Timely Warm-up?

An elementary school physical educator provided the same structured warm-up each day to (a) help control students, and (b) conserve the time required to explain alternative activities. The standard five-minute warm-up consisted of the following exercises:
1) Stretching
2) Jumping jacks in which students spelled the school name
3) Other calisthenics chosen by the teacher

For one particular class, other school personnel had moved the floor hockey equipment. Since two students needed a few minutes to retrieve the equipment, Teacher 'W' did not want to lose another five minutes for warm-up after waiting for the students to return. Therefore, she skipped warm-up to enable students to begin tournament play sooner.

Consider the merits and shortcomings of the measures taken by the teacher.

You make the call!
Critique

 

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