Monday, May 7, 2012

A Week in Numbers

Here's my week in numbers - and there are a lot of them!

5:00 (5:15) - Wake up, shower, dress, makeup, make lunch, make breakfast (if I have time), pack bags for school
6:00 - Leave for school (drive 45 miles)
7:00 - Arrive at school
7:00-7:30 - Work in classroom preparing for the day (set up small groups, remove paintings from the drying rack, hang artwork, take chairs off the tables, etc)
7:30-7:55 - Car rider duty
7:55-8:05 - Check student folders, enter attendance, help late students unpack
8:05-8:25 - Morning meeting, music & movement, story time (all conducted by Kelsey while I monitor behavior)
8:25-8:50 - Small Groups (I work with my group and monitor other independent groups)
9:00-9:25 - Math (Monday, Friday) or Library (Tuesday) or Music (Wednesday) or Yoga (Thursday)
9:30-10:00 - Snack on back playground
10:10-10:20 - PAC time (phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, concepts of print) (conducted by Kelsey while I monitor behavior)
10:25-11:10 - Centers (work with students, check email)
11:10 - Give the 5 minute warning and have the Block Center begin cleaning
11:15 - Centers are over, guide students with cleaning up, have lunchbox helper pass out lunch boxes
11:30-12:00 - Outside time on the front playground
12:00-12:10 - Students wash hands/use bathroom before lunch
12:10-12:20 - Check off students who bought lunch from cafeteria; open orange containers, yogurt, cheese sticks, milk cartons, applesauce, ....
12:20-12:25 - My bathroom break (don't forget to check the mailbox on my way back
12:25-12:35 - Lunch (while correcting students' eating manners)
12:35 - Give students 5 minute warning - "finish eating"
12:38 - Give students 2 minute warning - "finish eating; if you're done, throw away your trash"
12:40 - "Lunch is over; throw away your trash and pack up"
12:45-1:05 - Walk back to classroom; read a story before Rest Time
1:05-1:10 - Students get blankets and go to mats
1:10-1:50 - Rest Time (I spend most of this time telling students "Still and Quiet.") (I arrange our small group chart for the next day, record jobs for the day, write notes home, stuff folders, ....)
1:50-2:00 - Wake students up from nap while Kelsey puts mats away
2:00-2:05 - Pass out folders and have students pack up (When they're done packing, they stand on their spot and wait for a high-five)
2:05-2:15 - Let's Find Out About It (Monday, Friday) or Math (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
2:15 - Bus riders leave
2:20 - Car riders and walkers leave; after-school students come to my room
2:27 - Walk after-school students to the cafeteria
2:30-3:30 - (Monday - Thursday) Prepare classroom for next day: put chairs on tables, return forms to the proper administrators, work on field trip information, hang up art work
2:30 - (Friday) Go Home early!
3:30 - (Monday) Go Home 
3:30 - (Tuesday - Thursday) Go to Glennwood Elementary for tutoring 
4:00-5:00 - (Tuesday - Thursday) Tutor 5 first graders 
5:00-5:45 - (Thursdays) Plan for tutoring next week
5:00 (Monday)/ 6:00 (Tuesday, Wednesday)/ 7:00 (Thursday)/ 4:00 (Friday) - Arrive home (45 miles), watch TV, make dinner, do dishes
9:00 - Get ready for bed
9:30 - In bed

16.5 hours
90+ miles/day
480 miles/week
2+ hours of driving/day
11+ hours of driving/week
7 hours with students/day
8 hours of (paid) work/day


Lather. Rinse. Repeat. 14 more days.

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