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.
Second grade scientists in Miss Goldberg's class manipulate land and water to discover how rivers flow and affect the land around them.
Kelly Lane "Fun in the Snow Day 2024" was a huge success! The students and staff alike had a blast playing in the snow today. It was a perfect day! We even had a visit from NBC News! Catch Kelly Lane School tonight on your local news!
Kelly Lane Fun in the Snow-Don't Forget Snow Gear on Monday! A reminder to bring in your snow gear to school tomorrow! Weather and temperature permitting we will be playing in the snow!
Miss Ferreri's kindergarten class got their bodies moving and worked on building their number sense by "counting the room"- holiday edition!
Fun was had by all during the Holiday Sing-A-Long and at lunch time when the second graders and teachers surprised the students with a little caroling!
Students in Mrs. Session’s kindergarten class are working hard Writing for Reading. They are learning how to write stories with a beginning, middle and end. They are focusing on using their snap words and letter sounds to stretch out words and write.
Mrs. Lo Presti’s first graders enjoyed spending time together and making a holiday craft.
In Mrs. Kibby’s Kindergarten class, partners practiced snap words with each other so that we can read them by heart and write them in a snap!
Second Grade students in the resource room are using math manipulatives, templates, and math drawings to solve 2-digit addition and subtraction word problems.
We saw a LOT of RED at Kelly Lane today celebrating one of our many Spirit Days that we will have over the next two weeks. REMINDER: Our next Spirit Day is Thursday, wear GREEN!
In Strings, Mrs. Cooper's and Mrs. Sperandio's second grade classes are practicing holding their violins tall on their shoulders, getting ready to play some music!
