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 attendance and get ready for the day while they're stowing bookbags and getting ready to learn!
2. Line Up Routines
Students spend a lot of the school day in line, whether they're heading to specials or the cafeteria 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!
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 walkers go to one place, and students who ride the bus 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!
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Classroom Procedures Checklist
Determine and track which classroom procedures and routines you will teach at the beginning of the school year with a classroom procedures checklist and tracking sheet.
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Visual Schedule Template - Display Cards
Make your classroom routines visible and understandable with a real-world visual schedule template set.
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Printable Bookmark - Morning Routine Checklist
Ensure your students start off on the right foot with this morning routine checklist bookmark!
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Teacher Call Backs - Attention-Getting Phrases List
Catch your students’ attention with a set of fun attention-grabbing callback phrases.
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Sharp and Blunt Pencil Signs (Pencil Station)
Help keep your pencils organised in the classroom with these pencil station signs.
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Center Rotation Classroom Display - Printable & Digital
Set up a classroom center rotation chart for your students to reference with this printable or digital Center Rotation Classroom Display.
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Classroom Morning Routine and Agenda Slides
Use these cute, simple Google Slides morning routine slides to display important information for the day.
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Calming Corner Posters (Upper Grades)
Encourage calm and positive coping strategies in your upper elementary classroom with printable Calming Corner Posters.
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Free Google Slides Template for Teachers - Pink Spots
Prepare and instruct your students on day-to-day classroom happenings with a ‘Pretty in Pink’ Google Slides Template for teachers.
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Microorganisms - Good and Bad Bacteria Poster Pack
Teach your students about good and bad bacteria with a printable Microorganisms - Good and Bad Bacteria Poster pack.
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Hall Pass Templates
Send your students down the hall in style with fun printable hall passes using our customizable hall pass templates.
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Digital Student Grouping Tool - Interactive
Quickly and easily group your students into random teams with a digital Classroom Random Grouping Tool.
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Call and Response - Attention-Grabbing Phrase Cards
Display and use a variety of call and response phrases in your classroom with our printable classroom attention getters.
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Classroom Calendar Bulletin Board
Use this classroom calendar each and every morning to help keep your classroom an organized zone.
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Classroom Jobs Bulletin Board
Keep track of classroom responsibilities with a Classroom Jobs Bulletin Board Display!
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Morning Message Slide Templates - Days of the Week
Start the day off right with this set of editable days of the week PowerPoint slides for a morning message or meeting.
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Classroom Schedule Cards
Keep your students on track by choosing from 60 editable schedule cards to display in your classroom.
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How Are You Feeling Today? Chart
Help students to recognize and identify their feelings and emotions with this colorful 'How Are You Feeling Today?' Chart.
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Reciprocal Teaching - Role Cards
Assign roles to your students during guided reading groups with this set of 4 reciprocal teaching role cards.
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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!
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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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K-2 ELA Homework Helpers
Give your students handy ELA Homework Helper printables to reference when working in class or at home.
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Star of the Week Poster Templates
Celebrate successful students with printable Star of the Week Poster Templates!
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How Do I Get Home? Backpack Tags & Forms
Use printable backpack tags to organize student transportation at the end of the school day.
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Teacher Slide Templates - Blue Squiggles
Organize your school days and lessons in style with a pack of fun Blue Squiggle-themed teacher slide templates.
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Google Slides Teacher Templates - Rainbow Hearts
Organize your day-to-day classroom activities and engage your students with fun visual supports with fun Google Slide templates for teachers.
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End of Day Checklist & Poster
Help your students remember end-of-day classroom procedures with a printable poster and packing-up checklist.
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Afternoon Classroom Routine Mini-Book
Review expectations with your students regarding your afternoon routines with this printable mini-book.
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Lining Up Mini-Book
Teach your students the proper way to line up with this printable mini-book.
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Morning Classroom Routine Mini-Book
Help your students develop a morning routine in the classroom by reading a printable mini-book.
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Classroom Jobs for Students - Bulletin Board
Keep track of classroom responsibilities with a Classroom Jobs Bulletin Board Display!
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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.