Fourth graders on the Cloukey-Faber team had a fun week. We visited the New England Air Museum and tasted “Ugly Pasta,” a recipe from Patricia Polacco’s book, Because of Thursday. Also, our students set writing goals after analyzing their opinion essays. There’s always something exciting happening in 4th grade! (Joy Cloukey)
Fourth grade science students in Mrs. Cloukey’s and Mr. Faber’s classes investigated rock layers. Students learned that forces applied in different directions far beneath the ground cause rock layers to bend and fold. (Rob Faber)
ELF grant approved for a Spanish Classroom Library! Congratulations Donia Alicia!
Congratulations to Auggie (music) and Lily (art) for being recognized by the Connecticut Association of Schools for excellence in the arts. Way to go! (Sarah Warner)
The whole school enjoyed reading Who Was? books for our first History Bee. Congratulations to our finalists and the Wells Road winner, Aaron!
Last week, the entire 5th grade kicked off our Capstone unit! We are so excited to start making an impact on our community and truly being compassionate contributors! (Meghan Bavol)
There will be NO PLC Thursday February 6, 2020
Third grade students are getting hands on experience with different shapes in order to explore the concept of area. (Kristin Rice)
Fifth grade students in Mrs. LaFlamme’s science class are learning about the moon phases. Students created new, full, first quarter, third quarter moons and everything in between by using a Styrofoam ball and a pencil. (Amy Lupoli)
I spy Wells Road musicians having a great concert day.
This week we are practicing turning mixed numbers into improper fractions then finding common denominators to add and subtract. (Heather Verheggen)
Fourth graders learned what colonial life was like in the 1600’s from fifth graders who came in to share their finished writing pieces. They discussed the research process, which fourth grade is beginning in both reading and writing. (Cristin Wojtas)
Fourth grade students investigated how to prevent erosion using cornstarch hill models in a lab called “Save the hills.” Students tried to protect their hill from rainwater based on the knowledge they learned from in class activities. (Kierstan Pestana)
Students at Wells Road began their second round of enrichment clusters today. Some new clusters include: The Great Barrier Reef, Puzzled, Crafting 101, and Antique Sign Making. The students were very excited to start these clusters and we can’t wait to see what they accomplish over the next six sessions! (Katie Busbey)
Fourth graders became History Detectives as they examined artifacts from immigration trunks. Thanks to the Connecticut Historical Society for coming to Wells Road! (Joy Cloukey)
Students in the Compassionate Kids cluster got together last week to make blankets for babies! They worked with one another to hand tie about 15 blankets that will be donated to the NICU for babies during the holidays. Mrs. McGrath and Mrs. Cloukey have thoroughly enjoyed this round of clusters!
Fifth graders have been learning about the Law of Conservation of Matter. Students watched videos of meteors streaking across the sky and created a scientific model to predict why. Then they watched a series of demonstrations about matter (including Elephant Toothpaste!) and recorded their observations in their science notebooks. Ultimately, they found out that you cannot create nor destroy matter; it can only be changed into a new form. Using this knowledge, they went back and revised their model of a meteor. (by Mr. Janski)
Dr. Heidi MacDonald was recognized by the State Board of Education last night at the Bushnell as Granby's
2019 Teacher of the Year. We are proud to add "Dr. Mac" to our Wall of Fame.
Third graders read the book “Balloons Over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet and spent the day creating floats for a Wells Road Thanksgiving parade! We had so much fun creating our floats! Happy Thanksgiving!
5th Grade Art Students have studied 3 Pop Artists…Roy Lichtenstein….Wayne Thiebaud….and Andy Warhol. They were to choose one artist to do a print in the style of. Today they are printing their image onto a colorful background they created.
