Approximate AM Time Approximate PM Time Posted Schedule for Students Focus of this portion of our day 8:30-8:45 11:30 –11:35 Sign In/Arrival   11:35 – 11:50 11:35 – 11:50 Recess   11:50 – 11:55 11:50 – 11:55 Restrooms   11:55 – 12:10 11:55 – 12:10 Lunch   12:10 – 12:30 12:10 – 12:30 Quiet Rest/Quiet Activities This is a quiet activity time that starts with students writing/drawing on small wipe off boards or purely resting and then (later in the semester) switches to a quiet activity time with 3-4 activities that rotate throughout the week. (computers; writing/listening; book baskets/coloring sheets; lacing cards/building with small blocks). Quiet transition activities after recess and lunchtime to give students some rest time and to prepare them to focus again   12:30 – 12:40 12:30 – 12:40 Good Rester's Club/Sharing   8:45-8:50 12:40-12:45 Kindness Pledge/Schedule   8:50-9:20 12:45 – 1:10 Listening  (3 days per week)   Math Tubs / Number Journals (2 days per week) Phonemic Awareness hearing/recognizing rhyme matching pictures/words that start with the same sound identifying whether a sound is heard at the beginning,  middle, or end of a word listening and clapping the number of syllables heard in a word Listening/Following Directions following 1-2 step directions without repetition needed recognizing the difference between a direction and a comment or question Math rote counting and 1 to 1 correspondence numeral recognition and writing concepts of numerals and sets 9:20-9:25 1:10 – 1:15 Restrooms   9:25-9:55 1:15 – 1:45 Read/Write/Sing Shared Reading (with  traditional stories, predictable big books, & manipulative charts/poems) modeling of left to right and word by word matching building prediction, inference skills enjoyment and participation in reading with a high level  of support building a sense of story expanding vocabulary finding letters and sounds in context Interactive Writing opportunities to hear sounds in words and connect with letters beginning to attend to concepts of print (spacing, capitalization, punctuation) beginning summarizing skills (We often write about the shared reading story) Acting Out/Retelling increasing oral language recalling sequence of the story reviewing story elements (characters, setting, beginning, middle, end) 9:55-10:40 1:45 – 2:30 Small Groups (three rotating small groups) Letter Study Writing Notebooks  Fine Motor daily review of letters and sounds in isolation and in the context of personal/meaningful writing 'stretching' words out and hearing the sounds/connecting  with letters (teacher supported and praise for approximations) improving of cutting and coloring skills 10:40-10-50 Not scheduled daily in the PM due to time restrictions Author's Chair- daily sharing of students' written work oral sharing of ideas 10:50-11:10 2:30 – 2:50 ABC Centers (4 small groups  given 2 center choices that they must do in order and is self paced) Literacy Centers to increase letter/sound knowledge, listening skills, oral language expression, rhyme, letter formation, cooperation, etc. 11:10-11:20 2:50 – 3:00 Story Reading Aloud (The stories often relate to the shared reading story so that students can compare versions of the same story, make connections between stories, and build additional background knowledge.) reading for enjoyment 11:20-11:30 Not scheduled daily in the PM due to time restrictions Review Games review of letters/sounds/rhyme/address/etc. 12:40-12:45 3:00 – 3:10 AM Prep for afternoon K classes PM Prep for Home