To Do List...Done Number 1...For You and For Me.

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Every teacher has to have a schedule....otherwise you will hear the question, "When are we..........?" over and over again throughout the day.  One of my summer to do's was to remake my schedule pieces.  The "before" are from my first year teaching...10 years ago and I don't know where the original file went.  So I started from scratch.  Phillip Martin has a ginormous collection of clip art, so I knew I would find enough pictures to go with each part of our daily schedule.  And The 3am Teacher, as always has adorable stuff, so I used one of her frames.  Without further ado, here is a before and after:

Before:
They served their purpose well, I lined them up in a pocket chart each day.  The edges have started peeling and all the pieces have faded.

After:

We do not do all of these everyday, or every week for that matter...but you know how students panic if each thing is not on the schedule for the day.   If you would like to use them, click here and then leave a comment.


Happy Wednesday,
 

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