Register
200 Island Avenue • Ramsey, NJ 07446

Smith, Meg

Our Day 

Morning Routine

  • Check in, lunch count
  • Unpack
  • Independent reading
  • Pledge of Allegiance

    • Morning Meeting

  • Greeting
  • Sharing
  • Calendar
  • Poem or song

    • Phonics

  • Letter sounds and decoding skills
  • Handwriting
    • Shared Reading
  • Whole group reading
  • Integrates reading strategies and grammar skills through the use of big books

    • Guided Reading

  • Small group instruction based on reading abilities 
  • Groups change throughout the year based on the students' needs
  • Focus on practicing and developing reading strategies and decoding skills

    • Spelling

  • Zaner-Bloser program
  • Lists are based on word families, then progress to more challenging spelling patterns

    • Math

  • Concrete to semi-concrete to abstract work
  • Develop number sense and different problem solving strategies

    • Writing Workshop

  • Writing process
  • Introduce writing in different genres
  • Starts with a mini-lesson, then students write, finally students share their writing with the class

    • Science

  • Studies include: habitat study, weather, animals, geology, plants
  • Hands-on activities
  • Tuesday Science Lab 1:15-2:05

    • Social Studies

  • Character Education, school wide
  • Heroes study (careers)
  • Holidays
  • American symbols

    • Pack Up

  • Review homework