Classroom Routines Teaching Resources
Do you need help with classroom routine ideas this school year? Our teacher team has created dozens of resources to make explaining your routines and keeping students on routine easy — from classroom job printables and charts to visual calendars that walk students through your daily class schedules.
These teacher-created resources help students stay on task and keep things moving throughout the school day for a day that's easier on you and your students both!
How Do Routines Help Teachers With Classroom Management?
Are you exploring the addition of routines to your classroom to help kick-start your classroom management? You may be pleasantly surprised by the results!
Routines play a substantial role in successful classroom management because they help provide structure for the day. This can help students know what to expect and, in turn, that helps students to be more successful too!
Classroom Routine Examples and Ideas
Looking for some routines that can help your classroom management this school year? Here are some periods of the school day when setting up routines can make a big difference to your classroom management, plus resources to help set them up!
1. Morning Routines
Mornings are more manageable when students know just what to do when they arrive at school, so you can take roll and get ready for the day while they're stowing bags and getting ready to learn!
Our pre-created templates will walk students through their routine for the morning with an agenda they can follow.
2. Line Up Routines
Students spend a lot of the school day in line, whether they're heading to the school library or outside for recess. Set up routines so students know exactly what to do and how to behave!
3. Technology Routines
Make tablet and computer time less stressful with routines that every student knows to follow! Print a technology routines poster to display in the classroom so every student knows just what to do.
4. End of the School Day
Students should know exactly what to do during the dismissal period. Should they be putting chairs on their desks? Do students who will walk home go to one place and students who get a ride home go to another? What happens with homework folders? All of this should be mapped out, so the end of the day period will run smoothly!
Print out our end-of-the-day bookmarks for students to check the routines when they've forgotten what to do!
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Classroom Routines for Independent Work Checklist
Give your students a checklist to remind them of classroom routines to follow when working independently.
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Year 5 Numeracy Exit Tickets
20 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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How to Make Frog Origami — Step-By-Step Instructions for Kids
Download a printable guide to teach kids how to make origami frogs in the classroom when you're teaching about amphibians.
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Origami Fox Step-By-Step Instructions
Visual instruction page to use when creating an origami fox.
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Tricks in 60 Ticks - Classroom Party Games
A collection of 10 fun classroom games to do in 60 seconds!
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Spring Would You Rather? Game
Start the season with some fun with a Spring Would You Rather Game!
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Halloween Would You Rather? Interactive Game
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions in an engaging game of Halloween Would You Rather?
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English Homework Helpers (F-2)
Give your students handy English Homework Helper printables to reference when working in class or at home.
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Big Problem or Little Problem? – Sorting Activity
Use our Big Problem vs. Little Problem activity cards and worksheets to help your students learn to manage peer relationships in the classroom.
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I’m Done, Now What? Early Finisher Activities Board
Provide your early finishers with a fun activity choice board to answer the question: I’m Done, Now What?
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Fine and Gross Motor Development Checklists
Use a printable Fine and Gross Motor Development Checklist to easily and effectively note concerns about a student’s motor skills.
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Paris Landmarks – Mindfulness Colouring Pages
Use this set of mindfulness colouring pages of Paris landmarks to celebrate the magic of Paris.
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Editable Homework Bingo Templates
Provide your students with novelty and choice by assigning them a Homework Bingo Game instead of traditional homework assignments!
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How to Draw a Ship - Directed Drawing Activity
Learn how to draw a ship with a fun directed drawing activity sheet.
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Classroom Procedures Scoot Game
Review classroom and school procedures as a back-to-school activity with a game of Scoot!
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Would You Rather? Books and Reading - Movement Game
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions and fun exercises in this books and reading edition of 'Would You Rather...?'
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Subtraction Strategies – Assessment
Assess your students’ knowledge of subtraction strategies with a subtraction assessment.
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Basketball Crossword
Use this basketball-themed crossword as a fast finisher activity.
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Grammar and Punctuation Assessment Tool – Year 3
A set of 5 grammar and punctuation assessment tools suited to Year 3 students.
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Classroom Hand Sign Posters
A set of posters with common student requests to display in the classroom.
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Positive Self-Talk Bookmark
A bookmark with positive self-talk affirmations.
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Book Review Chatterbox Template
Help your students review a book using this hands-on chatterbox.
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Easter Logic Puzzle Pack
Challenge your students to some serious thinking with an engaging Easter Logic Puzzle Pack.
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Easter Charades for Kids
Get your students moving, laughing, and acting with a game of Easter Charades!
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Spring Colouring-In Activity Sheets
Give your students a refreshing spring-inspired brain break with our printable Spring Colouring In Pages.
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Halloween Table Mats - Lower Years
Give your students a fun warm-up this October with printable Halloween Table Mats.
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Halloween Emoji Game
Have fun playing a Halloween Emoji game as a fun classroom brain break in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
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Colouring Pages for Halloween - Pumpkins
Grab a set of Colouring Pages for Halloween (Pumpkins) to use in your classroom as a fun brain break during the month of October.
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Prepositional Phrase Practice Test
Assess students’ understanding with this two-page prepositional phrase practice test featuring multiple-choice, true-or-false and finish-the-sentence questions.
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Group Presentation Rubric
Make marking for group presentations a breeze with a printable Group Presentation Rubric.
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Student Speeding Ticket Templates
Urge your students to slow down and take their time on assignments by issuing them a printable ‘Speeding Ticket’ to encourage revisions.
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Teacher Waiting Room - Clip System
Calm classroom chaos when students need one-on-one help from the teacher with a printable Teacher Waiting List Clip System!