Put a Time Limit on Warm Ups
Or Do-Nows, if you call them that.
Setting a timer tells a students that you're serious about them not dawdling. It also helps you all get on track. You have x amount of time to check HW, they have that time to do the WU, you can quickly go over it and lead into the lesson.
In single-period classes last year, I didn't do this until the end of the year, and found that 10 minutes can sometimes be wasted.
NOTE: It's not a waste of time if they don't understand and you have to explain the WU concept or answer it in detail.
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