Twenty quick phonics, number sense, movement, and calendar warm-ups for kindergarten through third grade, adapted from the routines we use in grades 6–12.
Classroom Warm-Ups
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Quick classroom warm-up activities, movement breaks, and first-five-minutes routines for grades 6–12, plus adapted ideas for younger students.
A step-by-step opening routine for grades 6–12, with a minute-by-minute script you can copy and fixes for late arrivals and students who won’t start.
Twenty-five warm-ups that need no copies, no supplies, and no setup, each with a prompt you can project as written and answers where there’s a right one.
Twenty short movement warm-ups students can do beside their desks in a crowded middle or high school room, each with a seated or reduced option so every student can join in.
Twenty quick, age-respectful warm-ups for grades 6–12 that feel like a challenge, not a party game, and each one still teaches something.
Thirty quick warm-ups for middle and high school, sorted into five types, with how to run them, sample prompts, answer keys, and how they differ from bell ringers.