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Get classroom supplies set up and ready before each day begins.

Keep your rules simple to help students move smoothly throughout your class.

Keep transitions simple! If students have to follow too many steps from one activity to the next, it will make your classroom transitions noisy and chaotic.

Use a timer or bell like this one as a signal and cue for transitions.

This allows students to learn your expectations for classroom procedures during transition times.

Model and practice transition procedures during the first weeks of school.Use a rule checklist like this one to get prepared. Have a plan ready BEFORE you begin teaching procedures to your students.In addition to using procedures checklists for smooth transitions in my classroom, I also use these strategies: Grab Your Checklist HERE Teaching Tips for Classroom Procedures They can be customized to fit your students’ needs.

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You can grab these entrance and exit checklists for FREE to use in your classroom. Having students who are well-trained on entering and exiting the classroom allows me to be efficient with my other teacher work. For wrapping up at the end of each day, I need to quickly check my email for carline or bus changes, while students quietly pack up without my help. Underneath the entrance checklist, I attach our exit procedures list too. Once they follow the step by step procedures instruction, they start on our morning work assignment, then we could move on together once the morning announcements are shared on our school intercom.

Brand new students who are added in the middle of the year quickly catch on to our class routines.

No one gets out of their seat to ask me questions like “What can I work on now?”.

It removes excuses like “I forgot what I was supposed to do.”.

Here’s why this system works so well in my classroom: The beginning of class procedures is SO important to setting up a productive day in the classroom.So I created a procedures checklist that stays on students’ desk ( using this handy resource) with step-by-step instructions on what they need to be doing. The goal is to have students calmly enter my classroom and start preparing for the day, while I continue greeting tardy students at my door or work on things like attendance. But I also want my whiteboard or projector to only show our morning work assignment. When students come into my classroom, I want them to immediately know what to do.

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For more details, see the full disclosure here.** Use Entrance and Exit Procedures Checklists **This post contains affiliate links that pay a small commission to the author, Tanya Marshall–The Butterfly Teacher. PLUS, grab a free procedures checklist for your students! This post shares quick tips on classroom procedures that lead to smooth transitions.

Nothing derails your day faster than chaotic transitions in the classroom.