For those who regularly teach younger grades, you know how often we have to get students to line up.
Following are some suggestions for getting students lined up at the door. To make things a little more fun, you may want to time the students to see how fast they can do it.
- Line up in height order, shortest to tallest.
- Line up in order of birthday starting in January.
- Line up in alphabetical order by first or last name.
For a little variety, you may want to try one of the following ways.
Line up if you can tell me:
- A mode of transportation
- One thing you learned at school today.
- A type of flower.
- An animal that is found in the wetlands, on a farm, in the jungle, etc.
- A type of cloud.
- A type of tree.
- A kind of grain.
- The name of a country and its capital.
Line up if you have:
- Stood on your head, done a cartwheel, ran a mile…
- Sneakers, flip-flops, boots, etc.
- Helped your parents mow the lawn, cleaned the kitchen, washed the car, etc.
- A “Z” in your name, an “M”….
- A dog, cat, mouse…
- Participated in a play.
- Been to the emergency room.
- Khaki pants on.
- A tooth missing.
Do you have other ways you get students to line up? Share your suggestion as a comment below!