Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Field Trip

Tomorrow we'll travel downtown and back in time as we tour historic homes from the Houston area! This year we've also been to Panda Path and the Jesse Jones Nature Center. Think back to your lower school experience. What has been your favorite field trip ever? Was is a trip from 3rd grade, 2nd grade or even Kindergarten? Please write about your favorite field trip experience. Why was it the best field trip ever?

Wednesday, April 20, 2016


Hello Mystery Writers!

Let's share our mystery ideas and have a conversation. Who is your lead detective? What special character traits does he or she have? Does your lead detective have a sidekick?

What is the case or problem that your detective character will be solving? Give us a sneak peak into your setting, suspects, clues, red herrings or plot twists. Think about how you'd like to publish your mystery and vote on the poll!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Field Day...a Kinkaid Tradition!

Field Day is a wonderful day! Students and teachers from all three divisions of the school come together to have fun, participate in the events and enjoy the fair.

Let's share! 

 Why do you think that this is an important day for our school community? What is your favorite Field Day memory? What are you looking forward to this year? How are you feeling about the jump rope race?

GO PURPLE! GO GOLD!

Thursday, April 7, 2016

We made it to Oregon!!




We had wonderful time sharing our Westward Expansion projects and work yesterday! I am curious. What was your favorite activity that we did during this unit? Was it the researching and journal writing, the iMovie, QRcode with audio and video, reading Hattie's journal or another activity?

Please give a detailed explanation about what you liked or did not enjoy as much. Maybe you'll influence how we explore pioneer life next year!  Write four to five complete sentences. Check your punctuation.