Specialists Newsletter

What are we learning?

The focus this quarter is on music literacy for all grades.

Students in grades K-2 are reading notated rhythm patterns and playing them on classroom percussion instruments.
Students in Grades K-1 are learning about the French Composer Camille Saint-Saens and his famous work Carnival of the Animals.
Grade 2-3 students will study the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s famous piece Peter and the Wolf.
Third and fourth-grade students are learning to read music notes in treble clef while practicing the recorder.
Fifth and sixth-grade students are preparing to compose and perform their own melodies on the Orff instruments.
Sixth-grade Students selected to participate in All-County Chorus continue to rehearse for their concert on April 27, 2024, at Hayfield Secondary School.

Students are working independently on coding using Micro Bits.
5th grade students are using building components to assemble electronic circuits.
6th grade is working on completing their Air Quality research.

Spring Book Fair is March 18-22 in the Bucknell Library
Family hours will be March 18-21st 3:30-4:30 (Monday through Thursday)
The Book Fair will be broken down on Friday afternoon March 22 but online shopping can continue over Spring Break :)