Grades 2–5
Spot the Unexpected Choices
A short lunchtime story to read like a detective: find Jake’s three unexpected choices, Priya’s expected ones and better choices for Jake.
Classroom management printable · Classroom rules and expectations
Classroom Procedures Planner
A planner for teaching routines step by step, from coming in and getting help to fire drills and packing up, with practice dates.
- Grade level
- Grades K–5
- Time
- About 30 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Classroom expectations, Safe and kind choices, Shared responsibility, Problem solving
What kids do
“Break each routine into three clear steps. Teach it, model it, practice it and write the date you practiced.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Teach, model, practice, praise: show it, have a student show it, practice it as a class, then notice who does it right.
Teacher tip
Plan the first two weeks of procedures before school starts, then teach one or two a day.
How to use it
- Write the rules together in the first weeks of school so kids own them.
- Keep rules short and positive: say what to do, not what not to do.
- Fill one in with the class the first time so kids see what a finished one looks like.
Watch for
Too many rules. Keep the list to three to five that cover most situations.
Talk about it
- Why do we have this rule?
- Why do you think we use this in our classroom?
Take it further
Make a class book or poster of the rules and post it where everyone can see it.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More classroom rules and expectations worksheets
Grades 1–3
Why Do We Have Rules?
A thinking page about why rules matter: rules in three places, what would happen with no rules, and a drawing of a rule that keeps us safe.
Grades K–1
Safe or Not Safe?
A cut-and-sort for K and 1st grade: twelve school choices, like walking in the hall or climbing on desks, sorted into safe and not safe.
Grades 2–4
Class Rules Quiz
Eight multiple-choice classroom situations, from a broken pencil during a test to a friend talking at story time, to check that the rules make sense.
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