Classroom+Schedule

__**Kindergarten Classroom Schedule: (First 6 Weeks) **__

Gross Motor Tech Time ||
 * 8:00-8:15 || Family Time ||
 * 8:15-8:30 || Bathroom (Mini lesson/demonstration ||
 * 8:30-9:30 || Exploration (Self-Directed Learning) ||
 * 9:30-10:00 || Look in a Book (or Write) ||
 * 10:00-10:30 || Write (or Look in a Book) ||
 * 10:30-11:00 || Fine Motor
 * 11:00-11:05 || Bathroom ||
 * 11:05-11:30 || Recess ||
 * 11:31-12:00 || Lunch ||
 * 12:00-12:30 || ESOL ||
 * 12:30-12:40 || Calendar ||
 * 12:40-12:50 || Tech Time (Math Videos) ||
 * 12:50-1:00 || Group Instruction ||
 * 1:00-1:30 || Math Centers ||
 * 1:30-2:10 || Specials ||
 * 2:15 || Dismissal ||

This classroom is taught with two different teachers. For the first part of the day, 8:00-11:15, the class has a montessori approach, or "self-directed" learning. So, during the "exploration" time, the students get to choose what they want to learn for that day. The teacher monitors what the students choose to make sure they are not choosing the same things every day. If the teacher decides the students are picking the same things, she dictates what she wants them to work on. This part of the day is different than the second part of the day because the second part of the day is with a different teacher and it is not "self-directed" learning. This part of the day is taught in centers where the students are free to talk while they are working and learning. There is a separate teacher for each center, including: me, the teacher, and a paraprofessional. So the students are getting a lot of group instruction.

__** First Grade: Second Six Weeks: **__

This classroom is very organized so there are a lot of small groups going on. The transition from group to group is very quick and goes smoothly every time. The math in this classroom is taught differently than most classes. It is taught more in a small group setting instead of whole group. The students are very involved and encouraged to talk freely as long as they are talking about the subject they are working on.
 * 7:15- 7:45 || Arrival/ Breakfast/ Morning Procedures ||
 * 7:45-8:00 || Calendar ||
 * 8:00-9:00 || Math ||
 * 9:00-9:30 || S-Time ||
 * 9:30-10:15 || Daily Five (Small-Group/ Reading) ||
 * 10:15-10:19 || Wash Up for Lunch ||
 * 10:19-10:49 || Lunch ||
 * 10:50-11:00 || Read Aloud/ Bathroom ||
 * 11:00-11:15 || Sight Words ||
 * 11:15-11:35 || Daily 5 ||
 * 11:35-12:00 || Comprehension ||
 * 12:00-12:10 || Phonics ||
 * 12:10-12:45 || Writing ||
 * 12:45-1:30 || Specials ||
 * 1:30-2:00 || Recess ||
 * 2:00-2:15 || Pack up/ Bathroom/ Water ||
 * 2:15 || Dismissal ||