Prepare materials for students to take home the first day. Avoid potential discipline problems by preparing for assigned seats before students arrive. Assigned seating activities may also be used as a quick assessment tool. Activity should be appropriate for grade level. Make two sets of alphabet cards.
Upper case letters on one set and lower case letters on second set.
Take one set and lay out a card at each seat. As students come through the door on first day, give them one card from the second set. Students must find the matching card and sit at that seat. Other card sets may include pictures of beginning letter sounds, antonyms, synonyms, addition facts, subtraction facts, multiplication, division, etc. Continue to follow the same procedure as above for distributing the cards.