My Crazy Tuesday

5:45 - Alarm on my phone goes off and I hit snooze until at least 6.


6:00 - Shower, breakfast, get ready to leave the house.


7:00-Take the 5-10 min drive to school. ( i love the country.. there unusually isn't traffic)


7:10- Arrive at school - sign in, check my box to get my lunch tickets and all of the other important papers.


7:15 - Work in classroom. (Write homework on board, get "word of the day" ready, make copies, work on lesson plans for the next week -novel studies)


7:55 - Students arrive super quiet  usually talking quietly.  They write down their homework and any important new in their SAM (Student Assignment Managers), complete the "Word of the Day", and then read silently/go to the library.


8:05 - Announcements - US & Texas Pledge, Words of Wisdom, and usually a very short long speech from the principal.


8:10/15 - Silent reading time/Library business (this is my social studies time, but is on;y 15 min, so i use it for reading)


8:30 - Daily 5 with my TITLE (homeroom) group - we are working on main idea - Today we will be completing a Big Idea activity together, which is a GREAT visual and gluing it into their Reading Notebook for future reference.  (Reading notebooks have been a god-send this year!)  I also have a para that does "working on words" and they have been working on breaking apart BIG words.


9:45 - Time for 2nd period - They write down their homeowork and any important new in their SAM (Student Assignment Managers), complete the "Word of the Day", and then read silently/go to the library.


10:15 - Students go to PE and I have time to work on whatever is needed.  I usually use this time to make phone calls and write emails to parents (good and bad) and grade papers, make copies, work on lesson plans.


11:15-LUNCH TIME - i actually go down and each in the teacher's lounge.


11:50- Recess/Make-up work time


12:10 - continue with 2nd period.  Main Idea activity completed with 1st period and their "Word of the Day" Test.


1:05 - Time for 3rd period - They write down their homeowork and any important new in their SAM (Student Assignment Managers), complete the "Word of the Day", and then read silently/go to the library.  Main Idea activity completed with 1st and 2nd  period and their "Word of the Day" Test.


2:30 - Social Studies/English time - we are working on linking verbs and the New England colonies.


3:00 - Music - We only have music on Tuesdays.  Two of the teachers from our pod/teaching groups go and it's my week off, so I have extra time to grade papers, lesson plans, or whatever.


3:40-dismissal


3:45-Oral Reading UIL practice - Our contest is next Tuesday...wish my kiddos luck!


4:30 - Change clothes and head to the gym.


5:00 - get to the gym and do my cardio routine for the day.. I am dreading tomorrow - trainer time and its lower body.


6:00 - Go by HEB and pick up fruits and veggies for the week (grilled chicken Sunday)


7:00 - Eat dinner and veg out while watching DVRed shows.


8:30 - get in bed and read book given to me by librarian - he always asked me and another teacher to read new books before putting them in the library to make sure they are appropriate.


9:00/11:00 - trying to go to sleep