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Morning work
By liketeaching1

I just gave up morning work right before our break. I have always done some type of morning work because the kids come in a few at a time over a 15 minute time span. With the ones that arrive 5-10 minutes late--I was stretching
morning work out. Some finished before others arrived. Since I gave it up I have the kids: read the morning message--it usually tells them a couple of things to do such as sharpen pencils, greet x amount of friends, add to a daily graph, etc. Then I let them read at their desks. It has worked out beautifully. I have to admit I was one who doubted that I COULD give up morning work.

It has given me about 15-20 extra minutes during the morning LA block. That gives the kids more independent reading and writing workshop time that I was running short on.