Daily ScheduleIn the next section you will find my revised schedule for the 2006-2007 school year. The biggest change is that early in the 2005-2006 school year I changed the first free choice time to Game Time. I feel this is the most beneficial activity in my classroom. Social skills are refined, attention span is increased and a lot of reasoning and logic takes place. Besides that, it is so much fun!!! I also do the calendar right after lunch and recess now. That changed when I added the Calendar Book last year.
9:12 Kids Arrive or Later in the year M, W, F - Journal Writing Day 3- 9:30 Guidance
9:35-10:50 Literacy/Writing Block
10:50-11:15 Game Time 11:15 - 11:23 Lunch Prep- bathroom break and wash hands
Mrs. B is in charge until 12:45
11:40 or 11:45 - 12:15 Getting dressed for recess and recess 12:10 - 12:15 Wash hands and bathroom break
12:20 - 12:45 Rest Time - Until December (or PBS video M, W, F) 12:45- 1:05 Calendar- Kids have their own Calendar Book to do during this time
1:05 - 2:10 Songs and Math Instruction Day 5- 1:40 Library
2:10 - 2:35 Snack and Choice Time
2:35 - 2:45 Structured Sharing -
2:45 - 3:05 Computer lab-once a week (if possible) 3:05 - 3:30 Songs, Books, Additional theme teaching
3:30 Closing Activities- Get Ready to Go Home
Many of you have asked for a sample of what my daily schedule looks like. This is a rough sketch of my full day kindergarten session schedule.
8:50 - 9:05 Check-in procedures (Check-in question, lunch count,
pocket chart activity, mystery box, etc.) 9:05 - 9:30 Morning Meeting/ Music
9:30-11:05 Literacy/Writing Block
11:05-11:20 Choice Time
Dramatic Play centers with Writing Opportunities 11:15 - 11:20 Lunch Prep- bathroom break and wash hands 11:20 - 11:45 First Semester Lunch 11:20 - 11:40 Second Semester Lunch
11:405 or 11:45 - 12:20 Getting dressed for recess and recess
12:15 - 12:20 Wash hands and bathroom breakv
12:20 - 12:45 Rest Time- Until January
12:45 - 1:05
Transition- Read poem of week and poem of month
1:05 - 1:15 Structured Sharing -
1:25 - 2:10 Songs and Calendar - Math Instruction 2:10 - 2:35 Snack and Choice Time See previous list of Choice Time Activities
2:35 - 3:05 Computer lab - once a week (if possible) 3:05 Closing Activities- Get Ready to Go Home 3:20 Dismissal For both AM and PM Free Choice times - these may be shortened or eliminated depending on Literacy and Math centers for the day I do not have any specialists, so my prep coverage is lunch, recess and then the rest/chapter book time. I have listed some of my favorite teacher resource books for teaching kindergarten below.
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