Kindergarten Newsletter

Winter is here! Please make sure your child's jacket or coat has his or her name written on the tag. We will go outside for recess everyday unless it is raining. You are welcome to come anytime to check the lost and found section if your child lost his/her jacket.

Hydration is very important. 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 healthy for our little kindergarteners when unsupervised. We have had several students getting sick.

Lunch time is from 10:50 am to 11:30 am.

Please join us on Mondays only to eat lunch with your child. Remember to take pictures only of your child. We go back to class by 11:30, please plan accordingly and get to school on time. Students can not take food with them.

• Mrs. Castillo from 10:50-11:20
• Mrs. Hina and Mrs. Martinez from 10:55-11:25
• Mrs. Alvarez and Mrs. Velasquez from 11:00-11:30

Make sure you check the lunch menu daily, a lot of our students are not eating anything because they don't like the school lunch. Also, a lot of lunchables are being tossed because the students say that they don't like them. Please talk to your child about their food preferences. Do not send snacks in lunch boxes, some students are not lining up for a tray, and end up eating only snacks for lunch. Please send the snacks in zip-lock bags.

Module 5 "We can do it"

We continue working on fiction stories focusing on the characters and the setting, and the plot of the story (identifying the beginning, middle and end).

We will identify the main idea and the details that support it when reading informational texts (non-fiction stories).

This month we will continue with informative writing, learning how to research and write facts about a given topic.

Please make sure your child practice handwriting, and stretching sounds as they write. Practice sight words daily to facilitate their writing and reading fluency.

• IIsolate beginning sound. For example: mat. This sentence has the /m/ sound at the beginning. Give your child a word and have them recognize the first sound they hear.
• Isolate final sound . For example: log. This sentence has the /g/ sound at the end. Give your child a word and have them recognize the last sound they hear.
• Blending phonemes into words. Blending means to combine 2 or more sounds to form a word. In this case, you might give your child the sounds /b/ /o/ /x/ to form the word box.
• Please continue to work with letter names and sounds. Use flash cards to assist with learning letters, making sure the cards are not in ABC order.

• Identificar la sílaba inicial, media o final en una palabra. Por ejemplo en la palabra zapato, la primera sílaba es /za/, la del medio es /pa/ y la final es /to/.
• 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/.
• Combinar sonidos para formar palabras. Por ejemplo si le dice a su hijo/a los sonidos /s/ /a/ /l/ él o ella debe de poder decirle la palabra completa sal.
• 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 usted 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.

• Numbers 0-50 - Continue practicing counting forwards and backwards, and identifying numbers up to 50, move to 100 if your child is ready.
  
• Addition of numbers that add up to 10 - Addition relates to composing but in a story mode. Give your child word problems (story problems) including numbers that add up to 10. For example: I had 3 stickers and my sister gave me 3 more. How many stickers to I have now. Start your stories with numbers that add up to 5 and move on if mastered.
• Subtraction of numbers - Subtraction relates to decomposing but in a story mode. Give your child word problems (story problems) including numbers subtracting from 10. For example: I have 5 cookies and I ate 4. How many cookies do I have left now.

• Air - Understand how air is all around us. Students will understand that we can not see air, but it is always around us. Review that wind is air that moves.
• Day and night - Understand why we have day and night, and that the sun does not disappear or goes away. Students will learn that the Earth rotates making day and night possible. Students need to be able to describe objects we see in the day sky (clouds, blue skies, rainbows, moon) and objects in the night sky (stars, moon, clouds, dark sky).
• Plant Needs - Understand that plants are living things, and that they need air, sun light, soil, nutrients and water to survive.

• People and families - Understand how families and people are similar and different.
• American Folk Heroes - Learn about the lives of our American Heroes and their holidays. Understand why we celebrate their legacy
• Customs and traditions. Understand what are some of our customs and traditions.

• Monday: Black History attire, PreK and Kinder parent lunch day, bedtime stories with Mrs. Owens
• Tuesday: #AliefProud, 1st grade parent lunch day
• Wednesday: college / military, 2nd grade parent lunch day
• Thursday: pink for KINDNESS, 3rd grade parent lunch day
• Friday: Rees Spirit Day, 4th grade parent lunch day

• February 2-6 Counselor’s Week: We love you MR. GARCIA!!

• February 2: Dalmatian Day (102nd day of school)

World Tutu Date

• February 3: 3rd and 4th grade Reading/Language Arts AIA

*****closed campus – no parent lunch*****

6:30 Alief I.S.D. Board Workshop

• February 4: 4th grade field trip to Symphony

World Read Aloud Day (book or book character attire)

• February 5 7:15 Donuts with Dads (cafeteria)

3rd grade Social Studies AIA

• February 6: Football attire

Bubble Gum Day -- $3 donation to benefit our Student Activity Fund

· Donation is to be allowed to chew gum at school.

· We are not selling or giving gum to kids.

· Students wear school-provided sticker after making donation.

· Parent-approved gum sent to school by parent.

• February 7 9:00-12:00 PreK enrollment event

• February 9: KINDNESS WEEK: Dream of a World Full of Kindness (PJs)
• February 10: KINDNESS WEEK: Self-love Day (whatever outfit you L*O*V*E)
• February 11: KINDNESS WEEK: Powered by Kindness (Super hero)

2nd grade Math CBA

• February 12: KINDNESS WEEK: Rees Stars are WILD about
• spreading Kindness – wear your REES STAR gear with WILD hair

We L*O*V*E to see you GROW Growth Parties

February 13: KINDNESS WEEK: Valentine attire – show the LOVE

Valentine exchange

• February 14: Lunar New Year Celebration @ Marshall Center

February 16: NO SCHOOL – President’s Day

February 17: Lunar New Year or Mardi Gras attire
6:30 Alief I.S.D. School Board Meeting

February 19: PROGRESS REPORT DAY
5:30-7:00 Rees Has Talent ($5 admission)

February 20: Space Cowboy Reading Assembly

February 24: 1st grade Math CBA

February 27: Go Texan attire (Rodeo/Western – not football 😊)
Fun Food Frenzy

Hoe Down
8:25 - 9:15 2nd grade
9:20 - 10:10 1st grade and REACH
10:50 - 11:40 4th grade
11:45-12:30 PreK, ECSE
12:35 – 1:25 3rd grade
1:30 – 2:20 Kindergarten

Kindergarten Math CBA
Poke’mon Day
8:30 Coffee with the Principal

1. 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.
2. Have your child bring a bottle of water daily.
3. Students who ride the bus must wear their bus tag and School ID daily. Morning and afternoon.
4. Behavior folders must be signed and cleaned daily. Please keep it inside the backpack. New folders can be purchased (50 cents).
5. Clean folders, lunch boxes and backpacks on Fridays - You might miss important information.

Mrs. Velasquez and Mrs. Alvarez

• flor.alvarez@aliefisd.net
• rosario.velasqueznavarro@aliefisd.net

Mrs. Castillo

• Patricia.Castillo@aliefisd.net

Mrs. Martinez and Mrs. Hina

• elizabeth.martinez@aliefisd.net
Friu.HinaGulzar@aliefisd.net

Website: https://www.aliefisd.net/Rees
Location: 16305 Kensley Dr, Houston, TX 77082
Phone: (281) 531-1444
Facebook: facebook.com/AliefReesElementary
Twitter: @ReesStars