My School Day

 
 
 
Michelle describes her school day

Vocabulary

ready	wake up	get ready
get up	activity	get dressed
lab	cafeteria	take the bus
dress	academic	read/read/read
recess	snacks	sometimes
essay	lecture	classroom
lettuce	science	cookie/biscuit
lesson	already	experiment
PC	grow up	homeroom
during	subject	ourselves

 
 
 
 
 

My School Day

 

In the Morning

Every morning at six o’clock, my mother wakes me and my brother up. “It’s time to get ready for school,” she says.

And so we get up and get dressed. We eat breakfast and brush our teeth. Then we take the bus to school.
 
 
 

 
 

At School

At school, I go to my homeroom. My homeroom teacher is Mrs. Graham.

In class we do different activities.

First we read different books by ourselves. When we finish, the teacher tests us by asking questions.

Later, we draw pictures, paint, or do other artwork. Often, we sing songs.

Recess

At 10 o’clock we have recess. The children play in the playground.

After that, we work on math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, percents, decimals.

Math is easy, usually. But sometimes it’s hard.
 
 
 

 
 

Lunch

At 11:30 am, we go to the cafeteria for lunch. Today it’s chicken with broccoli, lettuce salad and raisins.
 
 
 

 
 

Afternoon

After lunch we have another recess.

Back in class, we write essays or stories.

Later in the afternoon, we have Spanish lessons (but I already know Spanish since my parents come from El Salvador).

Finally we go to the PC lab and work on computers.

The School Bell

At 2:30 pm, school ends for the day. We take the bus home.

When I grow up, I want to be a doctor.
 
 
 

 
 
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Questions

1. Before Michelle goes to school, she watches TV. True or false? What does she do before going to school? Before Maria goes to school, she . . . . . .

2. Does she walk to school?

3. What do the students do in the morning? In the morning, the students . . . . . .

4. Recess is at twelve o’clock. Yes or no? Do they study during recess?

5. Do the students eat at school or at home? What did the students have for lunch today? Today, they had . . . .

6. The students learn different subjects. Is this right or wrong? Do they only study academic subjects (math, reading, writing?

7. What grade, form, or level do you think Michelle is in?
 
 
A. Is or was your school day similar to Michelle’s?

B. What time does your school start? What time does it end?

C. My favorite school subjects are . . . . . .

D. During breaks or recess, I . . . . . .

E. How many different teachers do you have? What do they teach?

F. When I grow up, I want to be a/an . . . . .

G. I love my school. Yes, no, yes and no, sometimes, usually?