I cannot believe it is already November!! I decided I wanted to focus today's post on the "scheduling" aspect in a 1st grade classroom. This was always something I wondered about coming into the room. I was curious if certain subjects were always at the same time, if some subjects were taught everyday or just some, if there was allotted time on the schedule for each subject, etc. What I have learned after being in the classroom for over 10 weeks now is that how you schedule your elementary classroom is up to you and each teacher has their own method. I like the schedule my co-op has. She has times for each subject, as I will show below. However, I have more importantly learned in my 10 weeks that this schedule is 100% flexible. I don't think there has been a single day where we begin each subject at the start time on the schedule. AND THAT IS OKAY!! The time frames give a rough estimate of when you should wrap one thing up to prepare for the next. Other teachers in the school don't even use times on their schedule, they just list the subjects in order that they will be completed. For some people they don't want to have the feeling of being done with something too early or running over time with one activity. Everyone has their own preference. Personally, I like the idea of having times. It allows me to gauge if we are on track to complete everything for the day or if we will have some catching up to do. Here is what a Monday looks like in first grade...
7:40- Unpack
8:00- Morning Meeting
8:15- Whole Group (Phonics, Spelling, English)
8:45- Technology
9:35- Snack
9:45- Reading Centers
10:10- Music
11:00- Reading Centers
11:30- Recess/Lunch
12:15- Drink/Bathroom
12:20- Read Aloud
12:45- Math (and Math Warm-up)
1:20- Kid-Writing
2:00- Religion
2:35- Pack Up
Each day's schedule is a little different. There is always Morning Meeting, Whole Group, Reading Centers, Math and Religion. There is at least one special each day (some days there are two). The three days without a second special the class does Handwriting. Kid- Writing is done Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Science is done on Tuesday and Social Studies is done on Thursdays. This gives the students and teacher a little change each day and it also allows for a variety of subjects to be covered.
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