Stop re-explaining the same procedures all September. This 15-page, fully editable week-one system teaches the 8 routines that protect your instructional time all year — each with what it Looks Like and Sounds Like, clear steps, a teacher script, student practice, and a built-in class self-check.
Most "back to school" packs hand you a rules poster and wish you luck. Then you spend all of September re-explaining how to line up, where to turn in work, and what to do when they're done — because nobody ever practiced it.
This no-prep, fully editable system gives you a real plan for the first 10 days: teach a few routines a day, practice them with the built-in Teach · Model · Practice · Praise loop, and let the class check itself. You get calmer transitions in week one instead of a rules poster and a wish.
Every routine is taught the same reliable way, so students know what's coming and you never wing it. Run one routine or a few per day across your first 10 days.
Each gets a full page — Looks Like / Sounds Like, numbered steps, a teacher script, student practice, and a class self-check. Because it's editable, you swap in your attention signal and your line-up spots.
Project it, print it, or assign one routine a day. Fully editable in PowerPoint and Google Slides — true no-prep either way.
How it works, the skills and standards, timing, self-checking notes, and explicit differentiation for grades 3, 4, and 5.
A day-by-day rollout roadmap with master-it checkboxes, so you know exactly which routines to teach on which day.
A mini-lesson on Teach · Model · Practice · Praise — the method that makes routines stick instead of fading by week two.
Each with Looks Like / Sounds Like, numbered steps, a ready-to-read teacher script, student practice, a class self-check, and a ★ Differentiate (Gr 3 / 4 / 5) prompt.
A class-monitored star grid — the class tracks its own progress, so there's no grading pile-up. Routines are practiced, not graded.
A halfway keep / re-teach / upgrade check-in with routine shout-outs, then the whole-class "Routine Champions" certificate.
15 editable pages. 8 practiced routines. A 10-day launch plan and a class-owned tracker. Instant download, and you can start editing it the same day.
Delivered instantly through TeachersPayTeachers.The First 10 Days system is the core of the sprint — the two freebies open the door and the Goal-Setting Pack builds the mindset; this is the week-one system that turns the momentum into routines that hold all year.
Pairs well with the First 10 Days system — the Morning Meeting Slides — a daily, ready-to-project community-building routine — is live right now, in the same warm Peak-Ed design. It's the perfect daily companion once your routines are running.
"I don't need another rules poster. I need my kids to actually practice how we line up, turn in work, and get help — so I'm not re-explaining the same eight things every day in September."— The teacher this was built for
15 editable pages. 8 practiced routines. A 10-day launch plan and a class-owned tracker. Available now on TpT for $5.50.
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