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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What's the Question? Interactive Wall Display - Upper Years
Print this fun, interactive brainstorm wall display to use for your students' morning routine.
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Weekly Group Rotations - Interactive PowerPoint
An Interactive PowerPoint to help organise classroom group rotations.
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100th Day - Would You Rather? Game
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions on the 100th day of school with a fun game of Would You Rather?
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Class Meeting Agenda Slides
Use these slides to begin a routine of classroom morning meetings.
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Spelling Rotation Classroom Display
Guided spelling classroom display to organise your classroom and their daily activities.
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Writing Rotation Classroom Display
Guided writing classroom display to organise your classroom and their daily activities.
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Add to the Scene - Theatre Improvisation Game
An active warm-up game that every student can participate in!
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Would You Rather...? Question Cards - 100 Days of School
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions with this set of 27 random question cards that involve the number 100.
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Classroom Spinner Template - Movement Activities
Classroom spinner template focusing on exercise movements - perfect for brain breaks in the classroom.
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Luck of the Draw-ing Prompts
A set of 35 drawing prompt cards.
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Editable Exit Tickets – Template
An editable exit ticket template to ascertain your students’ understanding of concepts you have just covered.
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Pastel Dreams – Weekly Timetable
Printable Pastel Dreams themed weekly timetable to use in a diary, planner or on a wall in your classroom.
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Positive Self-Talk Bookmark
A bookmark with positive self-talk affirmations.
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How to Draw a Girl for Kids - Task Card
A task card that helps primary school students draw an awesome picture of a girl.
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How to Draw a Boy for Kids - Task Card
A task card that helps primary school students draw an awesome picture of a boy.
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Year 4 Literacy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
25 Literacy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Year 5 Literacy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
21 Literacy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Year 3 Literacy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
16 Literacy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Frogs - Weekly Timetable
A frog themed weekly timetable template.
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Snake Sheds Its Skin Active Game
Take a quick break from learning and encourage teamwork with this fun whole class game.
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Human Knot Active Game
A fun active game for small groups that encourages teamwork.
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Maths Rotation Classroom Display
Guided maths classroom display to organise your classroom and their daily activities.
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Remember to Write Your Name Poster (Lower Primary)
Make nameless student work a thing of the past with this poster reminding students to write their name on their work.
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How to Draw a Firetruck Directed Drawing
Inspire your little artists with an engaging ‘How to Draw a Firetruck’ directed drawing activity sheet.
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Four Finger Learning Scale
Help your students self-assess their understanding of a skill using their fingers with this 4-finger learning scale.
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Missing Assignment Templates
Promote student accountability for completing assignments with a printable missing assignment log and parent contact form.
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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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How Do I Get Home? Backpack Tags & Forms
Use printable bus and car rider tags for schools to organise the dismissal process at the end of the school day.
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Do-a-Dot - Autumn Activity for Preschool
Do a dot painting with printable autumn worksheets for preschool and kindy.
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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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How to Draw a Firefighter — Directed Drawing Activity
Encourage creativity and boost fine motor skills with a pair of ‘How to Draw a Firefighter’ guided drawing worksheets.
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Halloween Would You Rather? Interactive Game
Engage your students in spooky, fun and thought-provoking discussions in an engaging interactive game of Halloween Would You Rather?