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Elementary teachers:
Just wondering how teachers start their days. What goes on in the first 20 minutes of school whlie they enter and announcements are on?
I teach grade 5/6 and I do a class meeting for 10 minutes after 10 minutes of Bell work.
However, I feel like this 10 minutes of Bell Work is almost a waste and am thinking maybe instead of wasting that 10 minutes, they can just enter the class and immediately get into a circle.
My students often trickle in but since it's just our class meeting it's not like being late will be them missing instruction since I won't start teaching officially until 15 minutes after the bell.
My only concern is that I like that 10 minutes while they do "busy work" to check off forms and money that has been brought in so then at our meeting I can update them on who owes what form.
Thoughts? My class last year did word wall stuff but I've phased out the traditional word wall so I'm not sure. Even a simple 2 minute thing to get them quietly settled would be good.
Just wondering how teachers start their days. What goes on in the first 20 minutes of school whlie they enter and announcements are on?
I teach grade 5/6 and I do a class meeting for 10 minutes after 10 minutes of Bell work.
However, I feel like this 10 minutes of Bell Work is almost a waste and am thinking maybe instead of wasting that 10 minutes, they can just enter the class and immediately get into a circle.
My students often trickle in but since it's just our class meeting it's not like being late will be them missing instruction since I won't start teaching officially until 15 minutes after the bell.
My only concern is that I like that 10 minutes while they do "busy work" to check off forms and money that has been brought in so then at our meeting I can update them on who owes what form.
Thoughts? My class last year did word wall stuff but I've phased out the traditional word wall so I'm not sure. Even a simple 2 minute thing to get them quietly settled would be good.