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!
- Plus Plan
Year 4 Literacy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
25 Literacy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
- Plus Plan
Year 5 Literacy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
21 Literacy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
- Plus Plan
Animals - Weekly Timetable
An animals themed weekly timetable template.
- Plus Plan
Giraffes - Weekly Timetable
A giraffe themed weekly timetable template.
- Plus Plan
Follow the Leader Active Game
A whole class active game that encourages the development of leadership, teamwork, movement and coordination.
- Plus Plan
Weekly Teachers Schedule Notification Chart
A Monday to Friday poster that display who the teacher will be each day that week.
- Plus Plan
I Am Ready To Learn When... Poster
An editable Microsoft Word before class checklist poster.
- Plus Plan
Leisure and Recreation - Weekly Timetable
A weekly timetable for students to plan their school and leisure time.
- Plus Plan
The Science of Independent Learning - Banner
A banner for the The Science of Independent Learning posters.
- Plus Plan
Plain Teal - Weekly Timetable
A plain teal-themed weekly timetable template.
- Plus Plan
Year 5 Fractions and Decimals Worksheets
Use these fractions and decimals worksheets in your Year 5 classroom for independent practice or as an assessment activity.
- Plus Plan
Owls - Weekly Timetable
An owls themed weekly timetable template.
- Plus Plan
Decimals and Percentages Assessment
Assess students' knowledge of various decimals and percentages concepts with this four-page worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Daily News Chart
A chart to keep track of who is presenting news on any particular day.
- Plus Plan
Would You Rather - Easter Edition
Hop into some conversational fun this Easter season with our ‘Would You Rather’ Easter Edition Interactive Game.
- Plus Plan
Spring Would You Rather? Game
Start the season with some fun with a Spring Would You Rather Game!
- Free Plan
Printable Easter Bookmarks
Hop into self-selected reading and inspire good reading habits with free printable Easter bookmarks for kids!
- Plus Plan
Easter Charades for Kids
Get your students moving, laughing, and acting with a game of Easter Charades!
- Plus Plan
Halloween Directed Drawing Worksheets
Encourage creativity and boost fine motor skills with a series of Halloween Directed Drawing worksheets.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Would You Rather? Interactive Game
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions in an engaging game of Halloween Would You Rather?
- Plus Plan
Halloween Table Mats - Lower Years
Give your students a fun warm-up this October with printable Halloween Table Mats.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Emoji Game
Have fun playing a Halloween Emoji game as a fun classroom brain break in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
- Plus Plan
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.
- Free Plan
Halloween Cat Colouring Pages
Print out some Halloween Cat Colouring Pages to scare up some spooky season fun!
- Plus Plan
Just-Right Books Anchor Chart Pack
Teach your students how to pick just-right books with a printable ‘Just-Right’ Book Anchor Chart Pack.
- Plus Plan
Build & Destroy - Block Building Challenges Task Cards
Build, destroy, and promote STEM education with our printable STEM building challenges for Early Years.
- Plus Plan
Autumn Leaf Lacing Activity Cards - Fine Motor Activity
Help your students develop fine motor skills with a set of printable autumn leaf lacing cards.
- Free Plan
Spring Word Search Puzzle
Search, find, and celebrate spring in your classroom with a fun Spring Word Search Puzzle.
- Plus Plan
Subject Verb Agreement Exam
Assess students’ understanding with this two-page subject-verb agreement exam designed to reinforce and evaluate correct verb usage.
- Plus Plan
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.
- Plus Plan
Missing Assignment Templates
Promote student accountability for completing assignments with a printable missing assignment log and parent contact form.
- Plus Plan
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.