A Sample Half Day Kindergarten Schedule
8:00 - 8:15 Playtime or Directed Activity
8:15 – 8:30 Opening Activities
· Songs
· Calendar (use lots of mathematics concepts)
· Fingerplays
· Poems
· Chants
· Counting
8:30 – 9:00 Language Arts- Whole Group Directed Instruction
Read Aloud/Shared Reading
Phonemic Awareness Instruction/Activities
9:00 – 9:10 Movement Activity- sensorimotor; tape; CD; indoor/outdoor game
9:10 – 9:40 Language Arts-
· Small Group
· Whole Group and Small Group
Writing Activity
Language Experience
Independent
Phonics Instruction
9:40 – 10:10 Center Time
· Child Chosen
10:10 - 10:50 Mathematics
10:50 - 11:00 Recess
11:00 - 11:15 Social Studies/ Science
11:15 - 11:30 Prepare for dismissal
A Sample Half Day Kindergarten Schedule
8:00 – 8:30 Arrival; Children’s choice center time
8:30 – 9:00 Calendar / Morning message/ Songs and Fingerplays
9:00 - 9:30 Writing workshop Includes:
· Language experience writing
· Journal writing of choice or assigned topic
9:30 – 9:45 Movement activities/ recess
9:45- 10:15 Mathematics Whole group lesson
Using manipulatives
10:15 –10:35 Mathematics/Literacy games and centers
Most effective when tied to needs of children or unit theme
10:35 – 11:05 Reading Workshop Includes:
· guided reading
· shared reading
· phonics lesson
· response to read aloud
· quiet reading
· integrated with science or social studies concepts
11:05-11:30 - Prepare for dismissal; Movement to music; Sensorimotor activities; Songs; Chants; Sharing Time
