What teacher doesn’t love funny classroom quotes and classroom sayings? Whether you are teaching online or teaching in the classroom, it’s always fun to toss a few inspirational classroom quotes to motivate students or funny classroom sayings to entertain students. We’ve included over 200 inspirational classroom quotes, funny teacher puns, and quotes about kids reading to display on letter boards or other postings. By discipline, we’ve included science teacher puns, reading teacher quotes, history teacher puns, math teacher puns, art teacher puns, and more! We’ve also included 100 days of school quotes and seasonal teacher puns.
And whether these are bulletin board quotes or quotes for Google Classroom doesn’t matter. You might even just want to write some of these funny teacher puns on your white board or print them on printer paper to display. Kids who are online learning need some positive vibes directed their way as much as students physically sitting in a classroom. People – adults and kids alike – are often touched by a good quote! And coming up with school quotes for students or new quotes for reading for kids can be a lot of fun for you to gather, too!
Quotes for classroom moral can inspire students in their seats or behind their screens. I still remember sitting in some of my classrooms when I was in school and taking in the motivational posters around the room or the daily inspirational quotes my teachers would right on their white boards just under the date or the daily objective.
It’s amazing how good positive quotes for classroom moral can really make a difference. Different inspirational sayings will hit different students in different ways. Some students may completely ignore a quote or it may go over his head, while another student may really take it to heart.
Funny Teacher Puns for Any Teacher
Who doesn’t love funny teacher puns?!
Be #2 sharp!
Y’all ’bout to make me lose my mind…up in here…up in here
You do the work I want, you get the grade you want
Be flawsome today! (Embrace those flaws)
Outta my way. I’ve got my big brains on today.
Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.
Fun fact: I survived school without Google! You should definitely make it!
Don’t be THAT person.
Y’all gonna learn today!
Fun fact: You’re always gonna be my kid – even if you don’t want to be!
Nope. They aren’t graded yet.
Fun fact: A due date means the work is due on that date.
Warning: my eyes cross when my pupils get out of control
On the playground is where I spend most of my days.
Ya’ll gon’ make me lose my mind up in here.
Running on coffee and chaos
Alright. Stop. Collaborate and listen.
Inspirational Quotes for the Classroom
Big brains keep on turnin’…. Proud students keep on burnin’ … Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the lesson!
Success happens not from occasional work but from consistent work
Practice makes progress
Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education. – Martin Luther King Jr.
If A doesn’t work, don’t lose hope in B.
Don’t get it? That’s why we’ll be back to do it again.
Chin up, buttercup. We all have our moments.
If you believe you can and I believe you can, shouldn’t the rest believe it, too?
It is okay to not know, but it is not okay to not try.
It’s okay to lose a pencil ever so often. Just don’t lose your your ambition.
Do the right thing. Just do it.
Color outside the lines? Okay. Just don’t mess it all up.
Hey, you! You’re pretty cool.
Why just wish for it when you can actually work for it?
Just be nice. That is all.
A kind heart and a pleasant attitude will take you places.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Don’t ever underestimate a good attitude!
Don’t like how things are going for you now? Make some changes – good ones.
You know that author (athlete, singer, scientist) you really like? He/she was a beginner once, too.
Don’t drop your goals. Just tweak your strategies.
It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot
Leave today better than you found it.
If something is too heavy, look for support.
You know who is hard to beat? That person who never gives up.
Your future starts with you. Work hard.
Once in a while, someone amazing joins my class. And here you are.
Give as much as you expect to get. And then give more.
What can you work on today?
Be so good they can’t ignore you. – Steve Martin
No pain, no gain.
Easy? Maybe not. But totally worth it.
Whatever that mess was yesterday…let it go.
What can YOU teach us today?
If you want to be remembered for something, go for kindness.
It’s always a great time to learn something new.
Today is a great day to have a great attitude.
Be on the pursuit of happiness. Always.
Doing what is right is not always what is easy.
Be THAT kid. The kind one.
Progress over perfection.
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Milton Berle
Still worrying about that stuff? Let it go. Let it go.
Why do we have erasers? Because none of us are perfect!
First we focus on kindness. Then we focus on curriculum.
Life is good. Believe it. Ensure it.
Holiday Classroom Quotes and Seasonal Quotes for Teachers
Just like at home, I love popping up a good seasonal classroom pun or holiday classroom quote in my classroom. If you are anything like me, the months fly by and you really want just one good quote to put on your board for a whole month. I am breaking down the following quotes by months. You could just grab one for each month. These Halloween classroom quotes and Christmas classroom quotes are fun to display all month long!
