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.
Classroom management printable · Classroom rules and expectations
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.
- Grade level
- Grades K–1
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Classroom expectations, Safe and kind choices, Shared responsibility, Problem solving
What kids do
“Cut out the cards. Read each one with a grown-up. Glue it under Safe or Not safe.”
Teacher tip
Use thumbs up and thumbs down to sort a few choices out loud before kids cut.
How to use it
- Act out examples of following and not following each expectation.
- Revisit expectations after long breaks and before special days.
- Slide it into a sheet protector and use a dry-erase marker to reuse it all year.
Watch for
Expectations that look different at home. Talk about how rules change by place.
Talk about it
- Why do we have this rule?
- Why do you think we use this in our classroom?
Take it further
Send a copy home so families know the expectations.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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