Classroom Clean-Up Routine Cards

About this resource

A posted, numbered sequence for one everyday classroom transition that comes with its own data. Most routine-sequence sets stop at the pictures; this one adds a completion log, a weekly roll-up and a phrase bank behind it, so a step that stops needing a prompt turns into a line on a page a case manager can bring to a meeting.

The Routine

• Classroom cleanup (5 steps) — put things away, wipe the table, throw away trash, push in chair, line up

This is a general tidy-up routine for a classroom or small group: putting away toys, materials and supplies; wiping tables; disposing of trash; arranging furniture; and preparing to line up for the next activity or transition. It is distinct from meal-cleanup routines (Cafeteria Routine and Snack Time Routine, separate products) and home routines. Every picture was chosen to be named in one word by a young child, in color AND in the black-and-white set. Cards are 2 inches square.

The Strip

A quick-reference view of the whole routine in numbered order on one page, in color and in ink-saver, so the fixed order is visible at a glance without cutting anything apart. The number prints on every cut-apart card too, so a dropped or reshuffled set can always be put back in order.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF: type into the log, the roll-up, the family page, the hand-off page and the blank cards, or print and use a pen. The card and strip pages print on cardstock or plain paper and cut along dashed lines. It works offline with no account or subscription. It is NOT an editable online slideshow or word-processor document.

It is a posted, numbered picture sequence for one everyday classroom transition, and a place to record whether each step needed help. It is not a classroom management system, a behavior plan, or a program of any kind, and it promises no outcome. It carries no prompt hierarchy, fading schedule or mastery rule; how it is used with a student, and for how long, is what your team's plan says. The goal line and the criterion field are blanks for your district's own wording and your team's own number. The log counts one thing per step: whether help was needed, not what kind or in what order to remove it.

Who This Is For

Special education teachers and paraprofessionals who teach everyday routine sequences to early, pre-reading or emerging-language students, case managers who need that teaching to show up as data, and the families who get the home page sent home.

More In The Collection

This is part of the Visual Supports Collection, alongside Cafeteria Routine Visual Schedule Cards, Snack Time Routine Visual Schedule Cards, Bedtime Routine Visual Schedule Cards, and more; more picture-card sets — routine strips, choice boards, calm-down cards — are being added to the collection regularly, all on the same cards-plus-data shape. This product is packaged together at 35% off buying them separately (each board keeps its own file) in the Visual Supports Collection Bundle.

Pictures (color pages): Noto Emoji by Google, Apache License 2.0. Pictures (ink-saver pages): Fluent Emoji, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, MIT License.