Kindergarten Newsletter
November
Important information
Reminders
Check the menu daily and prepare accordingly.
Do not send your child with snacks in a lunch box, this causes confusion and your child might miss a hot lunch for being in the wrong line.
Kindergarten lunch time times are:
- Mrs. Gomez 10:45 am to 11:15 am
- Mrs. Martinez & Mrs. Lopez 10:50 am to 11:20 am,
- Mrs. Alvarez & Mrs. Pllana 10:55 am to 11:25 am.
We do not have Snack time in kinder.
Parent Lunch Day are on Mondays Only:
- Please do not take pictures of other students, and be here on time.
- We can not accommodate for extra time.
- As a reminder, do not tell your child that you are coming if it is difficult or you are not sure you can make it.
- It is better to surprise your child than disappoint him/her. We have had several students crying during their lunch time and the they don't eat.
- Please no phones while you are spending time with you child. Ask him/her about their day or what they learned.
Winter is approaching! As you send your child with a jacket or a coat, make sure it has his/her name written on the tag.
Hydration is very important and we need you to help us keeping your child hydrated. Please send a bottle with water (preferably in a thermos) daily. Make sure it has your child's name written on it. Drinking from the water fountain is not safe for our little kindergarteners.
Assignments for the month
Reading
During these months we continue working with fiction stories focusing on the characters and the setting, and the plot of the story (identifying the beginning, middle and end of the story.
For our informational texts we will identify the main idea and the details that support it.
Writing
We will also begin our informative writing, learning how to research and write facts about a given topic.
Phonics - English
- Identify initial sounds and alliteration. For example: Sammy saw six snakes. This sentence has the /S/ sound at the beginning or each word.
- Identify the final sound. with emphasis on letters N, D, C, P and short i. Use flash cards to assist with learning letters, making sure the cards are not in ABC order.
- Segmenting onset-rime . Segmenting means breaking words into two parts, the onset and the rime. The onset is either a consonant or cluster of them at the start of a syllable, while the rime is its remainder. So, for an onset and rime example, let’s look at the word climb: cl- is the onset, while -imb is the rhyme.
- Blending onset-rime. Blending means to combine 2 sounds to form a word. In this case, you might give your child the sounds /m/ and /ug/ to form the word mug.
- Consonants f, and r, and the s in plural words.
Fonética - español
- Contar las palabras en una oración. Por ejemplo: El niño corre. Esta oración tiene 3 palabras.
- Identificar las letras y el sonido, con énfasis en las vocales, y las letras T, F, B. Utilice tarjetas para asistir en el aprendizaje asegurándose que las letras están en desorden y no en orden del alfabeto.
- Identificar el sonido inicial, medio o final en una palabra. Por ejemplo en la palabra sol, el primer sonido es /s/, el del medio es /o/ y el final es /l/.
- Identificar y hacer rimas. Diga a su hijo/a dos palabras y permita que el/ella le diga si riman o no. Por ejemplo: pato/gato si riman, luna/casa no riman. Mas adelante, diga used una palabra y que su hijo/a le diga una palabra que rime con la que usted le dijo. Por ejemplo: "Dime una palabra que rima con masa". Su hijo/a puede decir casa, tasa, pasa.
Math
- Recognize, write, order, recite and take apart numbers 1-20 understanding that numbers can be represented in different ways.
- Recognize flat and solid shapes.
Science
- Uses of Rocks and Soil. We will learn about how people use rocks and soil in their everyday lives.
- Water - Properties and Uses. We will study the physical properties of water like clarity, taste and smell. We will discuss how people use water in their daily lives.
- Weather. We will be able to describe daily weather and how it affects our lives.
Social Studies
- Jobs in the community. We will continue describing how people get money and the use of technology to make our lives easier in all kinds of jobs.
- Goods and Services. Identify the difference between both. Goods are objects we buy and services are tasks performed for the benefit of the consumer. The consumer is the person paying for the good or the service.
- Thanksgiving. We will understand why we celebrate Thanksgiving.
Keep in mind that we have elections on Nov. 5th, so we will be discussing elections for 2 days in Nov. 2nd and 4th.
Calendar items
Important dates in November
Mondays: PreK and Kinder parent lunch day, purple for Alzheimer’s Awareness
7:00 p.m. Bedtime Stories with Mrs. Owens 834-6744-5976 (rees123)
Tuesdays: #AliefProud, 1st grade parent lunch day
Wednesdays: college/military/career, 2nd grade parent lunch day
Thursdays: blue for GRATITUDE, 3rd grade parent lunch day
Fridays: Rees Spirit Day, 4th grade parent lunch day- November 3: ELECTION DAY – Rees is a voting site
- November 4: 1st grade Math CBA
- November 5: Progress Report Day
6:30-8:00 school optimization meeting @ Holub Middle School - November 6: National Basketball Day
- November 7: 9:00-2:00 Holiday Market @ Marshall Center for Advanced Careers - 12150 Richmond Ave
*time? Rees PVAA choir performance - November 10: Sesame Street Day or 60s attire (60th day of school)
- November 11: Patriotic attire (Veteran’s Day)
4th grade SUMMIT - November 12: 4th grade Math Test
4th grade Social Studies Fall AoL
2nd grade field trip
8-12 Theatre Day- November 13: Mr. Rogers “cardigan day” for WORLD KINDNESS DAY or a “kind” shirt 😊
5:30-7:30 FALL FESTIVAL - November 14: 10-3:30 Girls in STEM conference (4th-8th grade) @ Taylor
- Nov. 16-20: Family Engagement Week
- November 16: 4th grade RLA CBA
- November 17: 6:30 Alief I.S.D. School Board Meeting
- November 18: Kdg-4th grade Science Assessment of Learning (AoL)
Mickey Mouse Birthday and / or National Princess Day
- November 19: 2nd grade Math CBA
3rd grade RLA CBA #2
4th grade SUMMIT
six – seven day (67th day of school)5:00-6:30 Library Night
- November 20: TURKEY TROT
8:20-9:05 2nd grade
9:15-10 1st grade
10:00-10:30 PreK + REACH
10:35-11:20 4th grade
12:15-1:00 Kindergarten
1:05-1:50 3rd grade- 7:30 Coffee with the Principal
December SMORE goes out
- November 23 – 27: Thanksgiving Break – NO SCHOOL
- November 30: Merry Monday – PJ Day
Reminders
Very important
- Keep a change of clothes in your child's backpack including underwear, socks, pants, and a shirt. Please update as the weather changes or your child grows.
- Have your child bring a bottle of water daily.
- Students who ride the bus must wear their bus tag daily. Morning and afternoon.
- Behavior folders must be signed daily. Please keep it inside the backpack.
- Clean the folder and backpack on Fridays.
How to contact you child's teachers
Mrs. Pllana and Mrs. Alvarez - Can be both contacted via ParentSquare
Mrs. Martinez can be contacted via ParentSquare
Mrs. Lopez can be contacted via ParentSquareWebsite: https://www.aliefisd.net/Rees
Location: 16305 Kensley Dr, Houston, TX 77082
Phone: (281) 531-1444
Twitter: @ReesStars