They aren't perfect and always in their seat when the timer goes off.but it is A LOT better and most are ready when the timer is done! Then, pops up this wonderful idea on Instagram - and I can't for the life of me remember who posted it to give credit for this marvelous idea!īut - it worked! The beat of the music and the thrill of trying to beat the timer has made transitions so much faster and smoother. Then, I had the issue of transitioning during Reader's Workshop taking forever too - they'd walk around getting their mess together for 3-4 minutes and they were losing time and distracting the entire classroom in the process. So, I started timing them and they couldn't see or hear the clock, so that didn't work.
I feel like I've neglected my 's been just over 2 months since my last post - what what?!?! Well, life happened! School got settled down, but my personal life went on a roller coaster so no ideas were flowing and my little ole' blog just got ignored!īut, I'm popping over really quick today to share an idea for classroom transitions that may just help you if your kids take FOREVER to transition.īack in August, my kiddos would take anywhere from 5 to 9 minutes on most days to clean up from Reader's Workshop and it was eating into our lunch time (pun not intended!).
