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You can read more about how I incorporate this phonemic awareness routine here. This is a quick 5 minute phonemic awareness lesson that I keep on my clipboard. I’ve found that doing this first thing in the morning has the most success with my students. Next, we start our most important part of our day- Phonemic Awareness Warm-Up. 8:30-8:45: Phonemic Awareness Daily Warm-Up/Phonics Lesson You can read more about my Calendar time here: Making Calendar Time Interactive. Usually it’s something that will get a one sentence answer, like “What is your favorite ice cream flavor?” or even a yes/no or this or that kind of question.Īfter our greeting, I like to share any announcements for the day and go over our daily schedule, letting them know what special we go to today (it helps eliminate the questions of “What time is lunch?” or “What special do we have today.” It helps to have some kind of visual on the board to go through each part of the day.įor Calendar time, we use our Calendar time binders and I have a calendar helper who ends up taking over instead of me. We greet the friends and either side of us, then I ask them a question of the day.

My students all sit in a circle on the carpet and we use a similar routine to the Morning Meeting template found in this book here: The Morning Meeting Book.

It really does set the tone for the day and gives my students a chance to talk before we get our day started. Yes, I am old school with wanting to do a Morning Meeting/Circle Time/Calendar Time every morning. 8:15-8:30am Morning Meeting and Calendar Time You can read more about my morning routine in detail here: Kindergarten Morning Routine. Having a solid and structured morning routine really sets your students up to have a productive day (and will be easier for you to manage the 100 things you need to get done in the morning. In the morning, this time can be chaotic! You may have students coming in staggered or needing to eat breakfast in the morning.

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It’s easy to adjust the times and find what works for your students. If you have to create your own schedule, make sure to check out this post to learn how to create your own daily schedule. Today, I am going to share what my Kindergarten daily schedule looked like.įor this Kindergarten daily schedule, I just added in sample times but you can see about how much time I spent on each part of the day.

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At my last school, I was free to create my own schedule, so I have some tips and ideas on how to create your own schedule on this blog post here. What does your daily schedule look like in Kindergarten? Everyone’s schedule looks different and sometimes depending on your school or district, you may have a set schedule that you MUST stick to.