Definition of Seatwork

1. Noun. (American English) schoolwork done by students sitting at their desks during schooltime ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seatwork

1. work done at one's seat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seatwork

seating
seating area
seating capacity
seating room
seatings
seatless
seatlike
seatmate
seatmates
seatrain
seatrains
seatrout
seatrouts
seats
seats of government
seatwork (current term)
seatworks
seatworm
seatworms
seave
seaven
seaventh
seaves
seavy
seawall
seawalls
seawan
seawand
seawans
seawant

Literary usage of Seatwork

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Applied Arithmetic: The Three Essentials by Nels Johann Lennes, Frances Jenkins (1920)
"... 00 Writing : 20 seatwork : 30 Spelling : 45 Recess : 00 Reading : 20 Drawing and Handwork : 30 Games and 11 : 10-11 : 30 seatwork ORAL EXERCISES Songs. ..."

2. Applied Arithmetic: The Three Essentials by Nels Johann Lennes, Frances Jenkins (1920)
"... Handwork : 30 Games and 11 : 10-11 : 30 seatwork ORAL EXERCISES Songs. 1. Set your toy clock face (see page 63) to show each hour given in this program. ..."

3. Guided Reading Basics: Organizing, Managing and Implementing a Balanced by Lori Rog (2003)
"And I had books full of seatwork to keep the students busy ... For the strong readers, the seatwork exercises were mindless time-fillers and the reading ..."

4. Practice With Purpose: Literacy Work Stations for Grades 3-6by Debbie Diller by Debbie Diller (2005)
"You might have half your students at literacy work stations while the other half are doing seatwork. This will actually cut your seatwork in half ..."

5. The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades by Gail Boushey, Joan Moser (2006)
"Are you using a basal, seatwork, centers, reader's/writer's workshops, or a combination of these? We have found ourselves using all four at one time or ..."

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