A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR FIRST GRADE DAY
OPENING ACTIVITIES: 15-20 MINUTES A DAY
Teacher:
Students:
-greet students at the east outside doors
-have a student hold the inside door as the rest of the class walks to
the classroom
-read hot lunch menu (hanging on classroom door)
-take attendance and breakfast/lunch count
(Record this in Power School/computer)
-greet the teacher
-enter the first grade classroom
-go to his/her desk
-place backpack/schoolbag on the floor by his/her desk;
-take out folder, book bag, cold lunch, etc;
place these items on his/her desk
-take backpack/schoolbag and line up at the classroom door (star rug)
-walk to lockers (down the hall by the Kindergarten Classroom)
-place backpack/school bag on top shelf of locker; hang clothing
on hooks; place shoes/boots on the bottom
-stand sideways beside their lockers
-return to the classroom when everyone is ready/when teacher tells
them
-return to their desks
-check folder for notes/papers/etc, these should be placed in teacher’s
mailbox/blue tray;
-exchange books in book bags
-place folder and bookbag in their mailbox (folder on bottom,
bookbag on top)
-vote/question of the day
-sit on half circle carpet/ready for the day
WHOLE GROUP-CLASSROOM MEETING/MORNING MESSAGE
-students share something about themselves; discuss the day;
read and discuss a poem; recite Pledges; Brain Gym Act;
Relaxation Activity
ELA/READING WORKSHOP
5-7 minutes: Whole Group Focus Mini Lesson
10-15 minutes: Student Independent/Private Reading/CONFERENCING
1-3 minutes: Mid-Workshop Lesson
10-15 minutes: Partner Reading/CONFERENCING
5-7 minutes: Sharing Time (“What went well?”)
RECESSES:
2 15 minute breaks a day of supervised outdoor activities on the east
playground (indoor activities when weather prohibits being outside)
MILK/SNACK BREAK: 10-15 minutes daily
MATH/CALENDAR ACTIVITES:
*INVESTIGATIONS
-calendar (days of the week, months of the year, yesterday-today-tomorrow)
-patterning/sorting
-ordinal numbers
-tell time (o’clock and half past)
-recognize and write numbers 0-100/use a number line and hundreds chart
-recognize what a set is/understand counting, more/less, greater/less, same/equal
-geometry; 2 and 3 dimensional shapes
-count by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s
-place value
-money and it’s value(penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar)
-measurement (length, units, inches, centimeters, weight, pounds, kilograms,
capacity, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, liters)
-fractions
-addition and subtraction facts up to 20/related facts/fact families
-solve story/word problems
ELA/INTERACTIVE THINK/READ ALOUD
LUNCH: 15-20 minutes daily
ELA and/or computer lab time
READ ALOUD (chapter book)
HANDWRITING songs, brain activities/crossovers, “Handwriting Without Tears”
PHONICS
WORD WORKS/WORD STUDY
COMPUTER LAB:
-ESSENTIAL SKILLS-SUPER PHONICS AND MEASUREMENT GRADE ONE;
INVESTIGATIONS/SHAPES;
MUSIC: Mrs. Twogood
PHY. ED.: Mrs. Kussy
TEAM TIME/INTERVENTION
-guided reading groups
-individual conferences
-assessments
-ipads and/or computers
-working with words
(need to REMEMBER fruit and veggie snack time)
1:50-2:30 ELA/WRITING WORKSHOP
5-7 minutes: Whole Group Focus Mini Lesson
10-15 minutes: Student Independent Work/CONFERENCING
1-3 minutes: Mid-Workshop Lesson
10-15 minutes: Student Independent/CONFERENCING
5-7 minutes: Sharing Time
SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE/HEALTH:
ART: usually Fridays
CLOSING ACTIVITIES:
Whole group; discuss the day/sequence the day’s
events/reminders and/or announcements
Students: -get mail from mailbox
-take mail to his/her desk
-place mail/papers in his/her folder
-stay standing at their desks until everyone is ready to go
-line up on star rug
-go to lockers
-place folders/mail and book bags in his/her backpack
-put on outdoor clothing
-line up sideways beside their lockers
-tell the teacher where they are going and give the Teacher a
high five or hug
Teacher:
-check mailboxes and lockers—make sure all areas are empty/clean
-assist students that need help
-stand at lockers-dismiss students that are ready to go
-give high fives or hugs as students leave for the day