Library with Mrs. Ames

What are we learning?

• We are continuing to read the Virginia Readers’ Choice books so we can vote at the end of the month for our favorite.  Upper grades receive lessons to support their research projects:  plagiarism, note-taking, summarizing, etc. 

Home/School Connection

• Book Fair !!  Week of March 20-24th in the Library.  Watch for flyers coming home!!

STEAM with Ms. Simonds

What are we learning?

• Kindergarten will be learning more about shapes and then designing a piece of playground equipment using different shapes.
• First graders will be learning about animals. They will learn how animal parents help their children and if they look like their parents or not.
• Second graders are learning about matter. They will try and figure out what a mystery goop is a solid or a liquid. They will also be making their own ice cream which they will change a solid into a liquid.
• Third grade will be completing some engineering challenges for Women’s History month. 
• Raye Montague is an American naval engineer credited with creating the first computer-generated rough draft of a U.S. naval ship, so students will be challenged to build a Naval ship that holds the most cargo.
• Emily Warren Roebling became the first female field engineer in history and helped with the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, so students will design a model of the Brooklyn Bridge that can hold the most vehicles without collapsing.
• Fourth grade and Fifth grade will be learning more about Oceans and designing a submersible.
• Sixth grade will continue working on their research project on a famous African American inventor. Then they will be creating a presentation about that person or a replica of that invention.

Home/School Connection

• Check out these Rock, Paper, STEAM Challenges and pick a few to try at home with your students!

Art with Ms. Anderson

What are we learning?

Here is a look into what Bucknell’s little artists will be doing this month in art!

• Kindergarten has started and will continue working on creating nighttime skylines inspired by the artist Faith Ringgold.
• 1st grade have been perfecting their cutting, gluing, and design skills as they create 3-D dream houses.
• 2nd graders are continuing to learn about colors as they learn the difference between warm and cool colors. Then taking this knowledge to create pictures of bugs they see around them. 
• 3rd graders have been working hard at thinking of what sort of gifts they would want to give to a friend. They have used these ideas to complete their friendship paintings!
• 4th graders have begun to practice their painting skills to use in creating skylines at different times of the day.
• 5th graders have begun to practice their painting skills as they create a landscape inspired by a place they would want to visit around the world.
• Lastly, 6th graders have also been practicing their painting skills to use in designing and painting their own album covers inspired by special memories. ​​​​​​​

Come check out the Pyramid Art Show! Several of our students’ artwork will be showcased.