To read more about Morning Work Binders, you can check out this blog post here. I loved using this because once I taught my students how to complete each page, I never had to go over what to do again! Plus, I made the copies ONCE at the beginning of the year and I never had to worry about morning work again. Once they were finished, they would just erase and complete it again or they could flip to another page. My students would use a dry erase marker to complete the page of the day. These binders have reusable pages that practice a variety of different skills, like handwriting, sight words, numbers, name writing, spelling words, etc. I've tried MANY different morning work options- morning tubs, free play, morning worksheets, stations, etc, but the best solution for my class was using Morning Work Binders. However you want to start your day with morning work is up to you! My best advice is to find something that is no extra work on your part and that students know how to do. Once that first month was over, I rarely needed to remind them of the steps. I would repeat a few times “folder, snack, water bottle” so that my students remembered the three main steps. It's important to make sure to watch and correct students as they needed it the first month of school. I only had 2 expectations from my students during this time: no talking while unpacking (they were free to talk once they were seated at their desk) and they needed to do this quickly. The first few weeks of school, this unpacking process took awhile to get the hang of. They quietly walked to their desks, pulled out their Morning Work Binder, checked the board to see what page they were on, and got to work.Students grabbed their water bottle and placed that on the “water shelf”.They took out their snack from their lunch box/backpack and put that in the class snack bin.Students put their take home folder in the take home bin (which was conveniently right next to the backpack hooks).They put their backpack on their hook (which had their name on it), and opened it up. Students came in with their backpacks all at the same time.Here's how the unpacking worked in my previous school. Think about your school policies and what is required of students to do/have. It depends on a variety of things, like do your students eat breakfast in the classroom or do they have a take home folder, etc. Set up Unpacking Proceduresīefore your students step foot in your classroom, it is SO important to decide on your procedures! How your students unpack is one procedure that you need to have in place from the beginning. Start your day off on the right foot by creating a structured morning routine for your Kindergarten students! Today, I am going to talk about how I set up my morning routine with my Kindergarteners and walk you through the process to set up yours.
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