One of the things I've become grateful for as I read posts from folks around the country is that we have school from 8:00 to 3:15 every day. You still can't get everything in you need, but it's better than some. I look at the school schedules in Oregon where my friend teaches and I'm amazed by how little the kids go to school! We do go many fewer days than other districts, though. We're currently at 182.
> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 08:29:39 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]; understand@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: Re: [Understand] > Schedules> > We have 65 minutes for math, 30 minutes each day for social > studies and 30 minutes for science in the intermediate grades. Special area > classes are 40 minutes daily. We start school at 8:55 and end at 3:30. It is > tight, but it all fits.> > > Jennifer Palmer> Reading Specialist, National > Board Certified Teacher> FLES- Lead the discovery, Live the learning, Love > the adventure.> "Children grow into the intellectual life around them."> > -Vygotsky> > > ________________________________> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on > behalf of suzie herb> Sent: Mon 11/3/2008 7:18 PM> To: Special Chat List for > To Understand: New Horizons in ReadingComprehension> Subject: Re: > [Understand] Schedules> > > > Jennifer we have been told 70 minutes for math > and an hour for reading daily so where do you fit in Science, Social Studies > and everything in the day? I am finding it impossible.> > --- On Tue, > 4/11/08, Palmer, Jennifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > From: Palmer, > Jennifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: Re: [Understand] Schedules> To: > "Special Chat List for "To Understand: New Horizons in Reading > Comprehension"" <understand@literacyworkshop.org>> Received: Tuesday, 4 > November, 2008, 9:54 AM> > We have in grades 4-5 70 minutes for reading, and > 45 minutes for writing plus 30> minutes for SSR and 10 minutes or so daily > for spelling. I don't think you> have enough time to do it all in 60 > minutes.> > If you can integrate more reading into the content areas that > would help...> > > Jennifer Palmer> Reading Specialist, National Board > Certified Teacher> FLES- Lead the discovery, Live the learning, Love the > adventure.> "Children grow into the intellectual life around them."> > -Vygotsky> > > > > From: Mike & Margo Grace> Sent: Mon 11/3/2008 4:38 PM> To: > understand@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: Re: [Understand] Schedules> > > > Hello!> This is my first post and I want to start by saying THANK YOU to > everyone> who has been adding to the discussion. I am loving it all.> > I am > a former Reading Recovery Teacher who has been "transferred"> this year> to a > job as literacy coach/ teacher leader for grades 3 and 4. So I am kind> of > new to all of this.> > I am really very interested in how you are finding > time to get in all the> necessary literacy pieces. I read from Beverlee:> > I > do a combination of things because we are Reading First. We can't do> > writer's workshop or spelling during reading time. I do teach strategies> > with the core and with read alouds. I also use The Daily 5 to help with> > independent reading habits. It is awesome and powerful. Students do become> > independent. I have flexible groups and use workstations. I think when I> > used to use centers, it was busy work (worksheets). Now I use Debbie> > Diller's workstations and make sure it is purposeful. Kids do like to be up> > and about. I have 8 different stations each week and it really works - kids> > are engaged and a lot of reading does go on. My independent reading time is> > separate from the 90 minute block. Writing is also separate.> > > I don't see > how it can all fit in a day. Unfortunately the 3rd and 4th> grade teachers in > my school are now departmentalized. One teacher for> Langue Arts one for Math > and one for Science and Social Studies. The> Reading Block is an hour and > there is an additional 45 minutes for a writing> block. Can anyone share with > me how you are making this work?> > Thanks, Margo> > > > > > _______________________________________________> Understand mailing list> > Understand@literacyworkshop.org> > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org> > _______________________________________________> Understand mailing list> > Understand@literacyworkshop.org> > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org> > > > > Search 1000's of available singles in your area at the new Yahoo!7 > Dating. Get Started http://au.dating.yahoo.com/?cid=53151&pid=1011> > _______________________________________________> Understand mailing list> > Understand@literacyworkshop.org> > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org> > > _________________________________________________________________ Store, manage and share up to 5GB with Windows Live SkyDrive. http://skydrive.live.com/welcome.aspx?provision=1?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_102008 _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list Understand@literacyworkshop.org http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
