Agendas
The agenda can be introduced through the history programme. The success of the agenda depends on many factors:
The child’s understanding of the passage of time
The child’s understanding of the system used within a school i.e. the five day week, or a multiday cycle
A clear purpose: is the agenda a record of work completed, a tool to plan the day, a running record of lessons and follow-up or a mixture of everything
How the agenda is introduced to the children
The use of the agenda is a skill that is used throughout a child’s school career and beyond.
Agenda Formats:
The school may have a school wide agenda.
You may choose to design your own. For the child in the first grade agendas are often introduced in January. You can create a pre-agenda if you choose so that the child can practice with a simplified version.
You can use a version of a student agenda that can be purchased or created by you
Simple journals with ruled pages.
Whichever format is chosen the children will need guidance for a long time to understand the agenda and for it to become a useful tool. Its use will have to be partnered with the exercises of time and date of the history programme.
Lesson sign up: To help a child plan his day, many teachers post the times that their lessons will take place or have a sign up sheet so that the child can sign up for a lesson time. Again, the child will need guidance and practice. Telling time is still a very abstract concept for the children so it may help to have a picture of a clock face with the time of the lesson as well as standard time notation.
See samples of agendas that you can design below