K-12 INSTRUCTIONAL TIME SED Minimum Requirement Content
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K-12 INSTRUCTIONAL TIME Level Elementary Grades K-2 Middle School Grade 6 Middle School Grades 7-8 NYC Recommendation Periods/Minutes per Week SED Minimum Requirement Minutes per Week ELA 5 60-minute periods/300 minutes Math 5 60 minute periods/300 minutes Science 3 periods/135 minutes Social Studies 3 periods/135 minutes ELA 5 75-minute periods/375 minutes Math 5 75-minute periods/375 minutes Science 4 periods/180 minutes Social Studies 4 periods/180 minutes ELA 5 75-minute periods/375 minutes Math 5 75-minute periods/375 minutes Science 5 periods/225 minutes Social Studies 5 periods/225 minutes ELA 5 75-minute periods/375 minutes 180 minutes/week Math 5 75-minute periods/375 minutes 180 minutes/week Science 5 periods/225 minutes 180 minutes/week Social Studies 5 periods/225 minutes 180 minutes/week ELA Math High School 10 periods/week for level 1 and 2 students 180 minutes/week for level 3 and 4 students Three years instruction required: for level 1 and 2 students,10 periods/week in ninth grade or two years instruction in Integrated Algebra, and a third year of math instruction at 5 periods/week; for level 3 and 4 students, 5 periods/week NOT SPECIFIED Elementary Grades 3-5 Content Area 180 minutes/week 180 minutes/week for three years Science 180 minutes/week plus one lab period each week for three years 180 minutes/week plus one lab period per week for three years Social Studies 180 minutes/week 180 minutes/week NOTES: Periods are 45 minutes long unless noted. 21st Century Technology skills should be integrated into classroom instruction in all grades. New York State guidelines for provision of Academic Intervention Services for students achieving below grade level are available at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/top/AISQAweb.pdf. For Academic Intervention resources developed by the NYC DOE, access our website at http://schools.nyc.gov/StudentSupport/AcademicInterventionServices/default.htm. For more information on SED requirements, see SED website Part 100 Commissioner’s Regulations relating to General Ed. and Diploma Requirements: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/part100/pages/pt100index.html. K-12 INSTRUCTIONAL TIME Level Content Area Arts Elementary Grades K-2 Health Library Phys. Ed. Arts Elementary Grades 3-5 Health Library Phys. Ed. Middle School Grade 6 Grade 3: 186 hours per year Grade 4 & 5: 93 hours per year Not specified 3-5 hours per month for library instruction; weekly checkout time 5 days/week grade 3; 3 times/week grades 4-5/120 minutes/week 93 hours per year Health 5 days per week for one semester 5-10 periods per semester for library instruction (integrated with classroom curriculum); Open access for checkout and research 3 times per week/120 minutes per week Library SED Minimum Requirement SED recommendation: Kindergarten: integrate arts in class instruction; Grade 1 & 2: 186 hours per year Not specified Not specified 5 days/120 minutes per week SED recommendation: Grade 3: 186 hours per year Grade 4 & 5: 93 hours per year Not specified Not specified 5 days/week grade 3; 3 times/week grades 4-5/120 minutes/week SED recommendation: 93 hours per year 5 days per week for one semester Not specified 3 times per week/120 minutes per week Arts 55 hours per year 55 hours per year Health 5 days per week for one semester 18 periods per semester for library instruction (integrated with classroom curriculum); open access for checkout and research 3 times/week in 1 semester; 2 times/week in other semester/120 minutes/week 5 days per week for one semester Arts 108 hours per year 108 hours per year Health 5 days/week for one semester 10 periods of library instruction per semester (integrated with classroom curriculum); Open access for checkout and research 3 times/week in 1 semester, 2 times/week in other semester, or daily for seven semesters/120 minutes/week 5 days/week for one semester Library Phys. Ed. High School Kindergarten: Integrate arts in class instruction; Grade 1 & 2: 186 hours per year Not specified 2-3 hours per month for library instruction; weekly checkout time 5 days/120 minutes per week Arts Phys. Ed. Middle School Grades 7-8 NYC Recommendation Library Phys. Ed. One period/week 3 times/ week in 1 semester; 2 times/week in other semester/120 minutes/ week Not specified 3 times/week in 1 semester, 2 times/ week in other semester, or daily for seven semesters/120 minutes/ week
