January Morning Work for Kindergarten
Itโs always so exciting to get the daily routine started after winter break. Everyoneโs feeling refreshed from the time off and eager for the fresh start of the new calendar year! A morning routine is a great way to ensure that your classroom gets back up and running smoothly after the break. In this post, Iโm going to share some January Morning Work for Kindergarten that will be a welcome addition to your daily learning routine.
January Morning Work for Kindergarten
Kindergarten students often need a bit of review after returning from winter break. One of the best places to incorporate this review is during your morning work routine! Not only will the academic review be helpful, but it will also give students the chance to get back into the swing of the school routine.ย It really doesnโt take long for students to fall out of their school habits, but it also doesnโt take long to get them up and running again!
Hereโs a peek at some of the skills that are helpful to practice during morning work time in January.
Phonemic Awareness
This foundational skill is essential for young kindergarten students, so itโs important to review it throughout the school year. Students can listen for beginning, middle, and ending sounds and then identify the corresponding letters.ย As the school year progresses, phonemic awareness practice can include other literacy tasks as well. For example, at the beginning of the year, students might circle the correct letter from several choices. In January, students can write the letter that matches the sound.
CVC Words
Students can also practice reading CVC words during morning work time. There are a variety of ways that students can strengthen their word reading skills! In the example above, students can look at a picture and then read the CVC word choices to find the one that matches the picture.
Word Families
Students can also practice reading CVC words by focusing on word families. When students can see the chunks and patterns in words, it helps them become more confident and fluent readers. As I mentioned earlier, January morning work can incorporate more writing practice than in earlier months of the year. Instead of circling words that belong in a word family, students can practice writing them.
Sight Words
Reading high frequency words with more automaticity is an important part of reading fluency! Morning work can give students the chance to become more familiar with these words. In the example above, students can rainbow write, trace, and write two sight words. Rainbow writing is such an engaging way for students to get more repetition with letter formation!
Counting
Morning work is also a great opportunity for students to review important math skills and improve number sense. By January, students are ready to practice counting in different ways. For example, they could practice counting on by identifying the number that comes next. They can also count groups of objects and determine which group has the most.
Addition
By January, students are also ready to review addition concepts. They can use a ten frame to write an addition sentence. This helps them visualize the two different numbers and how they can be added together to find the sum. Students can also use addition sentences and ten frames to show two different ways to make a number. Again, the ten frame is a helpful tool that students can use to visualize addition!
Teen Numbers
The morning work routine can also give students the chance to become more familiar with teen numbers. They can identify a teen number and then fill in a ten frame to match the number. They can also practice representing teen numbers with base ten blocks. This review will help students so much as they work on future math concepts!
More Ways to Use Morning Work
Even if you use morning work task boxes instead of printable morning work, you can still incorporate this helpful review into your January lesson plans! Here are just a few ways that morning work printables can be repurposed into meaningful learning activities throughout your daily routine:
- Literacy and Math Centers: Morning work printables can be a low-prep option for your math and literacy centers. Since these learning tasks are designed to be completed independently for morning seat work, they are perfect for learning rotations when students need to work with minimal adult support.
- Early Finishers: The engaging illustrations on seasonal morning work makes them a great option for early finishers! You can create packets for students to keep in their desks or cubbies when they have a few extra minutes between activities. Students love to color the pictures on the page after theyโve completed the review tasks.
- Small Group Practice: Morning work printables are also a helpful addition to small groups. You can identify the worksheets that include the skills youโd like to target during your small group instruction. These morning work printablesย can provide engaging practice and repetition!
Printable Morning Work for January (and More!)
If you would like to add some seasonal morning work to your January lesson plans, let me save you some time! Iโve put together a resource with print-and-go morning work that will help you review important skills while getting your morning routine up and running again after break. The activities use a familiar format for each daily activity, so students will be able to get right to work!
You can click below to take a closer look at everything included in this set of January Morning Work.
January Morning Work for Kindergarten
The morning work for January is also included in my Kindergarten Morning Work Year-Long Bundle. This resource is an easy way to start and maintain a morning work routine in your classroom. Just click below to find this bundle in my shop!
Kindergarten Morning Work Year Long Bundle
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