Rusty Mondays

I always come in on Monday mornings with a lot of enthusiasm. It's the only day of the week that I can come in having had enough sleep to be firing on all cylinders. All the other days I feel a little bit stupid because of sleep deprivation.
But for some reason, what I gain in enthusiasm and planning and content knowledge, I lose in my classroom management ability. They just walked all over me today.
They also really disappointed me with how disinterested they were in my lecture on Immigration. Half of the them are recent immigrants, but they don't seem to make the connection, or show any interest at all. I know they hate the lecture format, but sometimes it's the only way I know to teach something. I don't know a way to make everything into a game, and I get sick of the idea that I should trick them into learning.
Also, I got a chance to go over a basic reading level test that they took at the beginning of the year. It explained everything about some of my students- many of them scored in the kindergarten to second grade level(as fifth graders.)
Several of them were not identified as LD, but clearly need more attention than I can give them. Reading has really got to be my new priority, no matter how much I enjoy social studies. If they can't read, I'm wasting everyone's time!