Christmas in July {SALE} - Morning Work

It's the first part of my Christmas in July Sale event!

Aren't those precious first moments in the classroom crucial?! And if your classroom is anything like mine, those moments are filled with attendance, parents, notes, checking folders, about a thousand questions or stories from the kiddos, and getting the day started! How is one person supposed to handle of that??

It got overwhelming for me, so I turned to these morning work packs to help me keep my sanity!

Each sheet has 7 problems that match Common Core standards. August Morning Work focuses more on easy review/1st grade skills to ease those summer brains back into school mode. :) These pages do not have page numbers, so you can put them in any order you choose! 

I printed one page for each school day of that month, and I copied them two-sided. Each child had a "Morning Work Folder" to hold the hole-punched pages.  After unpacking backpacks, the kids would grab breakfast (our school had a grant) and start the next page in their folder. I would check the page before we started our day. I checked them because 1) it held the students accountable for completing the work and 2) it showed me which students needed more support or what skills we needed to review later in the day. 

I have bundled the 1st semester morning work packs for BIG savings! AND it's on sale during my Christmas in July Sale event! Just click on the image to take you there :)

Be sure to come back for the other two parts of the sale. Happy shopping!

Battling "Bored"- Early Finishers

"Mrs. Cecil, I'm dooooooooone"
"Mrs. Cecil, what do I do next?"
"Mrs. Cecil, can I do________?"

Yes, I hear my name about 18730712 times a day. I think I hear little voices say it in my sleep. :) One way I handle my early finishers is by a great idea that I got from Pinterest!

May Do, Must Do board:

Must Do:

Anything in the "Must Do" column is something that must be done! It's usually used in the morning for our reading block. After whole group, the kids follow the order of things listed in the "Must Do" column and finish those first. Usually there are page numbers listed for workbook pages (only 1 or 2 a day) or an activity sheet for individual practice. Once they finish, they go to their reading center which is the last thing on "Must Do". We have a center chart that I forgot to take a picture of :) Which brings me to...........

May Do:

6 weeks later, we are still practicing this one.

First, they have to make sure their morning work page is finished before they do any other may do. That's why it is first. Then, they check their work folder in their desk to see if there is anything else they haven't turned in yet. 

Morning Work folder: All morning work is kept in a folder in their desk. They know to do one page a day. You can find the morning work here.

Then, the fun comes! 

Reading chairs: 2 students a day are chosen for reading chairs and reading buddies. 

Math tools: students can grab a clock or coins to practice their skills!

Math Games: we have learned several math games that can be played alone. This game is called Make 10, where you have to find 2 cards that make a combination of 10. 

Free reading! 

We have also made our own addition facts pocket book to hold the addition facts we are working on. So far, we have +1, +2, combinations of 10, and we added doubles today. They can whip these out of their work folder to quiz themselves.

There is always plenty to do so nobody is able to give me "I'm bored" "I'm finished" "I don't have anything else to do". 

Um, have you check the May Do board? :)