Routines and Procedures

About this resource

Classroom routines and procedures for PreK-5, ready to hang up, hand out and teach. Twenty everyday routines, four short steps each, every step with a picture: line up, enter the room, use the restroom, sharpen a pencil, eat lunch, dismissal, group work and more. Posters for the wall, desk cards to cut, step cards to put in order, and pages where students make their own routine. Type into it or print it.

EVERYTHING INSIDE — 44 pages

• 20 routines with 4 steps each (80 step pictures): Line Up, Enter the Room, Use the Restroom, Sharpen a Pencil, Eat Lunch, Dismissal, Group Work, Switch Activities, Ask for Help, Turn In Work, Carpet Time, Water Fountain, Clean Up, Hallway Walking, Recess, Library Time, Take Turns, Turn and Talk, Work Time and Listen to the Teacher
• 10 routine posters, two routines a page, one big picture for each step
• 20 desk cards to cut, 2 across and 4 down (8 to a page), in color (3 pages) and black-and-white ink-saver (3 pages)
• 16 blank routine cards (8 on a page of their own, plus 4 under the routine cards on each of the color and ink-saver pages) with type-in step lines
• 24 step cards to cut and put in order, for 6 routines (3 pages, two routines a page, mixed up), and a mat with four numbered boxes in each of two columns
• Make My Own Routine: draw and write the 4 steps of a routine your room does differently
• My Routine Check: 30 circles (6 routines, 5 days) the student colors when they do all four steps
• How to Teach a Routine: five short moves (say it, show it, try it, notice it, do it again) with space for your own class rule
• A routine list with the 4 steps of all 20 routines and an answer key for the step cards
• A class routines planner and checklist: all 20 routines with columns for taught on, practiced on, class knows it and notes
• A routine log (20 rows: date, when, routine, all 4 steps Y/N, initials)
• A weekly roll-up (8 weeks) with a percent graph
• A filled example: an invented student, one week on the log, three weeks on the roll-up and the routines that came up most
• A family page with 6 small routine cards to cut apart and a note home
• A hand-off page so a paraprofessional or another classroom uses the same cards the same way
• A phrase bank: 23 lines in 6 groups (spoken lines for teaching a routine; written starters for the log, the roll-up and the note home)
• A storage and binder label sheet: 12 labels and a spine strip
• Start Here, a contents page that maps every page, and a "what's next" back page

The Posters And Cards

Each routine is the same four-step shape, so the class learns how to read one and can read them all. Hang the poster for the routine you are teaching this week, tape a desk card to a student's desk, or keep a set of cards in a pocket. Your classroom's own rules come first: use a blank card to write your own steps.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF: type into the name lines, the planner, the log, the roll-up, the family page, the hand-off page and the blank cards, or print and use a pen. It works offline with no account or subscription. It is NOT an editable online slideshow or word-processor document.

Who This Is For

Classroom teachers, special education teachers, paraprofessionals and substitutes who want the routines of the day written down and pictured, for PreK-5, and the families who get the home page.

More In The Collection

This set is in the Visual Supports Collection, alongside single-routine visual schedule sets for the hallway, dismissal, clean up and transition, and the water fountain, and Sequencing Picture Story Cards | 3-4 Step Routines. Free to try first: Visual Supports Starter Set FREE.

Pictures drawn for this resource by Bright Path Sped.