Transitioning into learning first thing in the morning is difficult for adults. Can you imagine how hard it is for a kindergartner to do the same? Instead of jumping into instruction immediately, try easing your students into learning mode with a daily warm-up that is sure to get their brains ready for the day.

Start your morning routine with one of our interactive activities that center on English language arts and mathematics skills. This spiral review of Grade 1-level standards focuses on learning objectives like:

• CVC word-building
• Spelling and vocabulary
• Punctuation
• Geometry and Measurement
• Telling time
• Number operations

And a lot more!

Display an activity on your interactive whiteboard for students to complete when they enter your class each day and watch their minds wake up.

Scaffolding + Extension Tips 

In addition to morning warm-ups, use this activity any time you need to bring students’ minds back to learning, like after recess, lunch, and independent playtimes.

Students can write their answers in a warm-up journal or a mini dry-erase board.

Above-Level 

Provide the student(s) with our Grade 1 daily warm-up to challenge their skills.

Below-Level

Put students in pairs or teams to complete the activities collaboratively. Alternatively, use our beginning of year Kindergarten warm-up to bring students up to speed.

The activities in this teaching resource vary in complexity and in the time needed to complete them. To ensure you don’t repeat an exercise, change the heading color to red or simply move completed slides to the end of the presentation.

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Easily Prepare This Resource for Your Students

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the PowerPoint, Google Slides, or PDF versions of this teaching presentation. Answer keys are included with slides where applicable.

Project the slides onto a screen and work through them as a class by having students record their answers in their notebooks or mini whiteboards.

Alternatively, print slides use them for:

• Learning centers
• Lesson warm-ups
• End of the day wrap-ups
• Fast finisher activities
• Homework assignments

Don’t stop there! We’ve got more activities to shorten your lesson planning time:  

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