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Teach and Reteach Classroom Routines

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Audience / fit: Teacher planning
Teaching or planning target: Plan one routine with a clear cue, practice steps, participation options, and a reteaching check.
Essential prerequisites: Choose one routine learners need to carry out in the actual class. Check the current local expectations, cues, materials, room setup, relevant school procedures, and any learner-specific supports the teacher is authorized to use.
Preparation: About 10 minutes.
Use time: About 12 minutes. Planning estimate for an initial model, guided rehearsal, and an independent try; adjust to the actual routine and class.
Materials: This blank routine card and teaching guide in print or editable form. The actual classroom materials needed for the selected routine.
What to print: Print the adult planning forms and matching worked example/notes below. Adapt verified local details before use; these are adult tools.

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Teacher planning page 1: Planning forms and practice pages — Actual teacher planning PDF page 1 of 7: Planning forms and practice pages. This is an adult planning file, not a student handout.

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Planning file and guidance: Planning guide and worked examples · 6 pages.

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Planning forms and practice pages · 7 pages · Teacher PDF · Editable teacher Word
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Audience / fit: Teacher planning
Teaching or planning target: Plan one routine with a clear cue, practice steps, participation options, and a reteaching check.
Essential prerequisites: Choose one routine learners need to carry out in the actual class. Check the current local expectations, cues, materials, room setup, relevant school procedures, and any learner-specific supports the teacher is authorized to use.
Preparation: About 10 minutes.
Use time: About 12 minutes. Planning estimate for an initial model, guided rehearsal, and an independent try; adjust to the actual routine and class.
Materials: This blank routine card and teaching guide in print or editable form. The actual classroom materials needed for the selected routine.
What to print: Print the adult planning forms and matching worked example/notes below. Adapt verified local details before use; these are adult tools.

Prepare a classroom routine

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Read the worked example and adaptation notes · PDF (6 pages)

Choose one actual classroom routine. Prepare its cue, observable steps, teacher model and guided rehearsal, then use observations to choose a reteach step. Verify local procedures and locations before using the completed routine card.

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Plan one classroom routine as a behavior learners are shown, guided to rehearse, observed, and retaught when needed. Use the blank card to keep the purpose, cue, action steps, practice, participation options, and reteach check connected.

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Who it is for: Teacher planning and professional use
Preparation: About 10 minutes.
Use / example time: About 12 minutes. Planning estimate for an initial model, guided rehearsal, and an independent try; adjust to the actual routine and class.
Teacher guidance: Separate notes include worked planning examples and adaptation guidance.

Materials

This blank routine card and teaching guide in print or editable form.
The actual classroom materials needed for the selected routine.

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Use these forms with the adults involved. Agree roles, a preparation task and one follow-up action. Examples are fictional; adapt them to verified local details. Word files are editable; PDFs are ready to print.

Support and adaptation

If the planning card feels crowded, first complete fields 1–4 and choose one observable step to teach. Add the model, rehearsal, reteach, and participation route next. Use a short written or visual sequence as a prompt only when it fits the actual routine; preserve and observe the target action. Expand the editable document or attach a continuation labeled with the matching heading.

Extension

Compare the same routine across two real classroom contexts. Keep the purpose visible, identify which cue/material/step changes locally, and decide which parts must be retaught. Record how you will distinguish knowing the sequence from carrying it out in each context. Do not add an unverified rule or assume one card fits every setting.

Choose a next move

Choose a route that fits the response and your teaching goal. These are links to materials already supplied, not a prescribed sequence or a placement decision.

Substitute Handoff and Independent-Work Pack — Carry locally verified routines into the substitute handoff.
First 30 Days of New-Teacher Mentoring — If the new teacher chooses routines as a focus, agree one manageable support action and revisit it.

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Use the editable files to adapt the materials to your learners and local curriculum.

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