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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Printable Easter Bookmarks
Hop into self-selected reading and inspire good reading habits with free printable Easter bookmarks for kids!
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Easter Egg Colouring Sheet Pack
Give your students an ‘egg-cellent’ brain break with a printable Easter Egg Colouring Sheet pack.
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Easter Colouring Book Printable
Create classroom calm and promote mindfulness with a printable Mini Easter Colouring Book.
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Easter Charades for Kids
Get your students moving, laughing, and acting with a game of Easter Charades!
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Easter Word Scramble Worksheets
Hunt up a fun Easter brain break with printable Easter Word Scramble worksheets for kids of all ages!
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Charades-Inspired Good Behaviour Game
Explore appropriate and inappropriate behaviours at the beginning of a new school year with a Good Behaviour Game.
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Morning Routine Checklist Pack
Start your day right and promote independence with a morning routine checklist.
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Halloween Directed Drawing Worksheets
Encourage creativity and boost fine motor skills with a series of Halloween Directed Drawing worksheets.
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Halloween Would You Rather? Interactive Game
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions in an engaging game of Halloween Would You Rather?
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Halloween Table Mats - Lower Years
Give your students a fun warm-up this October with printable Halloween Table Mats.
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Halloween Emoji Game
Have fun playing a Halloween Emoji game as a fun classroom brain break in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
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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.
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Halloween Cat Colouring Pages
Print out some Halloween Cat Colouring Pages to scare up some spooky season fun!
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R.A.C.E.S Writing Strategy Checklists & More
Help your students write quality constructed responses with printable R.A.C.E.S. writing checklists.
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Group Presentation Rubric
Make marking for group presentations a breeze with a printable Group Presentation Rubric.
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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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Anti-Bullying Colouring Sheets
Discourage bullying and promote kindness in the classroom with a set of printable Anti-Bullying Colouring Sheets.
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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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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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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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The More We Get Together Poster
Use “The More We Get Together” song to promote a sense of community and inclusivity in your classroom.
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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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Reflective Thinking Sentence Starter Cards
Incorporate reflective thinking into your classroom with this set of 24 sentence starter cards.
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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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This or That? Christmas Edition
Take a Holiday Brain Break and play a game of This or That! Christmas Edition!
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Would You Rather? Christmas Edition
Engage your students in thoughtful and hilarious discussions in an engaging, interactive game of Christmas Would You Rather?
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Christmas Brain Breaks - Activity Slides
Add some Christmas Brain Breaks to your classroom festivities to help boost engagement and attention during the holiday season.
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Interactive Christmas Trivia Game for Kids
Host a Christmas trivia game with an interactive advent calendar X-Mas trivia game.
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30 Mindful Drawing Tasks
30 drawing tasks to promote mindfulness in your 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 Chatterbox Template
Have some fun with these spooky Halloween Chatterbox Templates.
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The Magic of Independent Learning – Vertical Chart
Chart your students' learning progress with this set of 8 vertical tracking sheets.