Routines in the Classroom

Effective classroom teachers spend more of their time in the first few weeks of the year teaching classroom routines and procedures as opposed to academic content. Why? Because routines and procedures are the key to a well-managed, organized classroom.

Here are some helpful documents that will help you establish classroom routines and procedures

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Here is a great Scholastic Website for effective routines

These 2 YouTube videos give examples of how to use routines in two different classroom settings

Developmentaldesigns (2011). Classroom Routines Signal for Silence [Video file] [Video file]. Retrieved March 13, 2013, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLj02h3QA

pinginx2 (2010). Bright Futures Classroom -Routine [Video file] [Video file]. Retrieved March 13, 2013, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyNpZDNFZ8Y


This website is great to design and establish effective classroom routines for successful school year

mrsriccaskindergarten.blogspot.com

www.psteacherresources.com

ricardo-dei-ii-ues.blogspot.com

Here are some books to consider while planing for classroom routines 

Teaching Effective Classroom Routines: Establishing Structure in the Classroom to Foster children Learning

Successful Classroom Management and Discipline teaching Self-control and Routines