Big Kids' Flow of the Day

Each day has a few annotations and amplifications at the bottom. I like the variety of this schedule: each day differs from the others; some days are heavy on project and homeroom hours; others specialize in specials.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

M O N D A Y

8:45    gather in our room (just us)

9:00    gather in the commons (the whole school)

9:15    math

10:00  break (usually running around outside)

10:35  music

11:30  lunch & break

12:30  homeroom (project work, humanities, etc)

2:45    mandarin & french

3:30    the end of the day

In math, students will remain in middle school-based groups to work at the most useful Singapore Math-based level. Most of this work will take place either in my room or Jason’s. You can see that Mondays are fairly cohesive, with only music and language specials on the schedule.

T U E S D A Y

8:45    gather in our room (just us)

9:00    gather in the commons (the whole school)

9:15    math

10:00  break (usually running around outside)

10:35  art

11:30  lunch & break

12:30  homeroom (project work, humanities, etc)

1:25    science

2:20    homeroom (project work, humanities, etc)

2:45    mandarin & french

3:30    the end of the day

Tuesdays see less time in the classroom, with three specials. We have approximately an hour-and-a-half together as a group, with time set aside on some days for collaboration with Jason’s students.

W E D N E S D A Y

8:45    gather in our room (just us)

9:00    gather in the commons (the whole school)

9:15    math

10:00  break (usually running around outside)

10:35  music

11:30  lunch & break

12:30  homeroom (project work, humanities, etc)

2:30    kindergarten visit

3:00    homeroom (project work, humanities, etc)

3:30    the end of the day

Wednesdays are deeply project-based, with little time set aside for specials. We have the entire afternoon together, though we will normally visit the kindergarteners toward the end of the day. You should have seen my kids leading a discussion with the little ones during this time on the second day of school. They were like eleven junior schoolmarms. It was about the sweetest thing I saw all week.

T H U R S D A Y

8:45    gather in our room (just us)

9:00    gather in the commons (the whole school)

9:15    math

10:00  break (usually running around outside)

10:35  art

11:30  lunch & break

12:30  physical education

2:20    homeroom (project work, humanities, etc)

2:35    latin

3:30    the end of the day

Thursdays, I hardly see the kids. That’s why I collect journals on Thursday mornings: generally speaking I’ll have time to read them, and write some notes, during the school day. I’ve asked the kids to consider the journals an opportunity for us to write letters to each other.

F R I D A Y

8:45    gather in our room (just us)

9:00    homeroom (project work, humanities, etc)

10:00  break (usually running around outside)

10:30  homeroom (project work, humanities, etc)

10:45  mandarin & french

11:30  lunch & break

12:30  homeroom (project work, humanities, etc)

2ish     break

3:30    the end of the day

This is a wonderful day, in that we scarcely have any obligations to anyone else. On Friday the 14th, for example, we made huge progress on two separate projects.