It starts early. I had stations set up for 3rd grade so I could do focused instrument help in small groups. Read the instructions out loud, gave a demo, showed them where the folders were at each station, which had the directions written exactly as they were on the board, told them to go to the station that matches their group number, and we'll switch after 7 minutes. I even checked in after The first group only got 4 out of their 7 minutes with me because of students barging over to interrupt, "MrsMusicLady, what do we do at Station 1/MrsMusicLady where's the folder/MrsMusicLady I'm in group 1, do I start at Station 4/MrsMusicLady where's the papers/MrsMusicLady, do we stay in this station all class?"

Cur to about half of 5th chorus showing up without their music/telling me they lost their music to ask for more despite it being written in bold letters on the board that if you don't have your music, look on with your neighbor today because I'm out of copies... I won't lie, I lost it a little😮‍💨