November News

Dear Parents,

November is a short month, but we have a lot to do and learn! Please read on, so you can stay informed about topics pertaining to 1st Grade such as reminders, academic concepts for the month, staff/student holidays, and more.

Sincerely,

First Grade Team

Communication is key to your child's success, and parent/teacher conferences are fast approaching. For more information, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.

Conferences by appointment: 9:25a.m.-10:00a.m.

Rees Elementary phone number: 281-531-1444

• Mrs. Hurtado (One Way Dual Language Teacher)

  • monica.hurtado@aliefisd.net

  Mr. Garzon (Two Way Dual Language Teacher)

  • Alfredo.Garzon-Ruiz@aliefisd.net

  Ms. Costello (Monolingual Teacher)

  • jodie.costello@aliefisd.net

  Mrs. Rodriguez (Two Way Dual Language Teacher)

  • deyanira.rodriguezojeda@aliefisd.net

  Ms. Holmes (Monolingual Language Teacher)

  • sukari.holmes@aliefisd.net

Parent Lunch Day for 1st Grade are on Tuesdays. Please read below to see your child's specific lunchtime.

Lunch times for First Grade range from 11:05 - 11:45, depending on the class:

• Holmes & Costello: 11:00-11:30
• Rodriguez & Garzon: 11:05-11:35
• Hurtado : 11:10-11:40

Bedtime Stories with Mrs. Owens take place every Monday at 7:00p.m. through Zoom.

Bedtime Stories Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 834 6744 5976

Password: rees123

• November 23-27 (Thanksgiving break)

• Rees spirit shirt on Fridays
• Homework menu is sent home on Mondays and is due every Friday
• October 31: Alief Proud Day
• November 4: Math test
• November 5: Progress reports go home
• November 12: Family Library Night
• November 13: Fall Festival
• November 20: Turkey Trot

Thanksgiving break: November 23-27

• The curriculum we follow is called HMH. Each module lasts 15 days. Day 1 is an introduction to the module, and day 15 is a day to review, wrap up, and assess students. / El plan de estudios que seguimos se llama HMH. Cada módulo tiene una duración de 15 días. El módulo se presenta el día 1; el día 15 es un día para revisar, concluir y evaluar a los estudiantes.

  
  

• Module 4: Better together

• Essential question: Why is it important to do my best and get along with others?

This month, we will be learning:

• This month, we will be learning:

  • Numbers to 20 (Continued from end of October)
  • Length

School-to-Home Connections (English and Spanish)

Numbers to 20

Length

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• SCIENCE/CIENCIAS

  We will be learning/Estaremos aprendiendo:

  
  

  1. Pushes and Pulls

  
  

  • How do pushes and pulls change the motion of an object?
  • Students explain how pushes and pulls can stop, start or change the speed or direction of an object in motion.

  
  

  2. Ways objects move

  
  

  • Objects can move from one location to another using different pattern of movement like straight lines, zigzags, up and down, back and forth, round and round, or fast and slow. /

  
  

  3. Soil/El suelo

  
  

  • Different types of soil are compared by their observable properties.
  • Soil can be sorted based on particle size, texture, and color./

  
  

  Vocabulary:

  push, pull, motion, speed, direction

  
  

Pebble Go is a resource you can use to support your child at home with the Social Studies topics for this month. Simply have your child sign into the AliefHub. Pebble Go provides information both in English and Spanish. / PebbleGo es una fuente que puede usar para apoyar el aprendizaje de su hijo sobre los temas de Estudios Sociales de este mes. Simplemente haga que su hijo inicie sesión en AliefHub. PebbleGo proporciona información tanto en inglés como en español.

1. Where Things Are: Maps and Globes/Ubicacion de las cosas: mapas y globos terraqueos

• Describe the location of self and objects/Describir la ubicacion de objetos y si mismo
• Use simple maps, for example, maps of the home, classroom, school community, our city, our state, our country, and our continent./Usar mapas simples tales como mapas de la casa, del salon de clase, de la comunidad de la escuela, de nuestra ciudad, nuestro estado, nuestro pais y continente.

• Physical characteristics of places such as landforms, bodies of water, Earth’s resources, and weather./Características físicas del lugar, tales como accidentes geográficos, masas de agua, recursos de la Tierra y clima.
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3. Thanksgiving/Acción de gracias

• We will be going over The first thanksgiving and how is it different today. Aprenderemos acerca del primer día de acción de gracias y como lo celebramos hoy en día.

4. Work People Do and Financial Literacy/ Trabajos que hace la gente y Educación Financiera

• How can we learn to save and spend money responsibly / Cómo podemos aprender a ahorrar y gastar dinero.
• What careers and jobs can one have to earn money/ Que carreras y trabajos se pueden tener para ganar dinero.