Partner picker grouping cards for Years 5 and 6 by the Sydney Teacher featuring emoji cards for classroom use with a purple border.
Cartoon-style cards with emojis and text 'the best and most fun way to randomly group students!' on a purple background.
Educational worksheet with emoji-themed cards for partner picking with text 'use with any grade and class size!' on a light purple background.

Partner Pickers

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This set of cards is the perfect tool for grouping students in your classroom! Simply print enough cards for the number of students in your class, and you are ready to go!

How does it work?

Enough coloured cards are provided for 30 students (with 3 cards in 10 colours: pink, yellow, green, blue, orange, purple, brown, rust, white and grey). 

However, you also have the option of printing the rainbow cards if you have more than 30 students, or if you have an odd number of students. Students who receive a rainbow card have the option of choosing which group they join, as they are an ‘extra.’

For example, if you have 31 students, print all coloured cards plus 1 rainbow card. If you then hand out all the cards and call for groups of 3, there would be 10 groups of 3, with one student left holding a rainbow card. This student would then have the choice of which group to join. You can print as many rainbow cards as you need!

⇒ To group students in pairs, have them find another student with the same emoji face. 

⇒ To group your students in threes, have them find students with the same coloured background. 

⇒ To group your students in fours, group 2 pairs together. 

⇒ To group your students in five, have them find students with the same number printed in the top corner. 

Outcome Codes: AC9E5LY02, AC9E6LY02

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Instant Download

Digital download links are made available on the order summary page immediately after purchase. These links are also emailed directly to your inbox! Simply click on the link to begin the download process and the files will save to your device. 

For your convenience, all digital downloads can also be accessed and re-downloaded an unlimited number of times through your customer account. Simply create an account HERE with the email used to make the purchase, set a password and all previous purchases will be listed. 

Why Choose The Partner Pickers?

  • Students can be grouped randomly for any task!
  • Students can be grouped in pairs, threes or fives!
  • This resource can be used for any grade and any class!
  • It's a great ice-breaker activity, encouraging students to met and work with new people!

What's Included?

  • Enough coloured cards are provided for 30 students
  • Rainbow cards for any extra students
  • Poster for reference

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Fiona R.
Making groups easy

This resource made making groups easy in the classroom.

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Educating Mini Mindz

This resource works well and is very versatile and can be used in a variety of situations.

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Trevor V.

Such a fun way of grouping students so they are working with different students each day.

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mggs88

This is exactly what I needed! Fantastic resource and the kids loved it! Thank you so much!

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Summer M.

this is a great resource to use to help put students into collaborative groups

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Hannah Milliken

Great resource I didn't know I needed! Easy to use!

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Jess E.

Aesthetically pleasing & easy to use, but can be difficult to work out which cards to take out if students are away, depending on what group size you want. If you have less than 30 students, some groups won't be the size listed on the poster.

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Emily C.

Such a fun and creative way to ask students into groups without the awkwardness of having students who are never picked or left out. Students know this always means groups are non-negatable and get on with the task.

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Daizees Doodles

My students enjoyed this unit.

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Rachel G.

This was a great tool to use in grouping students at random, and the kids love it. Thank you!

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MissPractical F.

Great resource! Thank you!

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Rieka (Australia)
Partner Pickers

Such a great resource. Easy to use.

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Rieka
Partner Pickers

Such a great resource. Easy to use.

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