How do your classroom mornings start? Do kids know what to do, or is it hectic and hassled?
Well, you probably know, or have heard many times, that the key to starting the day right is routine.
And this post will show how morning work printable activities can help you build up a successful classroom morning routine.
Petit travail du matin: French morning work
In language learning, repetition helps students consolidate what you teach them.
So you have to give them many opportunities to work on the same skills over and over.
And it’s also important to spiral through what they have seen before.
With that in mind, I’ve created sets of “petit travail du matin” that:
- kids can complete quickly.
- spiral through previous skills, vocabulary, grammar structures, and more.
- save on paper and copies because each week of exercises will only take up one single sheet of paper (double-sided printing).
- include the same kind of exercises for four weeks so that you’ll only need to explain the exercises once a month, right before starting a new set.
- is NOT seasonal, so you can use it anytime of the year. For example, let’s say you need to skip a week for whatever reason, you can get back to where you stopped. You could also get a new student in the middle of the year and have she/he work on the exercises from the first set on.
The exercises are the same for four weeks and then they change for the following four weeks.
Some of the skills and content your students will be working on are: vocabulary, phonics (from letter sounds to complex sounds, depending on the grade level), grammar in context, reading comprehension, writing, and more.
There are matching exercises, fill-in-the-blanks (a.k.a. cloze activities), multiple choice, prompts, etc.
After a few days of working with these printable worksheets, your students will already know what you expect them to do as soon as they get to the classroom.
These minutes of structured work will help set the tone for the rest of the day.
It might also give you time to complete any tasks you need to do.
Petit travail du matin: teacher-approved
I guess I might be biased when I say how effective, fun, and useful these sheets are.
So I’ll share a few of the reviews teacher-buyers have left on TpT:
Victoria L. said: “I have just started using this product and my students are loving it. The students look forward to their tasks at the start of the class..[I]t frees me up to check in with students and get the class started!”
Elizabeth A. said: “(…) Love how they can do this independently and that it gets more difficult as the year progresses.”
Melissa D. said: “I was looking for a (…) resource for bell work and finally found it with this! I love that the whole week is on one sheet so there is less paper. The activities are great for reviewing a variety of concepts while also building vocabulary and writing. Will definitely be recommending to others.”
There are bundles of worksheets for Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3.
Each grade bundle has 10 monthly sets so, for example, the Grade 1 bundle includes 10 sets, the Grade 2 bundle another 10 sets, and so on.
Now maybe you teach a mixed-grade classroom, e.g. Grades 1-2, and that’s why I’ve also created multi-grade bundles.
Check them out by clicking the links below:
- Grades 1, 2 & 3 (includes 30 sets total)
- Grades 1 & 2 (includes 20 sets total)
- Grades 2 & 3 (includes 20 sets total)
- Grade 1 (includes 10 sets total)
- Grade 2 (includes 10 sets total)
- Grade 3 (includes 10 sets total)
Any questions about the “petit travail du matin”?
Send me a message: lucy@forfrenchimmersion.com
Thank you for your interest!
Merci!
Lucy
