Tame the End of Day Madness With Printable Bus Tags!

Teachers around the world agree…Dismissal time at the beginning of the school year can quickly become a complete catastrophe! Especially with primary school students! Every year, someone gets on the wrong bus, someone gets left behind, or the car rider line backs up because little Johnny needed to get four drinks of water before he left for the day. This year, the Teach Starter team of teachers is on deck and prepared to help you turn the end-of-day madness into a divine block of time where everyone knows where they’re going and gets where they need to be.

How Do I Get Home? Printable Backpack Tags and More!

When you’re working with littles, it’s best to be well-prepared ahead of time. One way to prepare for that first-day dash is by providing your students with printable bus tags, walker tags, and car rider tags to attach to their backpacks or display in the classroom. Our printable resource pack provides editable templates for those tags and more! This resource download includes the following.

• Car Rider Tags
• Bus Tags
• Walker Tags
• After-School Program Tags
• Printable Paper Checklists and Poster Templates for Listing Student Transportation
• Pocket Chart Cards for Bus, Walker, After School, and Car Rider Tags for Schools
• Printable Bus/Car/Walker/After School Bracelets for Students
• An editable Dismissal Change Letter template to send home with parents

The printable school dismissal tags and resources in this download will help your end-of-day procedures run more smoothly this school year. To prepare these tags, you’ll need to prepare them ahead of time and send them with parents on meet-your-teacher night. Ask them to attach them to their backpacks the night before school starts. Now, your students come in knowing where they need to go, and if they don’t…you can quickly check and see. These tags also make it easier for bus drivers and other staff members to help students navigate the dismissal process. 

Download and Print Your Bus Tags and Dismissal Organisers

This resource is available as an easy-to-use Google Slides or Printable PDF Resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your preferred file format. Print, cut, and they’re ready to use!

We’ve also included full-colour and black/white templates for each tag type and template.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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