From the desk of Molly Culver, Teaching Principal Landaff Blue School;

Blue School Newsletter

March 22nd-March 26th

What We Are Learning

• Kindergarten letter of the week is Y. In math, Kindergarten played different shape games. They also practiced counting on by 1’s and practiced counting on by 10’s. They used a pan balance as a tool to compare weights.
• First Graders deepened their understanding of the relationship between addition and subtraction by learning about fact families. They also worked on more combinations of 10 facts.
• Second Graders started Unit 7. Students used mental strategies to find differences between 2-digit numbers and larger multiples of 10. They also practiced measuring distances with a yardstick.
• All grades worked on writing limericks.
• All grades continue to work on coding and building robots for their Novel Engineer Project from WMSI for Computer Science class.
• All grades enjoyed the lovely spring weather.

Unified Arts

• In Health, the students learned about being kind.  
• In Guidance, students focused on Mindful Moments.
• They reviewed the words and songs about zoo animals.
• In Library, the students continued working on their research on ocean animals.
• In Art, the students created spring flowers.
• In PE, the students did indoor exercisers.   

Molly Culver 603.838.6416
“Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning”- Robert John Meehan