A 10 minute mini-lesson is totally doable though! Especially in the afternoon class, because you'll have already taught that EXACT same lesson in the morning and you'll probably be better at teaching it the second time (at least that's what I remember from teaching half-day in prior years).įor my 10 minute shared reading lesson, we do the alphabet chart each day, and then usually just work on one poem or big book per week (although depending on the length of the big book and poem, sometimes you can do both). You'll notice that lots of things on my schedule only get 10 minutes.
My half-day students will be going to first grade with kids that have been in full-day kindergartens so they need to spend lots of time on literacy and math each day so that they aren't behind. The most important thing for me as I made my schedule was that I carve out big chunks of time EVERY day for the kids to have guided reading and centers (45 minutes), writing workshop (30 minutes), and math (30 minutes). class because it looks pretty much exactly the same, I just do everything all over again with my afternoon class from 12:20-3:25 p.m. Class)Ĩ:45 Arrival and Seatwork (handwriting practice or independent reading from book boxes)ĩ:00 Shared Reading (alphabet chart, poems & big books)ĩ:10 Writing Workshop (mini-lesson, independent writing, and then sharing)ĩ:40 Guided Reading Groups & Literacy Centers (three 15-minute rotations)ġ0:40 Specials (art/music/P.E./technology classes)ġ1:05 Math (10 minutes each for: calendar, math lesson in workbook, and 1 math station)ġ1:35 Theme work (quick science/social studies activity or read aloud) Putting together my daily schedule for this coming school year has been a bit of a nightmare since I am going back to teaching half-day kindergarten after a year of teaching full-day. Three hours is just not long enough to squeeze everything in! I am waiting for the day my school district decides to do away with half-day for good! I know some of you other half-day teachers were interested in my schedule, so here is what I'm planning for this year:
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