A Typical Day in the Life of Me

I follow a blog called Kellys Korner and every once in a while she does a post called "Show us your life" where you can write a post and link it to hers. This week she did a post and asked us to show her what a typical day looks like for us. I thought it would be fun to participate, so here it goes...

6:00 Alarm goes off, but I usually hit snooze until 6:30 :)

6:30-7:00 Get my coffee ( I set the coffee pot to make the coffee at 6:30, so it is ready!) and have my quiet time/Bible study time with God (Best part of the day, couldn't make it without it!)

7:00-8:00 Get Ready for work, eat breakfast, and make my lunch

8:00 Leave for work (I am so blessed to work 5 minutes away)

8:05-8:15 Arrive at work and go to my classroom. I usually spend 10 minutes checking my email, changing the date on the board, looking over the lesson plan for the day, or cleaning something in my classroom.

8:15 Pick up the kids from the gym and go to class

8:15-8:45 The students work on their daily work while I check my email, do attendance, and check agendas (a notebook the school provides for each student to write their homework in and I stamp them green, yellow, or red for their behavior each day. They have to get it signed each night.)

8:45-9:30 Math lesson

9:35-10:20 Special classes (P.E., Technology, Music, or Art depending on the week) This is my "planning time" and I usually make copies, have a meeting, do my lesson plans, call a parent, have a parent/teacher conference, or leave to run an errand during this time.

12:20-10:30 Restroom Break

10:30-11:20 Finish the Math lesson

11:20-12:15 Reading lesson

12:20-12:50 Lunch...I bring my lunch everyday and eat it in the classroom while I listen to the radio and surf the web, catch up on my blog reading, or check my email again. Occasionally, I leave and pick up my lunch.

12:55-1:05 Restroom Break

1:05-2:05 Writing/Language Arts Lesson (1:15-2:00 Math Lab on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday each week)

2:10-2:55 Science/Social Studies ( alternate every other day). Fourth grade goes to recess when it is nice outside from 2:45-3:00.

2:55-3:15 Mark agendas, clean the classroom, pack up to leave, and walk the car riders to the cafeteria

3:15-3:30 Clean the room some more, get organized for the next day, and leave unless I am tutoring or on duty (which is one day a week after school with the bus riders and one day in the morning with the bus riders). I have been tutoring Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 3:30-4:40.

3:30-5:00 Get home, eat a snack, and watch t.v. a little

5:00-5:30 Exercise (I use to walk outside and then my cousin introduced me to this walking exercise video and I love it. I try and do it at least 5 days a week.)

5:30-6:30 Cook and eat supper

6:30-9:00 Watch some more t.v., grade papers, do stuff around the house, etc..

9:00-9:30 Take a shower and get ready for bed

9:30-10:00 Read a book and go to sleep

Wake up and do it all again the next day!