Preschoolers in Mrs. Peterson's class have been learning about ways to keep their bodies and teeth healthy. Through play experiences they have enhanced their peer and social interactions, used their imaginations and also strengthened their academic skills with number and letter identification and word building.
In Miss Colaccino's first grade class we have been breaking out some new soft start materials! We use our soft start time in the morning to ease into our day and start the morning on a positive note. The kids have been loving this time together!
There is always a lot of problem solving happening in the Media Center!
Granby Public Schools will have a regular school day this Friday, March 8th.
Kindergarteners in Mrs. Buder's class are enjoying Read Across Kelly Lane! We loved teaching our stuffed animals how to make pairs of 10, reading to them and counting with them!
We wish Mr. Rich, driver of Bus 107, the Happiest of Retirements! Well deserved!! Thank you for keeping our students safe for all of these years!
GREAT JOB KELLY LANE! Not only did you help to make your heart strong, learn ways to keep it strong, your raised $7834.32 for the American Heart Association! Miss K and the entire Kelly Lane Community is beyond proud of all of your efforts! A big shout out to Miss Kozieradzki for her support of the AHA and always making her instruction fun!
Mrs. Martin's second grade class practiced writing words with -ed and -ing endings by playing "What Word Is On My Head."
I hope you will join us!
For Valentine's Day, students in Miss Brown's first grade are practicing positive affirmations. When students learn to use positive affirmations, they increase their self-efficacy, self-regulation, and task engagement, as well as successfully manage social challenges. These amazing first graders completed a writing activity by writing positive "I can", "I am", and "I have" statements for Valentine's Day!
Students in Mrs. Bisaillon's kindergarten class love their soft start mornings! Soft starts allow students to enter the classroom stress-free and ease into their learning. It provides students the opportunity to work on relationship skills and make connections. They love to let their creativity shine!
Students in Mrs. Farnsworth’s preschool classroom are learning all about pets and working in letter sounds. They are making pets with pattern blocks, exploring the pet shop in the dramatic play area and building CVC words.
Mrs. Sperandio's second grade class started their day with a "Soft Start" by doing a large floor puzzle, generously provide by a grant funded by the Granby Education Foundation! Later in the day the students practiced their partner writing.
Mrs. Diemer came to Mrs. Wilken's kindergarten class to teach about composting. We compost our food scraps from lunch. Every little bit helps!
The 2nd graders in Mrs. Kibby's room thought of one word to help them have their best year yet! We all plan to read our word, live our word, and share our words with others every day!
At Kelly Lane, one of the ways we learn social, emotional skills, such as taking turns, considering others’ feelings, and coping with disappointment, is through playing games. Sorry is a crowd favorite at the moment! Using puppets is another way we learn. They can help us express and manage difficult feelings, especially for kids who are not yet comfortable talking about these things directly.
Students in Mrs. Spellman-Cloutier's kindergarten class are learning to retell stories. Using the classic tale, The Mitten, the children told the story of many animals trying to keep warm in a little boy's lost mitten. They had to use details that they remembered and tell the story in the proper sequence. If you know the story at all, there was a big SNEEZE that was very pivotal to the story! They did a great job!
Second graders in Miss Garfield’s class are learning how to write for a certain audience. To practice this, they are sharing their nonfiction books with a first grade class!
Some preschoolers are working on exploring different ways to communicate their needs and share information with peers during play using low-tech and high-tech Alternative and Augmentative Communication with Mrs. MacInnis! Some students are working on learning regular past tense verb forms with Mrs. Nelson!
Reminder: Today, Wednesday, January 10th is an Early Release.
Pickups and buses start at 12:50pm.
