Rethink Morning Work with S.T.E.A.M.

Let's be Franco

The students walk into class, unpack their bags only to find ANOTHER white mindless worksheet on their desk. What if there was a way to rethink Morning Work to be more engaging and encourage students to delve right in to higher level thinking when they walk through the door? 

I was feeling overwhelmed by the management of morning work that my students were doing. It never failed that there were  students that rushed through the worksheet to talk to their friends, students that came in late and barely had time to even get started, and students that never finished the morning work. Then I took a step back and started to think, Is what they are doing worthwhile? Am I just giving the students worksheets to fill time before the "real" academics started?

Also, there is only so much precious time in the day. I felt like other teachers were implementing S.T.E.A.M. activities in their classes to engage students and my thought was always, How do you find the time!?

So that brings me to rethinking morning work. Here was the checklist of what I wanted...
- Give the students the choice to work together or alone.
- Engage students in high interest topics.
- Introduce topics that weren't covered in our curriculum. 
- Include topics for every learner. 
- Integrate S.T.E.A.M. in a way that did not require a lot of materials or prep. 

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Here is what I came up with! 
The stations include...

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• Science: Explore - In this station, you can explore the science topics that interest you! Choose something you want to learn more about using these resources.
• Technology: Apply - In this station, you can use your technology skills to animate, code, or explore Google products.
• Engineering: Build - In this station, you will use various manipulatives to design and build different structures.
• Art: Design - In this station, you can use your artistic expression to create a picture. Use these ideas to get your creativity flowing!
• Math: Solve - In this station, you can use your problem solving skills to solve puzzles!
• AND 6 MORE!

Each of the station have options that the students can choose from too!

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This has changed my morning! Students are so excited to begin and create. They love sharing their projects too! For complete preview and directions click HERE.