I've been busy growing a little baby boy and writing this blog for our son. You can see I'm not so great at updating that either!
So, a few weeks ago, we found out that we would have a mandatory DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time at the end of the day. Well that's all fine and good, but I knew I would have to change my schedule. These are our daily teaching minute requirements:
ELA: 200 minutes
Math: 90 minutes
Science: 40 minutes
S.S.: 40 minutes
Kiddos start rolling into my room at 7:10. School officially starts at 7:30. We have a news program that is supposed to start around that time, but usually doesn't.
Here is what my original schedule looked like:
Monday, Thursday, & Friday
7:10-7:30: Eat breakfast & Complete Morning Work
7:30-7:45: Morning News
7:45-8:00: Morning Meeting & Read Aloud
8:00-9:15: ELA: Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, & Writing
9:15-10:00: Guided Reading & Centers
10:05-10:45: Special Area
10:50-11:25: Social Studies
11:25-12:00: Science
12:05-12:50: Lunch & Recess
12:55-2:10: Math
2:10-2:20: Pack Up, Clean Up, & Dismissal
Tuesday
7:10-7:30: Eat breakfast & Complete Morning Work
7:30-7:45: Morning News
7:45-8:00: Morning Meeting & Read Aloud
8:00-9:15: ELA: Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, & Writing
9:15-10:00: Guided Reading & Centers
10:05-10:45: Special Area
10:50-12:00: Social Studies
12:05-12:50: Lunch & Recess
12:55-2:10: Math
2:10-2:20: Pack Up, Clean Up, & Dismissal
Wednesday
7:10-7:30: Eat breakfast & Complete Morning Work
7:30-7:45: Morning News
7:45-8:00: Morning Meeting & Read Aloud
8:00-9:15: ELA: Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, & Writing
9:15-10:00: Guided Reading & Centers
10:05-10:45: Special Area
10:50-12:00: Garden Classroom {Science}
12:05-12:50: Lunch & Recess
12:55-2:10: Math
2:10-2:20: Pack Up, Clean Up, & Dismissal
A couple of issues with this schedule:
- Not enough time for Math. It has me ending at 2:10, but that's not happening. Y'all we are dismissing AT 2:10. So I have to stop no later than 2:00 and that's STILL pushing it for us being ready to leave at 2:00
- Not enough time for Science & S.S.
- I rarely started at 8:00
- I had no time for Find It, Fix It!
So, when I found out we had to have DEAR, I knew I would have to move math. My plan is to have students packed up and ready to go BEFORE DEAR starts. That means I am going to have to stop teaching no later than 1:40.
So, since DEAR is ELA related, I am going to need to cut out 20 minutes of my ELA block. I hate to do it especially since I'm barely fitting it all in as it is, but I don't see any other option.
So, what would you do? This is what I'm thinking:
Monday, Thursday, & Friday
7:10-7:30: Eat breakfast & Complete Math Morning Work
7:30-7:45: Morning News
7:45-8:00: Morning Meeting & Bathroom Break (NO read aloud)
8:00-8:50: ELA: Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, & Writing
8:50-9:40: Guided Reading & Centers
9:40-10:00: Math Message & Mental Math
10:05-10:45: Special Area
10:50-12:00: Math (Possibly with centers)
12:05-12:50: Lunch & Recess
12:55-1:40: Science & S.S.
1:40-1:45: Pack Up
1:45-2:05: DEAR
2:05-2:10: Find It, Fix It, Raffle, Dismissal
Tuesday
7:10-7:30: Eat breakfast & Complete Math Morning Work
7:30-7:45: Morning News
7:45-8:00: Morning Meeting & Bathroom Break (NO read aloud)
8:00-8:50: ELA: Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, & Writing
8:50-9:40: Guided Reading & Centers
9:40-10:00: Math Message & Mental Math
10:05-10:45: Special Area
10:50-12:00: Math (Possibly with centers)
12:05-12:50: Lunch & Recess
12:55-1:40: S.S.
1:40-1:45: Pack Up
1:45-2:05: DEAR
2:05-2:10: Find It, Fix It, Raffle, Dismissal
Monday, Thursday, & Friday
7:10-7:30: Eat breakfast & Complete Math Morning Work
7:30-7:45: Morning News
7:45-8:00: Morning Meeting & Bathroom Break (NO read aloud)
8:00-8:50: ELA: Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, & Writing
8:50-9:40: Guided Reading & Centers
9:40-10:00: Math Message & Mental Math
10:05-10:45: Special Area
10:50-12:00: Garden Classroom {Science}
12:05-12:50: Lunch & Recess
12:55-1:40: Math
1:40-1:45: Pack Up
1:45-2:05: DEAR
2:05-2:10: Find It, Fix It, Raffle, Dismissal
The only problem with this schedule is not enough time for Science & S.S. Plus, there's not enough time for Math on Wednesdays due to Garden Classroom.
So what do you think? What would you do?
I really appreciate the help and insight, especially since I've been SO absent lately. Hope your year is going well. I have quite the class this year so that has kept me busy as well.
7:10-7:30: Eat breakfast & Complete Math Morning Work
7:30-7:45: Morning News
7:45-8:00: Morning Meeting & Bathroom Break (NO read aloud)
8:00-8:50: ELA: Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, & Writing
8:50-9:40: Guided Reading & Centers
9:40-10:00: Math Message & Mental Math
10:05-10:45: Special Area
10:50-12:00: Math (Possibly with centers)
12:05-12:50: Lunch & Recess
12:55-1:40: Science & S.S.
1:40-1:45: Pack Up
1:45-2:05: DEAR
2:05-2:10: Find It, Fix It, Raffle, Dismissal
Tuesday
7:10-7:30: Eat breakfast & Complete Math Morning Work
7:30-7:45: Morning News
7:45-8:00: Morning Meeting & Bathroom Break (NO read aloud)
8:00-8:50: ELA: Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, & Writing
8:50-9:40: Guided Reading & Centers
9:40-10:00: Math Message & Mental Math
10:05-10:45: Special Area
10:50-12:00: Math (Possibly with centers)
12:05-12:50: Lunch & Recess
12:55-1:40: S.S.
1:40-1:45: Pack Up
1:45-2:05: DEAR
2:05-2:10: Find It, Fix It, Raffle, Dismissal
Monday, Thursday, & Friday
7:10-7:30: Eat breakfast & Complete Math Morning Work
7:30-7:45: Morning News
7:45-8:00: Morning Meeting & Bathroom Break (NO read aloud)
8:00-8:50: ELA: Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, & Writing
8:50-9:40: Guided Reading & Centers
9:40-10:00: Math Message & Mental Math
10:05-10:45: Special Area
10:50-12:00: Garden Classroom {Science}
12:05-12:50: Lunch & Recess
12:55-1:40: Math
1:40-1:45: Pack Up
1:45-2:05: DEAR
2:05-2:10: Find It, Fix It, Raffle, Dismissal
The only problem with this schedule is not enough time for Science & S.S. Plus, there's not enough time for Math on Wednesdays due to Garden Classroom.
So what do you think? What would you do?
I really appreciate the help and insight, especially since I've been SO absent lately. Hope your year is going well. I have quite the class this year so that has kept me busy as well.
