Schedule–Morning Work

Awwww….the bane of my existence.  Constantly evolving and changing.  If you asked my friends, they would tell you that I can never quite figure out my schedule. I think my schedule changed at least once a month this year!

At the beginning of the year, you never know what your kiddos can do, how long they can listen, when the specialists come in, RTI time…..Then they start being able to work a bit longer, listen a bit longer, do more “real” work. 

I’ll break this up into different parts – today, I’ll start with what I do each day for morning work:

Morning Work {8:05-8:25ish}

We have a morning breakfast program which doesn’t start until 7:55…which means all of my little kindergarten sweet hearts aren’t back from breakfast until about 8:30 – especially in the winter with ALL of their winter gear.  This is a tough time because not all students are eating breakfast.  This year, I have a pretty big number that are, so I can’t really go on with something with half of the class gone! I’ve tried lots of different things this year: random worksheet pages (hate), math centers (worked pretty good), and now I have a set thing day to day..

Monday: Math Masters Monday (more to come!) Here’s a sneak peek:

 

Tuesday: Tubaloo Tuesday: The kids get new A-Z books to work on through the week on accuracy and fluency (at home). They use a Toobaloo to read their books – how exciting! They also write down their sight words for the week to hang on their fridge. (Thanks Miss J. for this rockin’ idea!)

Wednesday: Word Work Wednesday: This is usually some sort of sentence cut apart and re-assemble and re-write.

 

Thursday: Think it Through – usually some sort of math problem solving or other activity. (Often it’s anything that I had left over from the previous week!)

Friday: Fix-It Up Fridays –  The kiddos LOVE these fix it sheets!!

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