simple, step-by-step format using sample account statements.

“Responsible Credit Card Use” This last set of task cards emphasizes the importance of paying your credit card bill on time and not overspending or going over your credit limit.

READING SKILLS: Students will get lots of practice reading and interpreting the information presented as they are challenged to find facts, locate information, and read for detail. These quick Google task cards prepare students for learning about what it takes to get a credit card.

VERSATILE LESSONS: Lessons include multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank activities that require very little writing... making them ideal for daily lessons, progress monitoring, reading centers, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank.

Includes:

40 Task Cards

Answer Key