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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Concepts of Time Assessment - Year 5 and Year 6
Assess your students' knowledge of elapsed time, reading schedules, converting 12 and 24-hour time and reading timelines with a Concepts of Time Test.
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R.E.A.L. Reader - Self Assessment Rubric
Promote student self-assessment of reading skills with a R.E.A.L. Reading Self-Assessment Rubric.
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Skip Counting Exit Tickets
Assess student understanding of skip counting within 1000 by 5s 10s and 100s.
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Getting to Know You Chatterbox
Use this getting to know you chatterbox template and summary sheet as a first day of school activity.
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Editable Morning Meeting Slides
A set of 11 editable slides to use during your Morning Meeting each day.
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Ten Add Bowling Active Learning
A whole class active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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Soup, Salad, or Sandwich Game - Interactive Icebreaker
Play the Soup, Salad, or Sandwich? Game for an exciting icebreaker or brain-break activity!
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Fast Finisher Task Cards (Lower Primary)
Keep your fast finishers busy with this set of task cards targeted to lower primary students.
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Properties of Odd and Even Numbers Exit Tickets
Check for student understanding with these Odd and Even Properties exit tickets for the classroom.
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Printable Take-Home Folder Covers
Customise and colour your own Take Home Folder inserts with editable and printable folder cover templates.
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Are We There Yet? – Growth Mindset Progress Tracker
Help your students develop a growth mindset by reflecting on their learning progress with this progress tracking chart.
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Understanding Fractions – Exit Tickets
Assess student understanding of simple fractions with this set of 24 maths exit tickets.
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Class Meeting Agenda Slides
Use these slides to begin a routine of classroom morning meetings.
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Book Review Chatterbox Template
Help your students review a book using this hands-on chatterbox.
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What's Missing? – Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive presentation where students try to guess what object is missing from the picture.
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Library Scavenger Hunt – Lower Primary
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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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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Initial, Medial & Final /s/ - Articulation Worksheets
Build skill with articulating the sounds of beginning, medial, and final /s/ with a set of printable speech articulation worksheets.
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Classroom Display Calendar
Use this classroom display calendar each and every morning for fantastic learning opportunities.
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Classroom Calendar Pack
Build your students' knowledge of days, months, seasons and the weather each morning with this classroom calendar pack.
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What are Desk Pets? Introduction Slide Deck
Introduce your students to your Desk Pet Classroom Reward System with an engaging slide deck.
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Weekly Newsletter Templates
Send out important information to your students’ parents and guardians using weekly newsletters made with our handy templates!
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Basketball Crossword
Use this basketball-themed crossword as a fast finisher activity.
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Exit Tickets Template
An exit ticket template to ascertain your students' understanding of concepts you have just covered.
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Pirate's Treasure – Maze Quest
A fun pirate-themed maze for students to complete.
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Foundation Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
18 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Positive Self-Talk Bookmark
A bookmark with positive self-talk affirmations.
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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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3-2-1 Exit Ticket Template
Test your students' knowledge at the end of class with this 3-2-1 exit ticket template.
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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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Four in a Row Game
Use this four-in-a-row game to enhance your students’ logical thinking skills in a fun and collaborative way,
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Task Initiation Bookmark – My Morning Routine
Ensure your students start off on the right foot with this morning routine checklist bookmark!