Morning Calendar Work

Every teacher knows how busy it is first thing in the morning when the students just come in.  You've got to collect notes, check their BEE binders or school pouches, collect money, deal with any behaviour issues that may come up, a parent wants to talk to you.  I find having a routine that the kids know how to do works really well and gives me a little time to do everything I need to do.  
Routine:
1 - Before the students come in I hand out their Morning Calendar duotangs on each student's desk.  

 2 - I make sure I colour in the day on the calendar and theme picture so it's done before the kids come in the classroom.

 3 - I use a B.E.E. binder system in my classroom (which I LOVE) so first thing in the morning the kids come in and open up to the red folder and wait for me to come and see if I have to collect anything from them.  

 4 - Then I get them to change their books (they take 2 books to take home every night) and put their B.E.E. binder on the B.E.E. binder shelf.  

 5 - The kids then open up their Morning Calendar duotang and colour in that day.  I always have a copy of the calendar up on the board so the kids can make sure they are using the correct colour and day.  

 6 - While they are doing their morning routine, I ask the whole class what they think the weather is and I quickly go over to the weather graph and colour it in.  

 7 - Once they have finished colouring in the day, theme picture and weather, they pass their calendar in and go back to their seats and get their bag of books out and read quietly.  Once all the students are reading, I have gotten all my morning housekeeping items completed and we move on to the morning meeting.  

 Here are a few pictures of the Calendar:






I have created my morning calendar work for the years 2012 - 2016.  This product is currently available in my TPT store at
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Calendar-Work-for-years-2012-2016
OR 
my TeachersNotebook shop at
http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/kemble_flynn/morning-calendar-work

My morning calendar has been a life saver.  I have used this routine now for about 3-4 years and I just love it and I see how the students start to learn about numbers and patterns.  They love trying to guess what pattern I'm going to do the next month and what colours I'm going to use.  They are so proud when they get it right.  Enjoy!

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