Mrs. Castine's Class
with Mrs. Wilson
Learning Objectives
Spelling Words
seeing, three, worked, earth, when, us, first, dirt, shirt, girl
Word Family: -ir (bossy r)
Grammar: inflected endings (-ing and -ed)
We will continue our "chicken" theme this week, but focus on plot. We will review the process of identifying the rising actions that lead to the most important and exciting moment of the story.
Writing
We wrote some cute "chicken" stories last week. We will continue to work on finding the setting, main characters, and plot (problem/solution) in stories we read together.
Math
Students will continue to identify and classify 3D shapes by their attributes.
Science
Exciting times - our chicks will hatch this week! We will learn about oviparous animals, as well as compare the life cycles of chickens, frogs and fish.
FYI
April 15th - Kinder round up @8:30am - tell your neighbors!
Thursday, April 18th - Field Trip to the Perot Museum! *Bring a completely disposable sack lunch & snack!
Scotty P's Night - support our school if you can!
**STAAR Closed Campus Days**
April 23rd & 24 - NO visitors or volunteers on campus due to testing
Moby Math & iStation
Moby Math Link - 30 minutes per week
http://www.runmoby.com/x4228username: first and last initial
password: bluefish
iStation - 30 minutes per week
You will need to download iStation to your home computer.
Email: twilson@mckinneyisd.net
Website: www.mrscastine.wikispaces.com
Location: Jesse McGowen Elementary
Phone: 469-203-4300