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No Morning Work
By ConnieWI

When morning work became "busy work" I knew it was time for a change! There was always a small group of students that would struggle to finish and be off-task.

I gave it up...with reservations...but willing to try
something different...it was just one more thing to correct together or one more thing for me to correct. Instead, my students order lunch, put assignment sheet/homework in the correct baskets, get a stopwatch, take out reading logs, and begin silent reading. Boy, I sure like this!!

Within five minutes, everyone is settled, the office makes announcements, the whole school says

the pledge, I order lunches (on the computer), and take reading status. Then it is time for guided reading groups/literature circles...some students leave for intervention...and the day begins.

My advice...give it up...allow your students to read/write... you will find you have fifteen to thirty more minutes in your day!