Average Weekly Curriculum Guidelines (minutes per week)

2005 minutes per full week, 740 minutes per 1/2 day kindergarten

740

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subject/Grade

K 1/2

K Full

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

Reading/Lit

300

600

600

600

460

355

300

300

English Language Arts

85

285

230

230

270

380

335

335

Writing/grammar/syntax

55

225

125

75

115

250

250

250

Handwriting

30

30

75

75

75

50

-

-

Spelling

50

50

50

55

55

Library*

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

FLES (foreign language in
elementary school)

0

0

60

60

60

60

60

60

Science/Health

30

150

150

150

200

250

300

300

Mathematics

120

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

Social Studies

0

30

150

150

200

250

300

300

Art

in class

30

60

60

60

60

60

60

Music

30

60

90

90

90

90

90

90

Physical Education

-

60

60

60

60

90

90

90

Counseling**

30

30

30

30

30

45

45

45

Centers/Calendar

70

185

Recess

75

150

150

150

150

0

0

0

Lunch

-

125

125

125

125

125

125

125

*Varies by number of sections
in the school site. 
Each site has 50%teacher-librarian

**Varies by number of sections
in the school site.

*** 1/2 day kindergarten library
included in English Language Arts