8:30-8:50         Quiet Activities:

·         Daily Journals/Independent “Writing” and Conferencing

·         Publishing of Student and/or Class Books, Poems, etc.

·         Desk Activity: Puzzle, Lacing, Tracing Name and Numbers, etc.

·         Math manipulatives

·         Go to the carpet for Think/Pair/Share and Independent “Reading” of thematic literature, concept books, Bibles and other books along with finding the Letter of the Week

8:50-9:05         Morning Circle Time:

• Opening Prayers
• Bible Memory Verse
• Daily Calendar Activities (Math)
• Spanish word or phrase of the day/week (to be integrated throughout the day/week)
• Modeled Writing
• Letter, Shape, Number, and Color of the Week

9:05--9:15        Music, Movement, Phonemic Awareness Songs and
   Fingerplays

9:15-10:15       Learning Centers:

Children choose freely from the following centers: Block and Dramatic Play, Toys and Games, Art, Library, Discovery, Sand and Water, and Computer.  All centers are changed as needed and incorporate monthly themes in science, social studies, and religion. Instructor will be assisting, assessing, guiding, and teaching during this time.

10:15-10:50     Bathroom Break, Handwashing, Prayer, Snack and 
   Outdoor Playtime

10:50-11:05     Shared Reading* (Literacy Time) includes the teaching of:

• concepts of print 

• developing reading strategies, as in decoding or the use of prediction 

• vocabulary and sight words
• language targets (rhyming words, verbs, letter identification and sounds, …)
• phonemic awareness
•  print conventions and language mechanics (punctuation marks, capitalization, …)
•  comprehension
•  visual language (font, illustration, etc.)
•  creative response/processing the literature (illustrations, graphic organizers, written responses such as adaptations of the story, and oral responses such as acting out the story with props)

11:05-11:25      Learning Project or Related Arts*

11:25-11:35      Story time, Religious Education and Bible  

11:35-11:40      Shared Writing Activity: Daily review and sharing for our
    class Newsbook

11:40-11:45     Dismissal 

Kindergarten Schedule:

Half-Day Kindergarten (K/PreK5)

 8:25-8:40         Journals (Writing) and Independent Reading 
                           (Bookboxes)

8:40-8:55         Morning Circle Time-includes morning prayer,  phonemic awareness and Spalding phonics, math (calendar activities), word wall, music/movement, science (weather) and shared writing

8:55-9:20         Alternating Guided Writing with Science, Social
                          Studies and Health

9:20-10:10       Guided Reading Groups, Learning Centers and Reading/Writing Extensions

10:10-10:35     Bathroom, Snack/Cooking/Health and Outdoor Play

10:35-10:50     Shared Reading* and Poetry includes the teaching of:

• concepts of print 

• developing reading strategies, as in decoding or the use of prediction 

• vocabulary and sight words
• language targets (rhyming words, verbs, letter identification and sounds, …)
• phonemic awareness
•  print conventions and language mechanics (punctuation marks, capitalization, …)
•  comprehension
•  visual language (font, illustration, etc.)
•  creative response/processing the literature (illustrations, graphic organizers, written responses such as adaptations of the story, and oral responses such as acting out the story with props)

10:50-11:20     Whole Group Math Lesson and Math Centers

11:25-11:50     **Related Arts and Religious Instruction

11:50-11:55      Modeled Reading (Storytime), Bible and Shared
                            Writing

11:55               Dismissal

Full Day Kindergarten Schedule:

11:55-12:30   Outdoor Playtime

12:30-1:05     Bathroom/Washing, Prayers and Lunchtime (Every Friday is Pizza Day)

1:05-1:40       Learning Centers (Free choice)

1:40-1:50       Clean-up

1:50-2:05       Teacher Directed Learning Activities

2:05-2:15       Music and Movement     

2:15-2:30      Read Aloud and Spanish Review

 

**Weekly Related Arts:

 

• Monday we have Spanish instruction with Miss Gina
• Tuesday mornings we have Technology Instruction with Mrs. Vale
  (K only)
• Tuesday we have PE with Mrs. Jean
• Wednesday we have Cooking Class and Religious Education Class
• Thursday we have Art Class
• Friday we have Music with Marne with Ms. Marne from Kindermusik

 

On the second Thursday of each month we offer an interactive storytelling and check-out time with Miss Pam from the
Collier County Public Library.

 

On the first Friday of each month we attend Mass together unless there is a holy day of obligation in that month.  We attend Mass on
all holy days of obligation that we are in school.