Classroom rules, phrases and calendar posters
Ages 4–11
The rules that keep a lesson kind, the phrases that keep it in English and the calendar board circle time runs on — plus twelve picture rule cards, so your class can choose its own rules.
Pages to print
Our English phrases
Can I go to the toilet, please?
I don't understand.
Can you say it again, slowly?
How do you say … in English?
Can I have a pencil, please?
I'm finished!
Can you help me, please?
Can I drink some water?
Our class rules
We listen to each other.
We put our hands up.
We are kind.
We try it in English first.
Mistakes help us learn!
Twelve rule cards to choose from
One rule, one picture, one card. Print both pages, read them with the class and keep the four or five your class votes for.
Our calendar board
Days
Months
Seasons
Weather
How to use it in class
Choose the rules togetherRead the twelve rule cards with the class and vote for four or five. Rules children picked are rules they remember.
Give every rule a gestureA hand behind the ear for “We listen.”, a finger on the lips for “We use quiet voices.” — then point at the card instead of repeating yourself.
Phrases at eye levelHang the phrases poster where the children sit, not above the board: a child who can see “Can I have a pencil, please?” will use it.
Want cards you can move every morning? Try the morning board →
Classroom English for teachers →
Related resources
Lesson Plan · 45 min
Weather & Seasons Unit: Extra ESL Activities
Look out of the window and start. A daily weather report, seasons and the clothes that go with them.
Lesson Plan · 45 min
My Family Unit: Extra ESL Activities
Children love talking about their own families. Build the lesson around real people: a drawn family tree, questions and a short dialogue.