Kindergarten Daily Schedule

You guys asked for a peek into a Kindergarten daily schedule. So, as always, I am here to help you take that peek into my classroom schedule. Here is a glimpse into my Kindergarten Daily Schedule. Now, keep in mind I am this is a kindergarten schedule public school.

Kindergarten Daily Schedule

My schedule doesn’t always look exactly like this. I check out the services any and all my students will be receiving each year. Then I make adjustments based on their services and needs.

You will probably notice that I don’t have a morning meeting or calendar time first thing in the am. I do that on purpose. First, I have a TA (teaching assistant) in my classroom in the morning. But, I do not have her in my classroom all day.

Since I do not need an assistant to do calendar time, I choose to do that structured time when I don’t have a TA. The first learning segment in the morning is my prime time with my students. Since we have Specials like music, PE, or computer lab, I know I will most likely get students who have moved and wiggled for 45 minutes. If they come from the computer lab, we all wiggle for a few minutes. 

Phonics Time: Kindergarten Daily Schedule

Then, we jam on it with phonics. This is an awesome part of our day. We involve video, music, technology, books, motions, sensory activities, and lots of hands-on, interactive activities. Here is a link to more phonics activities and ideas.

Literacy Stations: Kindergarten Daily Schedule

Then we easily transition into Daily 5 and literacy stations. I run 8 stations a day. It sounds crazy but when my class size gets larger, I have to give the students more room to spread out!  You can read more about that here.

Most of this is done in small groups and differentiation is a huge element in making this time a success. Here is a ton of information about this!

Sight Word Stations: Kindergarten Daily Schedule

That is our whole morning in a Kindergarten daily schedule. After an early lunch and too short recess, I am on my own for a good hour. This time works so much better for story time than diving into sight word stations. 

This is a time I allot to just work on sight words. Since all these stations are hands-on and independent, they are easy to run without extra hands. Here is more info and links to sight word stations.

Calendar Time: Kindergarten Daily Schedule

Now we get to Calendar, which I LOVE. We start the year barely being able to sit and listen. We build on our abilities and expand our knowledge all year. This time is so precious to me since I am engaging all my learners
ALL at once. {We spend much of our day in small groups so this is one time we are all together.} Here is some ideas for calendar time too.

Science and Social Studies: Kindergarten Daily Schedule

Next in our schedule comes the unit. Our unit includes science and social studies. We tie in our storytime to this topic, introduce it at calendar time, and then expand on the topic here.

I also try my best to integrate experiments and art into this time. Here are science ideas and here are social studies ideas.

Math: Kindergarten Daily Schedule

Lastly, in our Kindergarten Daily Schedule, we get to Math and centers. We move on to math at the end of the day. Again, this isn’t because math is LESS important. Rather, I know my students will get extra hands and support if we teach math at this time.

Once we work on our math topic, we dive into centers. I run 6 work centers a week and stagger their work with play. My students play for at least 15 minutes a day. And by the end of the week, all my students can play this whole time because their work is completed.

Centers: Kindergarten Daily Schedule

Here is a post about how I set up centers. Here are TONS of posts with enter ideas for the whole year called Center Saturday.

I wanted to update this on the schedule I used last school year, just so you can see a different mix of placing things.

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Time Saving List of Teaching Must Dos(Opens in a new browser tab)

Promote Independent Learning with Sight Words(Opens in a new browser tab)

Must Reads for Every New to K Teacher(Opens in a new browser tab)