Long or Short?

I love how each classroom community develops their own language and familiarity. Often it can't be planned. It evolves of its own purposes and applications.

For example, in Ms. Leom's Homeroom, every morning, students will ask, "Is today a long or short Greninger day?" I smile to myself as we talk about it. "Let's see, yesterday was a long Leom day ..."

So what does "long" and "short" refer to?

Our day looks like:

25 min. Homeroom: attendance, morning work, announcements

1 hour Reading (Leom)

1 hour Flex (several staff)

1 hour Specials (several staff)

40 min. Recess and Lunch

1 hour Math (Greninger)

On the "long days" with Greninger, our homeroom has Mr. Greninger for an extra hour:

30 min Writing (Greninger)

30 min Science (Greninger)

30 min Homeroom Leom

On the "long days" with Leom (short Greninger days), our homeroom has Ms. Leom for an extra hour:

30 min Writing (Leom)

30 min Social (Leom)

30 min Homeroom (Leom)

What is great, Mr. Greninger's Homeroom also uses the terms "Long" and "Short" to describe their afternoons. 

For most students, it isn't negative toward either schedule. It just means they need to pack different materials for a "long day" ... versus a "short day".