PBIS Memory Cards – Library Edition

Positive Behavior Expectations Matching Game

Make library expectations engaging and easy to practice with PBIS Memory Cards: Library Edition! This interactive matching game helps students recognize common behavior challenges in the library or media center and connect each one with an appropriate corrective action, replacement behavior, or responsible next step.

Students encounter realistic situations such as talking loudly while others are reading, leaving backpacks in walkways, ignoring quiet signs, leaving shelves messy, discarding trash behind books, using library computers for games, leaving books scattered on tables, and climbing shelves to reach a book. PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations… PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations…

What’s Included

This resource includes:

• 60 PBIS Memory Cards
• 30 matching behavior/action pairs
• Coordinating PBIS Memory – Library Edition card backs
• Realistic library and media-center scenarios
• Corrective and replacement-behavior cards
• Expectations focused on safety, respect, responsibility, voice level, technology use, and care of materials
• Print-ready cards that can be cut apart and reused

Students do more than identify an unexpected behavior. They match each situation with a response that helps them correct the problem and practice the expected library behavior.

Corrective actions include practicing a polite checkout interaction, moving to a quiet seat, using a Level 0 or Level 1 voice, placing bags in designated areas, straightening books, disposing of trash properly, and using computers only for appropriate library purposes. PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations… PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations… PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations…

Skills & Expectations Reinforced

Students practice expectations related to:

• Using quiet or whisper voices
• Respecting classmates who are reading, studying, or testing
• Using polite language with the librarian
• Keeping walkways clear
• Returning books and materials appropriately
• Caring for books and library property
• Using computers only for approved purposes
• Keeping hands to themselves in shared spaces
• Walking safely through book aisles
• Using shelves and carts appropriately
• Keeping food and drinks away from books
• Respecting checkout and dismissal procedures
• Following posted library expectations
• Cleaning up materials and workspaces
• Using technology responsibly
• Showing patience when a desired book is unavailable

The set also addresses situations such as playing with library carts, distracting others with computer equipment, running through aisles, using unkind words over a book, arguing about late fees or lost books, hiding books, spinning on chairs, writing in library books, and mishandling makerspace or STEM kits. PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations… PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations… PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations…

More Than a Traditional Memory Game

This resource combines the familiar fun of a matching game with meaningful PBIS instruction.

Students make the connection:

Unexpected Library Behavior → Appropriate Replacement Behavior

When students find a matching pair, extend the learning with questions such as:

How could this behavior affect other students who are reading or working?
Was the choice Safe, Respectful, or Responsible?
How should library materials be treated?
What should the student do differently next time?
Why are voice levels especially important in a library?

The corrective cards reinforce practical replacement behaviors such as using shelf markers, asking an adult for help reaching high books, stepping away from library carts, maintaining a personal “reading bubble,” cleaning up crumbs, organizing headphones, and repairing or caring for damaged materials. PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations… PBIS Memory - PBIS Expectations…

Perfect For

Use these cards during:

• PBIS instruction
• Back-to-school expectation lessons
• Library orientation
• Media-center procedure review
• Morning meetings
• SEL lessons
• Small-group behavior instruction
• Counseling groups
• Classroom centers
• Partner activities
• Behavior intervention groups
• Library centers
• Restorative conversations
• Schoolwide expectation refreshers

Easy to Prepare & Play

Simply print, cut, shuffle, and play!

For additional durability, print the cards on cardstock and laminate them for repeated use throughout the school year.

For traditional memory play, place the cards face down. Students turn over two cards at a time and try to match a library behavior scenario with its corresponding corrective-action card. When a correct match is found, the student keeps the pair.

The cards can also be used for sorting activities, role-play, discussion prompts, partner challenges, library orientation activities, small-group intervention, or whole-class PBIS review.

Build Respectful Library Habits

Libraries and media centers work best when students understand how to share space, care for materials, use technology responsibly, and respect the learning of others.

PBIS Memory Cards: Library Edition gives students an engaging way to practice those expectations while reinforcing responsibility for books, materials, technology, personal space, and shared learning areas.

Help students bring Safe, Respectful, and Responsible behavior with them every time they visit the library!