7:40 am - 8:00 am: Enter the classroom, find seat, & start morning work

• I will greet students at the door and tell them that I will be there every morning to greet them however they please (high five, a hug, a hand shake, a wave, etc.)

• Ask students to go in, find their name on their desk, and begin morning work

  • Morning work will be a crossword puzzle with each students name on it

 

8:00 am - 8:10 am: Housekeeping

• Attendance

  • Remind students that I am working hard to pronounce everyone’s name correctly and to please let me know if I make a mistake or if they go by something else

• Lunch count

 

8:10 am - 8:40 am: Morning Meeting

• Explain that after attendance, lunch count, morning work, announcements and the bells, we will have morning meeting everyday at the same time

• Explain that we will sit on the carpet all together for morning meeting in a circle so that we can all see each other

• Explain that I will call people to the carpet for morning meeting

• Explain that during morning meeting, we will have greetings, share time, show and tell, or an activity or song and give an example of each

  • Greeting: handshake with everyone, “my name is Ms. Hughey. Nice to meet you” 

  • Sharing/ show and tell: “I am Ms. Hughey and this is a picture of my family.”

  • Song: If you’re glad to be at school in the tune of if you're happy and you know it

  • Class cheer: we are the _____ the mighty mighty _____!

  • Affirmation: I am important! I am strong! I am smart! Ask for some

 

8:40 am - 9:00 am: Brain break and sort supplies

• Use a go noodle for a brain break and explain what they are, how we will use them

• Sort supplies into desks, containers, etc.

 

9:00 am - 9:05 am: Bathroom expectations

 

9:05 am - 9:20 am: Bathroom break and snack

 

9:20 am - 9:35 am: Read Aloud

• Read the book “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” by Mark Teague

 

9:35 am- 10:00 am: Writing activity 

• Brainstorm if time allows

• Have students write about “My Summer Vacation”, allows me to assess writing but also engage in individual conversations and interactions

• Sharing if time allows

 

10 am - 10:10 am: Address hallway procedures and expectations

• Before we leave the class, getting/staying in line, walking in the hallways

• Model: number or abc order, eyes forward, feet forward, hands, voice level 0

 

10:10 am - 10:20 am: Practice lining up and walking in the hallway

 

10:20 am - 10:25 am: Introduce behavior incentives

 

10:30 am - 11:20 am: Specials

 

11:20 am - 11:40 am: Team building activity

• Classroom treasure hunt

 

11:40 am - 11:50 am: Lunchroom and recess procedures/ expectations 

 

11:50 am- 11:55 am: Go back over lining up and hallway procedures and expectations

 

12:00 pm - 12:50 pm: Lunch and recess

 

12:50 pm - 1:05 pm: Team building activity

• Alien Greeting

• Have students form a circle. Then ask each to imagine they are from another planet and to think of a sound or movement that would be used as a “hello” on their fictional planet. Give them a few minutes to think of something. When ready, ask each student to greet the student on their left with their unique “alien greeting.” Next, have everyone share their greeting with the class along with some insight into how they came up with their idea. 

1:05 pm - 1:10 pm: Brain break

 

1:10 pm - 1:40 pm: First day of 2nd grade portraits

 

1:40 pm - 2:00 pm: Make class rules together

 

2:00 pm - 2:10 pm: Student survey

 

2:10 pm - 2:30 pm: Go over end of the day procedures and complete them

 

2:30 pm: dismissal begins