Weekly Schedule for First Grade Classroom
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:00 Teacher preparation time
8:25 Children arrive, put down chairs, get supplies, work on assignments or read a book.
9:00 Group time. Discuss ongoing projects, introduce new assignments, introduce new materials
or share completed work
9:20 Integrated work time. Children work on individual or group projects. Teacher meets with
small groups or has individual conferences
9:45 Recess
10:00 Book time. Read book or poem to class. Discuss or follow up with an activity.
10:20 Integrated work time. Continue with projects begun earlier or inspired by reading aloud.
10:50 Clean-up. Put away materials, supplies, projects, and assignments in storage areas.
11:00 Sharing. Children share work with class or teacher shares information relevant to the unit.
11:15 Lunch and outdoor play
12:15 Art Music Library Art Music
12:55 Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)* (Teacher conferences with individual children.) Twice a
week children have Buddy Reading* with second graders.
1:35 Group time. Teacher reads aloud or focuses on special activity.
1:55 Recess
2:10 Integrated work time
2:45 Clean-up. Pass out papers. Evaluate the day.
3:00 Dismissal
