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Our Daily Schedule

Come and take a look at a typical day in Room 2!

 

8:30 Settling In

·         students order lunch

Our Lunch Graph

·         complete their calendar date and pattern

·         select books

·         chat with friends

8:30 - 8:45 Morning Meeting

·       sing “The More We Get Together”

·       calendar

·       morning message

·       "Good Morning Boogie"/greeting

·        shared reading of poems, songs, or 'Big Books'

Our Message Board

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/

morning meeting overview http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/8909over.pdf

http://www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http://www.ascd.org/authors/ed_lead/el200309_kriete.html

 

8:45 - 9:15 Reading Workshop

·         independent reading

·         student conferences

·         share word solving strategies (metacognition)

 

9:15 - 10:15 Guided Reading/Literacy Centers

·         small group reading instruction

·         remainder of students are working in centers

Our Work Board

center signs http://www.preschoolprintables.com/sign/sign.shtml

materials for open ended centers http://www.thepreschoolconnection.com/tic.html

gameboard site for centers http://208.183.128.3/tutorials/gameboard.htm

http://www.geocities.com/tchrmom_99/Kindergarten_Literacy_Centers.html

center ideas http://www.kinderkorner.com/centers.html

 

 

 

 

 

10:15 - 10:30 Read Aloud

·         Author / Genre Studies

·         Comprehension Strategies

10:30 - 11:15 Writing Workshop

·         Modeled Writing / Mini-lesson

·         "Kid writing" Journals / Independent Writing

·         Mini-lessons / Author's Chair

Our Word Wall

Using Our Editing Checklist

11:15 - 12:00 LUNCH and RECESS

12:00 -12:55 Math Workshop

·         Whole group Mimosa Math lesson

·         Independent /or Small Group Activities

·         Reflection

1:45 - 2:15 Social Studies/Science/Word Study

2:15 - 2:30 Math Chat/Class Meeting

·       Conflict resolution

·       Discussion of ongoing projects

·       Change of classroom jobs

·        sing “This Little Light of Mine”

Why class meetings? http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/8134ch01.pdf

community building/class meetings http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/0010ch01.pdf

http://www.passagesmusic.com/thislittlelight.htm

 

2:30 - 2:40 Preparation for dismissal

·         distribute homework folders

2:40 DISMISSAL

 Our special teachers' schedule is as follows:

Mondays - Art (Mrs. McKinnon)

Wednesdays - Music (Mr. Dow)

Thursdays - Physical Education (Mr. Braganca)

Fridays - Library (Ms. Farley)