Things I Have to Remember to Teach Daily

In no particular order...taught from my grade level's 16 page lesson plan.....yes, you heard correctly.  We all have to do the same lessons with the same materials, so my team split up the lesson plans.  When I plan the literacy portion, I have to find or create the 'things' (such as games, cut and pastes, etc.) that we are going to use and include it in the lesson plan for my teammates.  It takes me long to plan each lesson than it does to teacher it.  Why did that start happening???

Anyway, so here I go...

1.  Read alloud
2.  Shared reading
3.  Guided reading
4.  Writing
5.  Grammar (we are not supposed to do a lesson grammer....just throw it into a center and the kids will 'get' it, we have been told)
6.  Phonics/Spelling
7.  Write or review Anchor Charts
8.  Habits of Mind
9.  Math Facts
10.  Editing
11.  Computer usage
12.  Math Skill from enVision math program (Total math time is 1 hour and 20 minutes)
13.  science
14.  social studies
15.  RTI (the longest lesson of the day at 30 minutes in length)

Planning, if we have it, is 45 minutes daily.  There is no planning one day a week, and on Wednesdays there is grade level planning.  Then, there is usually a meeting with trainers. That leaves about 45 minutes a week to plan.  Lunch is 25 minutes long and P.E. is the same length of time.  This means there is a shortage of time to teach the literacy components.  Is it like this for everyone????

Other things I have to teach:

1.  Restraint
2.  Respect
3.  Responsibility
4.  Rules
5.  Relavance
6.  Manners
7.  Prodecures
8.  Cleanliness
9.  Health
10.  Friendship

There are others in my 'hidden curriculum', but, as usual, I am brain dead and can't seem to access the information!

So, I have a few questions....

Is it like this for everyone??   Short on planning time, but long on planning?  Students are supposed to write, without knowledge of grammar skills and rules?  Is there not enough time to teach things to the extent that you want to teach them?

I just wonder if your day is like mine....sometimes I feel like those of us in the teaching community are in a bubble.  While seeing in or looking out, it is all blurry and with one little movement the wrong way, it can all burst apart.  My state (Tennessee) recently instituted unnannounced evaluations, which I am okay with.  However, if you aren't feeling good that day and you are a little off in your teaching, or you have sat down for a second to write a note to a parent or documented your RTI group, you are seen as not using your time wisely and it is included as a negative on your evaluation.  At what point did we get to the point where we can't even take time to communicate with parents and document our teaching for fidelity?  Again....I just wonder if your day is like mine.

And, OH, What A Day!