Kindergarten Morning Work for September
Morning work is a great way to ease your students into their daily routine. You can give students tasks they can complete as independently as possible while youโre tying up loose ends at the start of the day: A quick chat with a parent, collecting forms, taking attendance, etc. It helps to have the school day structured right from the start. In this post, Iโm going to share some Kindergarten Morning Work for September that you can use to get this routine started early in the school year.
September Morning Work for Kindergarten
Itโs so helpful to start a morning work routine as early as possible in the school year. Students are able to walk into the classroom knowing exactly whatโs expected of them. They can put away their backpacks, sit down, and get started on their morning work assignment.
This part of the daily schedule is not for teaching new concepts. Instead, it gives students the chance to review important skills in a more independent way. This helps them become more confident learners!
Hereโs a peek at some of the skills that are great for practicing during morning work time in September:
Name Practice
Name writing practice is an important part of the kindergarten curriculum at the beginning of the year. From labeling their papers to finding their cubbies, students need to be able to recognize and write their names to navigate the school day.
Morning work gives students the chance to practice writing their names first thing in the morning. Plus, it gets them in the habit of putting their name on their paper before starting their work.
Letter Formation
We all know how important letter and sound identification is at the beginning of kindergarten! Students can review letters during morning work time as they practice writing the uppercase and lowercase letters.
Phonemic Awareness
Strong phonemic awareness skills can help kindergarteners build a solid foundation for reading. Morning work can give students the chance to practice a variety of phonological and phonemic awareness skills.
For example, they can color the pictures that begin with a certain letter sound. (On my morning work printables, the beginning sound corresponds to the letter tracing practice.)
Students can also practice listening for words that rhyme as they name each picture in the row. Once they hear the rhyming words, they can color the pictures.
Tracing
Writing can be a challenging task for kindergarteners, mainly because their fine motor skills are still developing throughout the school year. You can help prepare your students for upcoming writing instruction with tracing activities during morning work time.
Tracing over zig-zags and wavy lines can help students improve their pincer grasp and hand-eye coordination. This fine motor practice will make future writing tasks go more smoothly for your students. Theyโll be able to focus more on getting their thoughts on paper when they arenโt struggling to hold the pencil.
Number Formation
Morning work is also a great time to review some math skills. First, students can practice number formation. Each morning work activity can focus on one number at a time, which can coordinate with the numbers youโve already introduced in class. Later in the month, students can review multiple numbers at a time.
One-to-One Correspondence
Counting is another great skill that students can practice during the morning routine. Students can count and color blocks or objects on the paper, showing their understanding that each object or box means โoneโ.
Shape Identification
Reviewing 2D shapes is another great addition to September morning work. Students can use their knowledge of shape attributes to identify the target shape. They can also practice fine motor skills and shape formation as they trace different two-dimensional shapes.
More Ways to Use Morning Work Printables
The simple and consistent format of morning work printables means that you can use these activities in a variety of different ways, depending on what you need.
- Homework: If you donโt have time in your schedule for this type of morning work, you could use it as homework practice! Just staple the pages together with a cover page and send them home at the beginning of the week or month.
- Centers: Since these morning work printables are designed to completed mostly independently, they are a great option to use during centers time. Students could have a packet that they work on for one of their rotations, or you can swap out the individual pages.
- Informal Assessment: Do you find that certain students have a tough time completing their work? Morning work printables can serve as an informal assessment that helps you identify the specific skills to target with additional practice.
No matter how you decide to use morning work printables in your classroom, Iโm sure this familiar learning routine will be helpful for your students.
Printable Morning Work for September (and Beyond!)
Would you like to start a morning work routine in your classroom this year? Iโve put together a set of low-prep September morning work that is ready to print and use! Each week has five pages for literacy and math that focus on similar skill sets, making it easy for students to complete these tasks independently.
You can choose to print each dayโs literacy and math tasks front and back to create one morning work printable. If you only have time for one, you can use the other during literacy or math centers or as homework.
Just click below to take a closer look at everything included in this time-saving set of Kindergarten Morning Work for September.
September Morning Work for Kindergarten
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