WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Skills / Description / Monday / Tuesday/duty-am / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Entry / 9:00 - 9:20 / Math Manipulatives: Individual and small-group exploration of math shelf materials

Children bring Important Bags to tub and exchange library books if returned

(M) A-E / ( Announcements, Attendance, Calendar)
(La)A-1,2,11, B/C-14,20,22
(Ma) E-26,27
(La)A-8,10
B/C-15,18,
20
(La)A-1,11,
B/C -15
(Ar)B-3,4 / Period 1
9:20 – 10:00 / 9:20 – 9:40
Circle Time:
Weekly Songs and Shared Readings: / Monday: Shared Reading of familiar winter songs – Focus on return sweep and tracking of individual words- circle high frequency words (the, it, and) with wikki sticks – Model how to complete math board graphing activity using signs of winter on large bulletin board
Wednesday: Sequence the story pictures from Bear Snores On using the clothesline – Re-read story to confirm story re-telling – determine most exciting part of the story (climax)- dramatize the feelings of the characters on these three pages (22-24) – discuss what clues we used in the story to make these inferences – introduce story re-telling game
Friday: Use text on p.1-3 of Bear Snores On for shared reading – add actions to the words to make them come alive. Guess what part of the story the text is taken from. What clues did we use to make this prediction? Go back to the book and look at the illustrations found on these pages - discuss the different feelings generated by the warm and cool colours used in the illustrations on page 2 – 3 – show re-organization of paints at painting table
1. Getting Dressed 2. The Thermometer 3. C-C-C-Cold
Selection from Bears Snores On
(Ma) E-26,27
(La ) B-18
(La)A-1-11 B/C-12-22
D-23-28 / Period 2
10:00 – 10:40 / 9:40- 10:00
Activity Time:
(M) (Th) (F)
Independent Reading /Writing: / (M) Math Boards
(W) Story Re-telling Clothesline and Story Re-telling Game
(F) Painting – Warm colours in one paint tray and cool colours in the other paint tray
Blue bins, journals, books, individual reading boxes + small group reading with teacher (x 2)
(M) – 1st Group: 2nd Group:
(W) – 1st Group: 2nd Group:
( F ) - 1st Group: 2nd Group:
NB #1 / 10:40 – 11:30 / Read Aloud / Read Aloud / Conversation / Conversation / Read Aloud
(La)A-2,7,9
(La)B/C12-20
(La)E-29-31
(La)D23-28
(Ma) E-26,27 / Period 3 11:30 –12:10

Story Time:

Modeled, Shared or
Interactive Writing: / Bear Snores On
By Karma Wilson Think aloud about making inferences – see sticky notes on pages 1,3,6,9,13,15,17, and 30
Interactive Writing:
Things to Make A Great Party /

101A Gym

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Period 4 12:00 – 12:50
/ 101B Gym Independent
Blue bins, Journals
Small groups /

Reading /

Writing

Individual Reading Boxes /

101A Library

/ 101B Library
Period 5 / 12:50 – 1:30
Activity Time:
NB #2 / 1:30 – 2:15 / DUTY
Period 6 / 2:15 – 3:10 / Activity Time or Reading Buddies
Period 7 / 3:10 – 3:20 / Tidy Up (Gather on Carpet, hand out work-newsletters etc.)
Dismissal / 3:20 – 3:35 / Pick Up & Load Busses

Ms. Howarth