Daily Number Work

So this teacher mom has been very busy between being teacher and mom.
School and soccer are in full swing so it makes for busy nights and lots of crockpot meals.

I am happy to say that I have settled into my new classroom which is my temporary home for the year as they renovate our building. My students and I are getting acclimated to our routine and new surroundings. Today I thought I would share something I use as part of daily routine.

Students in our building come in each morning and eat breakfast in the classroom. Most do eat the breakfast offered, however some do not. So something is needed to get students in and working. I have never been keen on "morning work" especially because the prep of it was overwhelming. Inspired by the "wake up binder" idea.
I came up with my own version and I love the consistency of it all. This year we use it at two different times of the day....in the morning when students come in they work on reading skills and then in the afternoon in the transition back from lunch and specials class they work on math skills.

The reading section of the binder holds weekly poems and fluency work with their spelling words and phonics skills. These are a variety of resources that I have gathered from different sources to go along with our current Wonders reading program.

In the math section, students complete the Daily Number Page and then move onto flashcards. The Daily Number page is designed to work with the day of the school year. For example, if it is the 34th day of school, the number of the day is 34. The page itself is laminated and each student has a thin dry erase marker and eraser that is kept in the zipper pencil pouch in their binder. I introduce certain parts of the page for students to complete until the are ready for each section. We take about 5 minutes to go over it each day before they erase it. Every once in a while I give students a paper version of the page to assess their understanding.

There are two sides to this sheet. They can be found here...
Daily Number Work (page 1)

Daily Number Work (page 2)

I hope you enjoy!