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What are some things that money cannot buy?. Making the Most of Classroom TIME !. Anji and Xiaochen Song. Types of Time. Mandated Time Allocated Time Instructional Time Engaged Time Productive Time Academic Learning Time. Example. Mandated Time: 180 days per school year. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What are some things What are some things that money cannot that money cannot
buy?buy?
Making the Most of Making the Most of Classroom Classroom
TIME!TIME!
Anji and Xiaochen Song
Types of TimeTypes of Time
Mandated Time
Allocated Time
Instructional Time
Engaged Time
Productive Time
Academic Learning Time
ExampleExampleMandated Time: 180 days per
school year. 7 hours per regular school day.
Allocated Time: Within the 7 hour day, an hour is for “specials”, and 5 hours for homeroom class. Half an hour for lunch and half an hour for recess.
Using Classroom Time Using Classroom Time EfficientlyEfficiently
Maximize opportunities for learning.
Minimize opportunities for disruption.
Maximize Opportunity to Maximize Opportunity to LearnLearnMaintaining the activity flow by
avoiding:
◦Flip-flopping
◦Stimulus-bounded events
◦Over dwelling
◦Fragmentation
Minimize Transition TimeMinimize Transition Time
Advance Preparation
The Use of Routines
Clear Beginnings and Ending
Holding Students Accountable
Practical IdeasPractical Ideas Transition
◦ Routines (xinyi’s song for the students to sit down)
◦ Competition (which group sits down the fastest)
◦ Praising (give positive feedback to the good behavior)
Activity Grouping
◦ Preparing ahead of time for group assignment
◦ Form groups by name drawings
◦ Find your _clock partner
Instruction Giving
◦ Instruction brief and easy to understand
◦ Demonstrate
◦ Make it as a habit for the student to listen to “begin”
Clock Partner ExampleClock Partner Example
Hold Students Hold Students AccountableAccountable
Holding Students AccountableHolding Students Accountable Communicating Assignment and Requirement
Number of explanations& high student success
Ask for repetition of instruction given; demonstrate; daily
and assignments schedule
Monitoring Student Progress
Short-term: Circulate around the room; checking list
Long-term: “plan of attack”
Establishing routines for collecting and checking
class work and homework
Be organized
Maintaining good records
Manage “Pull-outs” as Efficiently as Manage “Pull-outs” as Efficiently as possiblepossible
Try to have input into scheduling
Create a schedule showing periods of timeWhen various students are present andWhen the whole class is together
Establish a policy about the responsibility of Pulled-out students to complete work missed
Establish procedures for smooth transitions when
They return to the classroom
What Kind of Students Use The Most What Kind of Students Use The Most Time?Time?
ScenarioScenario Ms. C is a kindergarten teacher. Everyday before Chinese, they have recess outside for 20
minutes. Then another 20 minutes to come back and get ready for Chinese.
Most of the time when the Chinese teacher stepped into their room, there were about four children lining up to go to bathroom, and about four children waiting at the sink.
At the same time, the teacher was doing something at her table, or sitting in front of the other children and waiting for the Chinese teacher.
After Chinese, when the Chinese teacher told her “Ms. C, I’m done.” She sometimes responded while doing job at her desk (which was blocked away by a big easel) “Ok. They can wait. They should be patient!”
Then the Chinese teacher left the room with a group of children playing with whatever they want on the carpet behind her.
Analyze the problems in this scenario with the contents we just talked about.
What suggestions would you give to Ms. C?
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