DPA - Scheduling & Sample Timetables
Sample Timetables
Making DPA Work:
- Try organizing school-wide DPA on a rotating schedule. It’s easier if everyone does it at the same time.
- Have students lead DPA (29 KB, 1 page)
- Read what other schools are doing
Balanced School Day Model
| Period | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Instructional Period #1 (100 min) |
School-wide DPA |
Language | School-wide DPA |
Language | School-wide DPA |
| Language | Language | Language | Language | Language | |
| NUTRITION AND ACTIVITY BREAK (45 min) | |||||
| Instructional Period #2 (100 min) |
Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics |
| Health and Physical Education |
Mathematics | Health and Physical Education |
Health and |
Mathematics | |
| NUTRITION AND ACTIVITY BREAK (45 min) | |||||
| Instructional Period #3 (100 min) |
Science and Technology |
Science and Technology |
Science and Technology |
The Arts | Science and Technology |
| The Arts | DPA Led by the Classroom Teacher |
Mathematics | The Arts | The Arts | |
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Traditional School Day Model #1
| Period | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 1 | School-wide DPA |
Language | School-wide DPA |
Language | School-wide DPA |
| 2 | Language | Language | Language | Language | Language |
| RECESS | |||||
| 3 | Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics |
| 4 | Health and Physical Education |
Mathematics | Health and Physical Education |
Health and |
Mathematics |
| LUNCH | |||||
| 5 | Science and Technology |
Science and Technology |
Science and Technology |
The Arts | Science and Technology |
| 6 | The Arts | DPA Led by the Classroom Teacher |
Mathematics | The Arts | The Arts |
| RECESS | |||||
| 7 | Language | Social Studies | Language | Social Studies | Social Studies |
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Traditional School Day Model #2
|
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 9:00- 9:30 | Independent Reading | Independent Reading | Independent Reading | Independent Reading | Independent Reading |
| 9:30-9:50 | Literacy Centers | Literacy Centers | Literacy Centers | Literacy Centers | DPA |
| 9:50-10:00 | Read - Aloud / Shared Reading | Read - Aloud / Shared Reading | Read - Aloud / Shared Reading | Read - Aloud / Shared Reading | Read - Aloud / Shared Reading |
| 10:00-10:24 | Writing Instruction / Independent Writing |
Writing Instruction / Independent Writing |
Writing Instruction / Independent Writing |
Writing Instruction / Independent Writing |
Writing Instruction / Independent Writing |
| 10:24-11:04 | Independent Writing | Independent Writing | Music/Art | Independent Writing | Independent Writing |
| 11:04-11:19 | RECESS | ||||
| 11:19- 12:00 | DPA | Math | DPA | Religion/Family Life | Math |
| Math | Math | ||||
| 12:00- 1:00 | LUNCH | ||||
| 1:00- 1:43 | Math | Math | Math | Math | Visual Arts |
| 1:43-2:23 | Media Literacy | Science / SES | Science / SES | Science / SES | Science / SES |
| 2:23- 2:38 | RECESS | ||||
| 2:38-3:30 | Science / SES | Physical Ed / Dance | Religion / Family Life | Physical Ed / Dance | Religion / Family Life |
| 3:30 | DISMISSAL | ||||
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