Classroom Commands Flashcards | Printable Classroom Command Cards | 36 Pages

Classroom commands flashcards for teaching daily directions

These classroom commands flashcards are a packet of 36 card pages, each with nine picture cards, for teaching the directions children hear every day. Every card pairs a simple drawing with a short phrase such as Listen, Raise your hand or Line up.

The set fits young learners from preschool to 2nd grade, ESL groups and homeschool tables. You get 324 command cards in one PDF, so you can post a few at a time or build up a full set of directions over several weeks.

What’s on the pages

Every card page has a title banner that reads Classroom Commands and a grid of nine cards, three across and three down. The border colors, banners and decorations change from page to page, so the 36 pages look different from each other. These classroom commands cards for kids keep to one picture and one short phrase on every card, so a child can read the direction at a glance.

A set of classroom commands flashcards works best when children see the same direction in more than one style. Most commands come back several times across the set, each time with a new drawing and a new border color.

• Listening cards: Listen, Be quiet and Pay attention.
• Moving cards: Sit down, Stand up, Line up, Come here and Come in.
• Book and writing cards: Open your book, Turn the page, Read, Write, Write your name and Take out your pencil.
• Routine cards: Turn off the light, Turn on the light, Turn in your work, Clean up, Work together and Find a partner.
• Raise your hand: a drawn hand appears on almost every page, so the most common signal is always close by.

What’s in the download

The classroom commands flashcards pdf has 39 pages in total.

• Name page: 1 page with lines for name, class and date
• Command cards: 36 pages, nine cards on each page
• Two closing pages with a thank you note and copyright information

Everything comes as PDF. The classroom commands flashcards printable pages can go out one at a time or as the whole set, depending on how many directions your class needs this week.

How to use classroom commands flashcards in class

Print the pages you need and cut the cards apart along their borders. Hold up one card at a time and have the class say the phrase and do the action.

Start with the five or six directions you give most often, such as Listen, Sit down and Line up. Add Write your name, Turn in your work and Clean up once the first group feels familiar.

Here are a few ways teachers use a set like this:

• Morning meeting: show three or four cards and let a helper pick which one the class does next.
• Transitions: hold up Line up or Sit down so children see the direction before you say it.
• ESL and newcomer groups: pair each picture with the phrase, then ask children to act it out.
• Sub plans: leave the printed cards on a board so a guest teacher can give the same directions you do.
• Home practice: a parent can point to Write your name or Open your book before homework starts.

The command cards are also easy to mix. Lay out a row of cards on a pocket chart, a ledge or a bulletin board and swap them out when the routine changes.

Take a look at the preview pages before you buy, so you can see the card styles and the print layout.

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