Classroom Schedules Linky Party

It's been kind of interesting to see many different schedules these past couple of days through Growing Kinder's linky party ... the lack of time for social studies and science, specials classes, and even center time in kindergarten. I know the big push is for reading and math - it just makes me feel very fortunate to be able to have the schedule I have.




I too morph my schedule from year to year to meet the needs of my kiddos. It changed a lot this past year as I spent more time in Daily 5. Towards the end of the year I changed it to Daily 4 and separated out my writing time. Here's what it looks like at this point.

Monday:
8:15-8:30 Come in and unpack
8:30-8:45 Morning work and bathroom
8:45-9:10 Daily 4 mini lesson 1 & choice 1 (8:45-9:30 Kids pulled to resource)
9:10-9:35 Daily 4 mini lesson 2 & choice 2
9:35-9:45 Snack & read aloud
9:45-10:10 Daily 4 mini lesson 3 & choice 3
10:10-10:35 Daily 4 mini lesson 4 & choice 4
10:35-11:15 Writing workshop - in small differentiated groups
11:15-11:40 Bible
11:40-12:10 Lunch
12:10-12:40 Recess
12:40-1:00 Calendar math, math olympics, & bathroom
1:00-2:00 3 rotations of mini lesson, math workstations, & small group instruction
2:00-2:40 Science or Social Studies
2:40-2:55 Class Jobs & pack up
3:00 Dismissal

Tuesday:
8:15-8:30 Come in and unpack
8:30-9:30 Art
9:30-9:45 Snack & Read Aloud
9:45-10:15 PE
10:15-10:40 Daily 4 mini lesson 1, choice 1
10:40-11:05 Daily 4 mini lesson 2, choice 2
11:05-11:30 Daily 4 mini lesson 3, choice 3
(I usually just stretch things out on Tuesdays so we finish our third choice at 11:40)
11:40-12:10 Lunch
12:10-12:40 Recess
12:40-1:00 Calendar math, math olympics, & bathroom
1:00-2:00 3 rotations of mini lesson, math workstations, & small group instruction
2:00-2:40 Science or Social Studies
2:40-2:55 Class Jobs & pack up
3:00 Dismissal

Wednesday:
8:15-8:30 Come in and unpack
8:30-8:45 Morning work and bathroom
8:45-9:10 Daily 4 mini lesson 1 & choice 1 (8:45-9:30 Kids pulled to resource)
9:10-9:35 Daily 4 mini lesson 2 & choice 2
9:35-9:45 Snack & read aloud
9:45-10:10 Daily 4 mini lesson 3 & choice 3
10:10-10:35 Daily 4 mini lesson 4 & choice 4
10:30-11:00 Chapel
11:00-11:40 Writing Workshop - in small differentiated groups
11:40-12:10 Lunch
12:10-12:40 Recess
12:40-1:00 Calendar math, math olympics, & bathroom
1:00-2:00 3 rotations of mini lesson, math workstations, & small group instruction
2:00-2:15 Class Jobs & pack up
2:15-2:55 Music
3:00 Dismissal

Thursday:
8:15-8:30 Come in and unpack
8:30-8:45 Morning work and bathroom
8:45-9:10 Daily 4 mini lesson 1 & choice 1 (8:45-9:30 Kids pulled to resource)
9:10-9:35 Daily 4 mini lesson 2 & choice 2
9:35-9:45 Snack & read aloud
9:45-10:15 PE
10:15-10:40 Daily 4 mini lesson 3 & choice 3
10:40-11:05 Daily 4 mini lesson 4 & choice 4
11:05-11:40 Writing Workshop - w/ small differentiated groups
11:40-12:10 Lunch
12:10-12:40 Recess
12:40-1:00 Calendar math, math olympics, & bathroom
1:00-2:00 3 rotations of mini lesson, math workstations, & small group instruction
2:00-2:40 Science or Social Studies
2:40-2:55 Class Jobs & pack up
3:00 Dismissal

Friday:
8:15-8:30 Come in and unpack
8:30-8:45 Morning work and bathroom
8:45-9:10 Daily 4 mini lesson 1 & choice 1
9:10-9:35 Daily 4 mini lesson 2 & choice 2
9:35-9:45 Snack & read aloud
9:45-10:00 Daily 4 mini lesson 3 & choice 3
10:00-10:30 Friday Readers (retired volunteers from the community come in and read with our kids)
10:30-10:55 Daily 4 mini lesson 4 & choice 4
10:55-11:40 Writing Workshop - work with small differentiated groups
11:40-12:10 Lunch
12:10-12:40 Recess
12:40-1:00 Calendar math, math olympics, & bathroom
1:00-2:00 3 rotations of mini lesson, math workstations, & small group instruction
2:00-2:15 Shortened science or social studies lesson
2:15-2:40 Freetime Friday - free art or games (I hope next year to keep this somewhat related to what we're learning but have it be a time of free expression of what we've been learning.)
2:40-2:55 Class Jobs & pack up
3:00 Dismissal

We also have a computer room and a library in the school that we can use. I'd like to put time in our schedule for these as well. Probably once a week, alternating weeks but I'm not sure where to fit it in at this point. This past year we went to the library every other week on Mondays and got in one less choice time. But I don't feel committed to that. Any thoughts from my followers?