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Name of Activity: Line Up Cards
Purpose of Activity: To get students lined up quickly and ready for re-entry into the building and classroom.
Prerequisites: Review rules for lining up properly. Keep eyes facing forward. Keep your hands to yourself and no talking. Show students where the line-up area will be (gym or side walk).
Suggested Grade Level: K-12
Materials Needed: Durable paper, lamination, markers or computer and printer, polyspots with numbers, stick on numbers, or paint with number stencils or letters.
Description of Idea Prepare by creating a designated line-up area. In this area line up and space out your numbers and letters. I suggest using poly spots with numbers for the gym. Paint with stencils on the side walk worked great for me. Next, create your line-up cards. Use durable paper to make cards 2" X 3". On one side of the card will be the the numbers 1-? and/or A-? depending on how big your largest class is. On the other side of the cards will be 3 pictures to represent the three line up rules. I used a pair of hands, eyes, and head with noise coming from its mouth. A table maker on the computer works great for this. Do both sides of the cards, cut them out, glue them together and laminate them. These could be just as easily written and drawn on. My laminated cards lasted me the entire year. You have to consistently remind the students not to bend or put the cards in their mouths. When your lesson is over, shuffle and hand out the cards. Tell the students that once the card is in their hand, they must obey the 3 rules on the back. When students receive their card they move to the line up area and stand or sit on their corresponding number or letter. Now just walk the students to class and collect the cards when they enter the room.
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