Retrieval Practice Cards

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Retrieval Practice Cards: A single A4 page laid out as a 4 x 4 grid (16 cards) with dashed cut lines; each card has a coloured numbered circle (1–16), a large icon (e.g. lightbulb, magnifying glass, question mark, calendar, location pin, gear, bar chart, scales, megaphone, open book, speech bubble, document with pencil, chain link, puzzle piece, thought bubble, target), a coloured underline matching the number, and a short prompt in 1–3 lines. Header reads 'RETRIEVAL PRACTICE CARDS' with the in...

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This A4 printable contains 16 small cards, each with a coloured numbered dot, an icon and a short question or prompt (e.g. 'What is the key idea?', 'List three important details', 'Find a quote that shows this'). It's a generic retrieval-practice resource designed to be cut out and used flexibly across topics and subjects to prompt short written or spoken retrieval tasks. Questions emphasise main idea, details, cause/effect, evidence, connections and question-generation.

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