Schedule Chart

Explanation: This is an example of a daily schedule chart used by a teacher to help organize classroom time and help students work more independently as they learn to follow the schedule. Because the students' names are on clothespins, they can be easily moved to allow flexibility in group composition and size. What students do in a particular task (for example, listening or writing) can vary based on learner interest or need. The teacher can use the schedule with a horizontal row representing five "periods" or blocks in part of a morning, or simply say at a given time, "Boys and girls, we are going to work now on Block No. 4. Please look at our schedule and see where you should go to do your work." Of course the number of options and rotations on a schedule chart can be smaller or larger than the number represented here, and student groups can be smaller or larger as well. Note that in each vertical rotation, the teacher has scheduled herself to work directly with one group of students on a basic skills need (math with the teacher or reading circle).

I like the idea of a Schedule chart because the chart has everything the teacher wants to do and when the teacher says its time for a certain part, the students just go look at the schedule to see where they are, go to their designated spot and begin their work for that portion of the schedule.