Grades 1–3
What Is Responsibility?
A 1st to 3rd grade thinking page: what responsibility means, responsible choices at school and home, and a drawing of being responsible.
Classroom management printable · Classroom job charts and responsibility sheets
Helping at Home Chart
A home responsibility chart for K to 3rd grade: five family jobs to choose, a week of check boxes and a family comment on Friday.
- Grade level
- Grades K–3
- Time
- About 5 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Responsibility, Classroom community, Following steps, Teamwork
What kids do
“Responsibility starts at home too! Pick jobs with your family and check each day you do them.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Pick my jobs with my family make my bed feed a pet water plants pack my bag
Words on this sheet
My jobSatSunTueMonWedThuFri
Teacher tip
Send the chart home with a note so families know what it is for.
How to use it
- Introduce each job and model it before kids take it on.
- Rotate jobs on the same day each week so everyone gets a turn.
- Fill one in with the class the first time so kids see what a finished one looks like.
Watch for
The same kids getting the favorite jobs. Use a fair rotation.
Talk about it
- How do class jobs help our classroom?
- How can this help you be ready to learn?
Take it further
Add a new job when the class finds a need, like a tech helper.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More classroom job charts and responsibility sheets
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Classroom Job Chart Cards
16 cut-apart job cards for a class job chart, from line leader and door holder to plant waterer and tech helper.
Grades 1–5
What Does Each Job Do?
12 job description cards that say exactly what each class job does, so helpers know their tasks without asking.
Grades 2–5
Classroom Job Application
A real-feeling job application: the job I want, my first and second choice, why I would be good at it and a reference.
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