Welcome to the Specials Monthly Newsletter! Here you will be able to read snippets of what students are learning and doing. Please feel free to reach out to any of us with questions about what you read!

Library with Mrs. Ames

What are we learning?

September Library Stats

• 1,006 books circulated
• 23 new books added
• No fines! Please return overdue books!

October

• 1,824 books circulated
• Retold stories
• Wrote 6 word memoirs
• Estimated candy corns
• No fines! Please return overdue books!

Home/School Connection

• Don’t forget about all the online resources and books that can be accessed from our Bucknell ES Library page!  There is a lot to read and learn online!
• We have been working on retelling, digital citizenship, and being good communicators in the library so far this year. 
• We also started a live news show featuring our 6th graders daily. 
• We will be reading about turkey characters and want to help disguise the turkey. We will also read about gratitude and being thankful. 
• This is my first year at Bucknell and I know I am still new to this community.  Please reach out with questions, ideas, or just to talk about what is happening in the Library! @email

STEAM with Ms. Simonds

What are we learning?

• Kindergarten and first graders are off to a spooktacular start in STEAM. We have been busy reading different stories about pumpkins and completing different engineering challenges.
• Second graders have been focused on Introduction to Computer Sciences, learning about how to code our wonderful robots.
• In third grade, we are extending our classroom science lessons on animal adaptations. The students are creating animals with both physical and behavioral adaptations. Our third graders are also being introduced to computer science by programming robots to operate.
• Fourth and fifth graders have been performing experiments to learn about Virginia’s natural resources this reinforces lessons they are currently learning in their
• general science classrooms. Scientific investigation and the scientific process are so much fun.
• Our sixth graders have been studying aerospace and aeronautics. They are researching and studying rockets in order to build a rocket that conforms to scientific properties.
• We are also busy learning to code our brand new Lego Spike Prime Robots for our two competition teams that will be competing in November. Stayed tuned in future months to learn how your students will be able to compete next year.
• Our STEAM program is off to an amazing start and we have many fun and educational activities planned to awaken our students’ imaginations.

Home/School Connection

• Check out these 25 Cardboard STEAM Activities and pick a few to try at home with your students! 
• If you have any questions please contact me at @email.

Art with Ms. Anderson

What are we learning?

From the beginning of the year to now, K-3rd graders have been hard at work to create portraits surrounding ideas of culture, family, community, and self. Students in 5th-6th have been creating collages about places around the world and about themselves. Lastly, 4th graders have learned about how to draw people in motion and then created sculptures to go with these!

Contact Info:

This is my second year here at Bucknell and I know I am still new to many of you! Please never hesitate to reach out with questions, ideas, or just to talk about what is happening in Art!

Email: @email