A Day in My Shoes

Miss Klohn at Adventures of a 6th Grade Teacher is having a linky party and I am joining in!

5:45 Alarm goes off....go back to sleep until next alarm goes off.

6:00  Phone alarm goes off....reluctantly get out of bed, take a shower, and get ready to go.

6:45 Grab fruit of some kind, lunch bag, and schoolbag

6:50 Arrive at Starbucks (if it is Monday or Tuesday...teaching partner gets SB on Thursday & Friday)

7:00 Arrive at school.

-unpack stuff

-get morning work ready

-turn on scentsy and lamps

-quick check Pinterest for any last minute ideas

7:25 Last chance for bathroom break.  Review plans for the day

7:35....7:35!  Is anyone really awake and ready for school at this time?  

Bell rings for student arrival.

-Students work on morning work

7:50 Gather on carpet for Circle of Friends

8:10 Reader's Workshop--Daily 5 Sessions

9:15 Recess

-get a snack

-check mailbox for messages from office, or things that need to be sent home

9:30 Reading Round-Up (All students are leveled for 30 minutes of reading instruction.  This is specifically to give intervention to our struggling readers, however all kids participate.)  

I teach the "beyond" readers.  We are currently working on non-fiction text features

10:00 Social Studies/Writing work

10:40 PE/Music/Library depending on the day

11:10 Lunch Recess

11:55 Pick up Chickadees, from recess

12:00 Math (Classes switch for math...struggling math kiddos all together.  High and mediums mixed together)

12:50 Read-Aloud:  Currently reading The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.

1:00 Writer's Workshop

1:45 Circle of Friends--we celebrate the day.

2:00 Dismissal

2:10 Wave to buses as they pull away from school.

2:11 Check with Extended Day and see if 3-4 students want to sharpen pencils, put books back in library, any other odd classroom type jobs.... (Extended Day is a daycare offered through the district, I have six kids who go everyday and a couple of them love staying in the classroom, instead of daycare.)

2:12 Get a diet Pepsi

-check in with other teachers

-figure out tomorrow

-check Pinterest

-blog stalk

-read and respond to e-mail/phone messages

-put away clutter gathered from day

-blog stalk

-possibly post a new blogpost

-get ready for next day's reading conferences....book suggestions, strategy suggestions....

-correct today's work

-blog stalk

-check Pinterest

between 4:30 and 6 (depending on the day) Go Home

6:00

-eat dinner

-read a little

-watch last night's Jimmy Fallon

-check to see if anything is on tv

-read

-blog stalk

11:00 tell myself to stop reading and go to bed

12:00 actually go to bed

Confession of a binge sleeper.....little bits of sleep each night, then make it all up on the weekend....really bad habit, I know!

That's my day! 

Laurie @ Chickadee Jubilee