I also believe in morning work

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I also believe in morning work
By mrsjames2nd

well we all do the same morning work we have 12 teachers and some teachers use the board to write it down but most of us just copy it on to transparencies for the week and have them ready to place on overhead in the morning.
Our students start filing in at 7:25 and can go to breakfast during this time. School doesn't officially start until 8:00 so I do not go over the work until 8:20. The kids are used to the routine and other teachers can help out substitutes because hey know the routine. The kids are calm in my room as I also have the light off. They use notebooks to keep track of their work and I have

a timer go off at 8:20 and I check to see if they have completed the work those who have not miss out on recess. I had to make one of two paper copies for some students who just couldn't get copying from the overhead near the beginning of the year but now they all are able to do it and the fast finishers have a posted chart of spelling things to do each day as well as read and take AR tests. It works for all us especially with so much of our planning time being used. It's like I'm not even there until 8:00. :)