Thread: Self-starters and other morning routines

Actually, I've never heard the term "self-starters!"

Morning routines:

In my current school, the whole school gathers in the gym for morning announcements and flag salute, then heads to class. We start the day with attendance, passing out, collecting, and sharing reading logs (or other sharing).

In my previous school I had a morning "warmup" that kids did while I took attendance, and then we discussed.

Do I shake people's hands, etc.? No. Do I smile, make eye contact and say hello, or ask them how things are going, etc.? Yes. Do I go through the day's plans? No. I simply have a schedule written on the board that they can check if they want to know what we are doing that day.

Usually, the first 15 minutes of class is all about "morning business," whether it is passing out, collecting, attendance, questions about homework or upcoming activities, sharing, or whatever needs to happen.

Thanks for responding.
I read about them at this website: (Which is great for ideas)
[url="http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/index.htm"]http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/index.htm[/url]

Basically it's just that when the kids come into the classroom, there is allready an assignment waiting for them that they can get started with by themselves right away. (I also read about them on other internet pages so I thought it was commonly used..)

Your morning routines resemble more what we are used to, so maybe I jumped to conclusions to fast? ops:

Callie
I've heard that called "bellwork" because it's supposed to get them in their seat working by the second bell. I like to have a worksheet on their desk before they come in. They know to have their agenda books out, hand in any notices, etc, work on bellwork, then read quietly. I like it because it gets the day started off quietly, during a time that parents often come in, or when I need to talk to teacher's aids, etc. Some teachers put a word problem or story starter on the board for bellwork. It can be anything really. HTH!