Routines to Teach the
First Week of School
o Entering the Classroom
o Lining Up to Leave Class
o Putting Belongings Away
o Hallway Procedures
o Morning Routine/ Work
o Getting Class Supplies
o Returning to Seat
o Getting Attention
o Going to Nurse
o Using the restroom
o Using Scissors or Glue
o Cleaning up after class
o Using Markers/ Crayons
o Dismissal Procedures
o Class Behavior System
o Asking for Help
o Library Routine/ Rule
o Turning in Homework
o Cafeteria Routine
o Recess Safety
o Early Finisher Routines
o Indoor Recess
1. Entering the classroom - (Teach students how to come in
correctly, put their thing away, and get going on morning work).
2. Lining Up – Teach students how to line up by pushing in their
chairs, moving into lines without touching each other, and how
to stand correctly in line (facing front, small distance between
each other, in order and silent).
3. Hall Procedures – Teach students how to walk in the hall
without talking, touch each other or touching the walls (or items
on the walls) and staying single file in their line).
4. Cafeteria Procedures – Teach students where to line up (make
a lunch choice before going to the line), how to order their
lunches, and how to behave properly in the cafeteria (no talking
while food in your mouth, no sharing food, hands to yourself, no
wasting food), and how to clean up their area and return your
tray (waste, food and tray return). Cafeteria Dismissal
Procedures (where to go, how and when).
5. Restroom Procedure – Teach students what to do as a whole
classroom restroom break (stay in lines, no running, wash
hands and return to line waiting silently), as well as during
other times individually (how to ask, how long, wash hands,
how to walk through the class as you leave).
6. Dismissal Procedures – Teach students the proper end of
class/day procedures (how to line up and where, how to exits
the class, hallway rules).