Are you ready? (Back to school quote – August/September)
New beginnings (Back to school quote – August/September)
I’m so glad you’re here! (Back to school quote – August/September)
The season change and so do we (Fall – August/September)
Teaching the cutest pumpkins in the patch. (Fall/Halloween – September/October)
Trick or Teach (Halloween – October)
Hocus Pocus, everybody focus (Halloween – October)
You can’t scare me. I’m a teacher. (Halloween – October)
I am CRAY-zy thankful to be your teacher. (Thanksgiving – November)
Be nice to the teacher. Santa is watching. (Christmas – December)
One holly jolly teacher. (Christmas – December)
If the Grinch can learn to be kind, so can we. (Christmas – December)
Do your snow day dance. (January)
We have snow much fun. (January)
Cupid’s favorite teacher (Valentine’s Day – February)
Cupid’s favorite classroom (Valentine’s Day – February)
This class fills my heart (Valentine’s Day – February)
This class is full of sweethearts (Valentine’s Day – February)
I’m one lucky teacher (St. Patty’s Day – March)
I’m so lucky to be your teacher (St. Patty’s Day – March)
So lucky to teach all the good eggs (St. Patty’s Day/Easter – March/April)
You guys are good eggs (Easter – March/April)
Teaching the best peeps (Easter – March/April)
This room is full of my favorite peeps (Easter – March/April)
You’re everybunny’s favorite kiddo (Easter – March/April)
Everybunny’s favorite teacher (Easter – March/April)
One hip (hop) teacher (Easter – March/April)
One hippity hop class (Easter- March/April)
Keep calm and push on to spring break! (March/April – Spring Break)
Keep going. Vacay is on it’s way! (April/May/June – Summer Break)
Art Teacher Puns
These art teacher puns are fun to display all year!
It’s time to get cray.
Let’s get our cray on.
Color outside the lines.
English Teacher Puns
These quotes are fun for a writing class, an English class, or a literacy class in general. Enjoy these literacy quotes!
Edit or regret it.
Why regret it when you could edit?
Write on.
Oh, yeah? Prove it. #textevidence
Wait , What?
History Teacher Puns
You know those history teachers…they can’t ever let go of the past! Haha! Notice some of these history teacher puns are specific to certain curriculum topics.
When can we let go of the past? Never. The answer is never.
I’m sorry if you get tired of me bringing up the past.
We general-ly study the Civil War in here.
Tired of studying about the Great Depression? New deal with it.
Don’t make me repeat myself. – History
That is so four score and seven years ago.
Spilleth the tea. – America, 1773
Be excellent to each other. – Abraham Lincoln
Math Classroom Quotes and Pi Day Quotes
Even numbers folks like a punchy quote here and there. Add some math classroom quotes to your classroom for an extra dose of fun! Pi day quotes are lots of fun too. A few of these make great math Valentines puns.
Calculate kindness into your day.
Think about it. It all adds up.
Work it out. It all adds up.
Welcome to owlgebra. This class is a hoot!
Math teachers have too many problems.
But did you show your work?
So…if you could just show your work that would be great. Thanks.
Solving the world’s problems.
Use. The. Formula.
Not all math problems are tough. Just sum.
I’ve got 99 problems and you’re going to show your work on all of them.
10….which partner tells the other, “Without you, I’d be nothing”…?? (Cute for Valentine’s Day)
Kindness is the formula for love (Cute for Valentine’s Day)
What math have you done in your head today?
Yes, she’s missing again. Please find X.
It’s always a good time to do math.
If there was a problem, yo I’ll solve it.
Don’t be average. Be an outlier.
What’s your angle?
You are so lucky to have acute math teacher. (Fun to display around St. Patty’s Day!)
Come to the math side. We have pi.
It’s a never ending story. #piday
Can’t stop. Won’t stop. #piday
Hap-pi Valentine’s Day (Use for any occasion…Hap-pi St. Patty’s Day, Hap-pi spring, etc.)
Fun Spanish Quotes and Spanish Puns for Spanish Class
Buenas vibras.
Asking questions in other classes – ?? Asking questions in Spanish class – ¿¿
Am I hearing you correctly? Oyes.
No pencil? No prob-llamas.
Be prepared so you don’t have to burro a pencil!
Mi clase es tu clase.
Quotes for Science Teachers
The science teacher quotes have really amped up in recent years. You can find them everywhere – teacher t-shirts, memes. These quotes for science teachers are so fun!
In this class, we overreact.
Quit overreacting. (for chemistry class or lesson)
Science is magic.
Join me for a magical journey.
Sometimes, we have some overreaction.
In here telling chemistry jokes with no reaction…
We might make a few mistakes in here but only periodically.
Do your work. I got my ion you.
Don’t take this geology lesson for granite!
We science teachers have designer genes.
You are pretty molecool.
And who says all of the good science students argon?
Be positive no matter watt happens.
Always be positive – like a proton.
