Students throughout Kramer Lane Elementary School are in touch with their emotions thanks to social-emotional push-in lessons from school psychologists Dr. Danielle Rannazzisi and Dr. Louis Ricci. Lessons are geared toward each specific grade level and classes will receive these push-in lessons from Dr. Rannazzisi and Dr. Ricci throughout the 2022-23 school year.
Dr. Rannazzisi visited Amanda Tepedino’s first grade class on Friday, October 14, 2022 and educated students on the zones of regulation. She explained to the students that we all have emotions and that we categorize these emotions into different zones that have a specific color. For example, if a student is in the red zone, they might be feeling angry or out of control. Being aware of our emotions helps us regulate our actions.
The class listened intently as Dr. Rannazzisi read “Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day” by Jamie Lee Curtis. They discussed what the character in the book was feeling and the first graders were able to pinpoint what zone the character was in. Afterwards, Dr. Rannazzisi did an exercise with the class. She read them different scenarios and the emotions the coincide with them. The first graders had to decide what zone the emotion belonged in. They placed their answer in either a blue, green, red, or yellow shape, representing the zones. The hands-on lesson kept the class engaged and furthered their knowledge of the zones of regulation.