Please be mindful that instruction begins at 8:50am this school year. Therefore, students are allowed to enter the building at 8:20am to eat breakfast and unpack for class.
8:20-8:55 Arrival/Breakfast *8:45-8:55 Morning Announcements** **8:45-9:00 Math Talk/Morning Work (Mini Segment) 9:00- 10:00 Writers' Workshop and Grammar/Word Work 10:00- 10:50 Readers' Workshop 10:50-11:10 Math Mini Segment (Flex Time) 11:10-11:40 Lunch (Table 11) 11:40-12:40 Whole Group Math Instruction Workshop 12:40-1:00 TDPE 1:00-1:45 Specials Rotations 1:45-2:30 Science Instruction 2:30-3:10 Integrated Social Studies 3:10-3:15 Pack-Up/Read Aloud 3:15 Car Rider/Daycare Dismissal 3:20 Bus Dismissal Begins
*Wednesdays: Library Day *Friday Mornings: Computer Lab (headphones)
2018-2019 GCPS Calendar Aug. 6- First Day of School Sept. 3- Labor Day (NO SCHOOL) Oct. 3- End of 1st Nine Weeks* Oct. 4-5- Fall Break (NO SCHOOL) Oct. 8- Student Holiday (NO SCHOOL) Oct. 24 & 25- Early Release (Fall Conference Days) Nov. 6- Student/Teacher Holiday (NO SCHOOL) Nov. 19-23 (M-F)- Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL) Dec. 20- End of 2nd Nine Weeks*/ End of Semester 1 Dec. 21-Dec. 31 (Fri-Mon)- Winter Break (NO SCHOOL) Jan. 1- New Year's Day (NO SCHOOL) Jan. 2- Student Holiday (NO SCHOOL) Jan. 21- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (NO SCHOOL) Feb. 15- Student/Teacher Holiday (Make-up Day 1) Feb. 18- Student Holiday (NO SCHOOL) Feb. 20 & 21- Early Release (Spring Conference Days) March 8- End of 3rd Nine Weeks* March 29- Student/Teacher Holiday (Make-up Day 2) April 1-5 (M-F)- Spring Break (NO SCHOOL) May 22- Last Day of School; End of 4th Nine Weeks*
***See Fifth Grade Events for Important Benefield ES Dates *County Interim Testing is at the end of each nine week period. Interims are district assessments that help gauge student understanding of concepts taught throughout each quarter.