Don’t be like an atom – don’t make up everything.
What’s an acid with an attitude….a mean o’ acid.
This is chemistry class. If we don’t have a solution, we will make one up!
OMG…oxygen and magnesium are going out!
This class has great chemistry!
100 Days of School Quotes
If you are early elementary classroom, your school may have some buzz going around the 100 days of school. Why not pop some fun 100 days of school quotes on your letter boards?
100 Days of school and we are still rocking!
100 days of awesome!
100 days with the best bunch!
100 days smarter!
Hooray for 100 days!
Happy 100 days of school!
100 days of being part of the best class ever!
100 days of cray cray! (Cute for an art classroom)
It all adds up to 100 days of school! (Cute for a math classroom)
100 days of reading all the things (Cute for a reading classroom)
100 days sharper (Cute displayed with a container of sharpened pencils or a fun cactus)
100 days brighter (Cute displayed with a container of colorful pens or pencils)
My students are 100 days smarter!
We made it to 100 days of school with no prob-llamas (Cute for a Spanish classroom or a llama themed classroom)
Happy (9×9) + (6×3) + 1 days of school. (Perfect as a math classroom quote, but for this one you probably need two sets of letters for the parenthesis and plus symbols)
Square root of 10,000 kind of day (Cute for a math class)
Quotes About Kids Reading (And Adults!)
The following quotes are perfect reading teacher quotes. However, they are highly useful for any educator. If you are an elementary teacher or secondary literacy teacher, there’s a strong chance you have a reading area in your room. Or maybe you’re the librarian at school looking for school library quotes. Essentially, all teachers are reading teachers. We can all display short reading quotes for kids to motivate them.
Just one more chapter.
Just one more page.
Shhh…I’m reading.
Always open late.
If only you were as interesting as the character in my book.
Fiction…because real life is too hard to believe
Read until you’re full
There’s no such thing as a bad book. You just need to find your kind of book.
It’s a good day to read a book.
Haha…made you read
Ready for an adventure?
Reading – an adventure that never ends.
Oh, lookie, lookie. A brand new bookie!
Take a look. It’s in the book.
Let’s just drop everything and read.
I read past my bedtime.
Reading is power.
Today’s readers are tomorrow’s leaders.
Find me behind the front cover.
I like big books and I cannot lie.
My nose is probably somewhere in a book.
More Quotes About Kids Reading
Heck, maybe you just like having a cute reading corner at home set up with a fun reading letter board. Choose from these fun quotes for reading for kids or for adults! Some of these quotes for reading for kids are playful sarcastic quotes to inspire reading and others are simple children reading quotes.
Books turn muggles into wizzards.
Ahhhh…I smell fresh pages.
Ahhh…I smell library books.
Easily distracted by books.
Read and let read
A little bookish
Well read and kindness led
Adventure is just a page away
Kind of attached to fictional characters.
Let’s read and roam the world.
It’s just getting good.
Just getting to the good part.
Read. Return. Repeat.
Sorry. I’ve got books tonight.
I closed my book for this.
There is no friend as loyal as a book. – Ernest Hemingway
#freadom all the way
I read the books and I know the things.
I’d rather be reading.
Fiction addiction.
The book was better.
More Quotes for Reading for Kids of Older Ages and Adults
In addition to the reading quotes for kids above, a lot of us grown ups enjoy displaying a good reading quote in our reading corner! Choose from the reading puns above or choose from one of these quotes that are more appealing to an adult audience. And if you are a late high school or university teacher, you might enjoy displaying these in your class spaces.
Coffee and books
Coffee and chapters
Bookworm babes unite
OMG, Becky. Look at that book.
Only reading books today
Wild but well read
Not much for conversation unless it’s about books
Don’t be all title and no plot
I fell into a book and I can’t get up
I might be a little shelfrighteous.
Book Club Babes
I truly have no shelf control.
How about that plot though?
Bookmarks are for quitters
My weekend is all booked up
Still getting over my book hangover
If the book is open, I’m busy
Peace. Love. All the books.
No spoilers.
Sorry. I’ve got book club tonight.
Well read women rule
Still looking for my scrollmate
It’s a bibliophile kind of thing
It’s not hoarding if its books
Time for a shelfie!
I hope you found some funny classrooms sayings and inspirational quotes for the classroom to use this year! In addition to the quotes about kids reading and funny teacher puns listed here, you can always collect quotes from famous people or touching lines from books to display on your classroom letter boards or signs.
Wishing you much fun and positive vibes in your classroom this year! Be sure to check some of my other classroom resources such as global luxe classroom style, plants for a dark classroom, door decorating contests for school, and free graphics for sharing good things in the classroom (virtually or face-to-face).
Also, you might want to check out my favorite teacher must haves on Amazon post!
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