February Morning Work for Kindergarten
February is such a fun month in the kindergarten classroom! The students have been able to get back into the swing of things after winter break and are eagerly looking forward to Valentineโs Day! A strong morning work routine can keep your classroom running smoothly all month long, no matter how much excitement is in the air. In this post, Iโm going to share some ideas that you can use as you plan your February Morning Work for Kindergarten.
February Morning Work for Kindergarten
One of the best things about morning work is that it gives you the chance to include some additional spiral review to your daily routine that you might not have time for otherwise. The only challenge is narrowing down exactly what youโd like your students to practice!
Here are some examples of the skills you could incorporate into your morning work routine in February. Students are able to get right to work when they see these tasks at their table in the morning!
Counting
There are many different ways that you can incorporate number sense and counting practice and review into morning work. By February, students are able to explore number relationships in different ways, which includes counting.
For example, students can practice counting on from a given number. In this example, students will fill in the missing numbers on Valentineโs Day banner. They can also count on as they draw more dots on a domino to get match the number.
For an additional challenge, students can use their counting skills to determine which group of objects has more or fewer. This can also be a good way for students to practice subitizing!
Teen Numbers
As students become more familiar and confident with teen numbers, morning work can give them a chance to keep their skills sharp!
They can practice modeling teen numbers in different ways, like filling in ten frames to match the given teen number. They can also complete an addition sentence to show how a teen number is made up of a ten and some ones.
Addition
Addition is another math skill that students can review during morning work time. They can explore foundational concepts of addition through number bonds. For example, they could complete a number bond by filling in the missing number.
Students can also practice writing and solving their own addition equations during morning work time. After looking at two types of seasonal objects on a ten frame, they can write an addition equation to model how they can find the total number of objects.
Phonemic Awareness
In addition to math review, you can also use your morning routine to review literacy skills. Phonemic awareness is such an important foundational skill, itโs important to revisit it throughout the school year. This can help students who arenโt quite as comfortable with these skills yet while also giving the rest of your class a chance for review.
Students can listen for sounds in various positions of words. In the example above, students will name each picture and then fill in the missing ending sound. Students can also count and circle the number of syllables that they hear in words after naming each picture.
CVC Words
As students practice phonemic awareness, they can also be building confidence in building and reading CVC words. After identifying a picture by name, they can write the letters they hear in the word. By grouping some of the activities into word families, students are better able to see the phonics patterns in CVC words. This can help them to become more confident and fluent readers!
Another fun way for students to practice reading CVC words during morning work is to invite them to draw a picture to match each CVC word on their paper. This is a great open-ended activity for morning work time, since students can continue to add more detail and color their pictures with any remaining time.
Sight Words
As students begin to read more words, morning work can give them the additional practice they need to identify words with automaticity. For one activity, students can find and circle a sight word written in different fonts. There are additional activities that you can use to help students practice spelling sight words, like writing sight words in the correct letter boxes provided. They can use clues like letter shape and the number of letters in the word to help them match the sight words to the correct spaces.
Writing
By February, students are feeling much more confident with their pencil grip and letter formation skills. You can help them keep these skills sharp with your morning seatwork. In addition to the sight word writing activity mentioned above, students can also practice writing sentences using sight words. Coming up with a complete sentence can be challenging for young learners, so this extra practice is very helpful!
I hope this has given you some ideas for what you can work on with your students during your morning routine. No matter what you decide to review with your students during this time, your day will go much more smoothly with a morning work routine.
Printable Morning Work for February
To make it easy for you to keep your morning work routine up and running in February, Iโve put together a resource thatโs full of low-prep morning work printables. These morning seatwork printables are designed to practice skills your students are already familiar with. Every week follows a predictable format so your students can be successful as they work independently.
Just click below to take a closer look at everything included with this February morning work resource.
February Morning Work for Kindergarten
This morning work is also included in a full-year solution so your students can have predictable and familiar morning activities for the whole school year.
Kindergarten Morning Work Year Long Bundle
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