Communication is key to your child's success. 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 (Dual Language Teacher)

• monica.hurtado@aliefisd.net

Ms. Flores (Dual Language Teacher)

• isauradiana.flores@aliefisd.net

Mr Rivers (Monolingual Teacher)

• christopher.rivers@aliefisd.net

Ms. Moreno (Monolingual Teacher)

• soffia.moreno@aliefisd.net

Ms. Valencia (Bilingual Teacher)

• irma.hornung@aliefisd.net

Mrs. Castillo (Bilingual Teacher)

• patricia.castillo@aliefisd.net

• • ParentLunchDays

    
    

    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:
    

    
    

    
    

    • Rivers & Moreno: 11:05-11:35
    • Castillo & Valencia: 11:10-11:40
    • Hurtado & Flores: 11:15-11:45

• February 1: Progress Report Day
• February 2: Bubble Gum Day and World Tutu Day!!!!
• February 3: Houston Bookworm Festival field trip
• February 5: National School Counselor Day #WeLOVEyouMrGarcia
• February 6: 3rd and 4th grade Reading SIA#2 CLOSED CAMPUS
• February 8: 5:00-7:00 Family Library Night
• February 9: football attire
  STAAR field test CLOSED CAMPUS
• February 12: last day to order Field Day shirts rmd.me/rSKZFKpsL0f
• February 13: 6:30-10:00 a.m. Blood Drive @ Rees (donor coach in staff parking lot)
  3rd and 4th grade Math IA CLOSED CAMPUS
• February 12-16 KINDNESS WEEK

• Monday: Rees is WILD about spreading KINDNESS – wear your REES STAR gear with WILD hair
• Tuesday: Don’t forget to show KINDNESS to yourself! Self-love day (outfit you LOVE) or Mardi Gras (gold, green and purple)
• Wednesday: show your KINDNESS by wearing Valentine’s attire
• Thursday: Powered by KINDNESS – be a superhero to someone (Super Hero attire)
• Friday: Dream of a World Full of KINDNESS (PJs)

• February 15: 5:00-6:30 FUN SHOP with Houston Museum
• February 16: 2nd grade field trip to Aquarium
• February 19: No School – President’s Day
• February 20: 6:30 Alief I.S.D. School Board Meeting
• February 21: 3:45 SDC
• February 22: Progress Report Day
• February 23: March grade-level smore goes out

• wear your Western / Go Texan attire for Hoe Down

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

• February 24: 4:00 4th grade Honor Choir concert @ Taylor
• February 26 - March 1: Dr. Seuss Week

• Monday: Green Eggs and Ham and Cat in the Hat: green and/or hat
• Tuesday: Fox in Socks and The Foot Book: wild socks and miss-matched shoes
• Wednesday: Lorax and Oh the Places You’ll Go: college, military or job
• Thursday: Dr. Seuss Sleep Time Stories, Sleep Book and I Can Read with My Eyes Shut: school-appropriate PJs
• Friday: Tomorrow is Dr. Suess’ Birthday. Wear your favorite Dr. Seuss character attire.

• February 29: 8:30 Coffee with the Principal
• March 2: Read Across America Day

Alief I.S.D. Family U Conference

We follow the HMH curriculum. 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.

Module 6: Celebrate America, Module 7: The big outdoors - We will be working on Module 6 and 7 through the month of February.

• We follow the Math in Focus curriculum.

  
  

  This month, we will start working with on addition and subtraction numbers to 40:

  
  

  • • Add ones to a 2-digit number without regrouping.

    • Add tens to a 2-digit number.

    • Add tens and ones to a 2-digit number without regrouping.

    
    

    • Regroup ones into a 10 and ones.

    • Add ones to a 2-digit number with regrouping.

    • Add ones and tens to a 2-digit number with regrouping.

    • Add three numbers with regrouping.

    
    

    • Subtract ones from a 2-digit number without regrouping.

    • Subtract tens from a 2-digit number.

    • Subtract ones and tens from a 2-digit number without regrouping.

    
    

    • Regroup tens into tens and ones.

    • Subtract ones from a 2-digit number with regrouping.

    • Subtract ones and tens from a 2-digit number with regrouping.

    
    

    • Solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction.

    • Use related addition and subtraction facts to check answer to real-world problems.

    
    

The video below reviews the addition and subtraction symbols.

We will be learning

1. Objects in the sky

• We will observe and record changes in the appearance of objects in the sky such as the Moon, and stars, including the Sun.

vocabulary: weather, air, temperature, thermometer, cloudy, windy, information, wind sock, cold, hot, calm, clear, rainy, icy, wind

2. Seasons and day and night

• Day and night have different characteristics.
  

• Seasons, summer, fall, winter, and spring, have different characteristics.

• What we see and do changes from day to night and from season to season

Vocabulary: season, characteristics, spring, summer, fall, winter, day night

3. Living and non living

• Living things have basic needs that must be met in order to survive, while nonliving things do not.
• We can sort and classify living and nonliving things based on whether or not they have basic needs and the ability to produce offspring.
• Living things have the ability to reproduce, while nonliving things do not.

Vocabulary: living things, nonliving things, basic need, offspring, classify

Chinese New Year

We will describe the origins of costumes, holidays and celebrations.

Vocabulary: celebrations, Chinese New Year, traditions, customs

Black History Month

We will identify historical African Americans and their contributions.

Vocabulary: Black history month, leader, segregation, past, present, celebration

President's Day

1. We will recognize George Washington as the first president of our country.

2. We will recognize Abraham Lincoln as a great president that was a leader of our country during war.

3. We will learn how President’s Day help us remember two of our greatest presidents.

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.