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" area (closest by the cafeteria entrance) if your child has lost his/her jacket.

Hydration:

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. Please DO NOT send soda, juices, or colored flavored water in the bottles.

Lunch time:

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

Please plan accordingly and get to school on time. If you are not sure you can make it, it is better that you surprise your child. We highly suggest not to tell your child that you are coming, if you are not 100% sure you are going to make it.

Module 4 "Happy healthy me"

In December 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).

We will continue working on telling the big and small stories of our lives, exploring how writers get ideas from their own life's experiences to write stories.

We will also begin our informative writing, learning how to research and write facts about a given topic.

• Identify initial sounds and alliteration. For example: Sammy saw six snakes. This sentence has the /S/ sound at the beginning or each word.
• 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, R, and the s in plural words. Use flash cards to assist with learning letters, making sure the cards are not in ABC order.

• 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 B y R. Utilice tarjetas para asistir en el aprendizaje asegurándose que las letras están en desorden y no en orden del alfabeto.
• 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 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.

• Identify 3D Shapes
• Making shapes with other shapes
• Review numbers 0-20. - Counting forwards and backwards, and identifying.

In science we will learn about

• Weather - We will discuss how weather changes from day to day, and how these changes afect our lives.
• Engineer Design and Project Based Learning - We will have 2 weeks of fun science projects to integrate into our Best Engineering Practices Unit.

• Where do we live. We will discuss where do we live in relationship to places, using positional words and relative location.
• Where are places located?. We will learn about where places are located using maps and what they show us.
• Celebrate Christmas around the world. We will discuss different celebrations around the world during the holidays.

Please remember that all attire choices are optional. Your child can always wear regular uniform. Make sure all outfits are school appropriate and easy to take off (fro restroom purposes). Also, students need to wear comfortable shoes (not crocks).

December 1: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (National Disney Day)

December 2: 70s attire (70th day of school) or Deck the Halls Day – deck out in your most festive attire

• 1st and 2nd grade Math AIA
• 3rd grade SUMMIT

December 3: Candy Cane Day (red and white) or Feliz Navidad (red, green and white)

• 3rd grade Science AIA
• 2nd grade SUMMIT
• 5:00-7:00 Rodeo Art Show Family Night at Marshall Center for Advanced Careers

December 4: Progress Report Day

• 2nd grade field trip
• 4th grade Science AIA
• Kinder Math AIA
• 4th grade SUMMIT
• Favorite holiday socks (National Sock Day) with your favorite “winter book/movie character” attire

December 5: PreK-4th grade Growth Party #2

• It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Day (favorite holiday attire)

December 6: 5:00 The Alief Community Nutcracker @ Taylor High School

December 7: 2:00 The Alief Community Nutcracker @ Taylor High School

December 8: Merry Monday Morning! (just wake up and wear your school-appropriate PJs!!)

• No parent lunches
• 3rd grade SUMMIT
• 8:00-2:30 Book Fair

December 9: Frosty, Olaf, or Abominable (or your favorite snowman) attire

• 3rd and 4th grade Reading / Language Arts SIA

***closed campus***

• 1st grade Math CBA (+ and – to 20)

December 10: Elf Day

• 7:15-8:00 Book Fair: PreK – 1st grade goodies with grown ups
• 8:00-2:30 Book Fair
• No parent lunches
• 1st and 2nd grade Science AIA
• 4th grade SUMMIT
• 3rd grade Math CBA (multiplication, division and bar models)

December 11: Santa Claus is coming to Rees (free dress for pictures with

Santa)

• No parent lunches
• 9:00-11:00 Alief I.S.D. Stuff-a-Bus (school supply donation drop-off) @ Crump
• 3rd grade Social Studies CBA #2
• 2nd grade SUMMIT
• 7:15-8:00 book fair: 2nd – 4th grade goodies with grown-ups
• 8:00-2:30 Book Fair and 4:00-6:30 Book Fair late night & choir performance

December 12: Grinch Day

• No parent lunches
• 8:00-1:00 Book Fair

December 13: 10:00-1:00 Camden Park Festival (rescheduled from 10/25)

• 8:00-1:00 YSC Hope for Christmas event

December 15: Rudolph day

• Kinder Reading / Language Arts AIA (December 15-17)
• 3rd grade field trip

December 16: 80s attire (80th day of school) and/or Flannel / Holiday Plaid Day

• 1st and 2nd grade Reading / Language Arts AIA
• 6:30 A.I.S.D. School Board Meeting

December 17: 4th grade Social Studies CBA

• 1st, 2nd and 4th grade Math CBA
• Twinkle Twinkle Day – lights, tinsel, garland and/or glitter with your favorite holiday shirt

December 18: 5:50-6:30 Rees PVAA WINTER SHOWCASE

• Ugly Sweater Day (jeans or sweats)
• Kinder Math CBA

December 19: school-appropriate PJ Day

• school-wide Sing-a-Long
• Winter class parties
• 2:00 early dismiss

January 5: student holiday

January 6: Students back to school – 2nd semester begins

• New Year – New You – free dress!!

· January 8: Report Card Day

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 Student ID daily. Morning and afternoon.
4. Behavior folders must be signed daily. Please keep it inside the backpack.
5. Clean the folder and backpack on Fridays.

• Ms. Velasquez and Mrs. Alvarez
• flor.alvarez@aliefisd.net

• Rosario.VelasquezNavarro@aliefisd.net

• Ms. Orta

• america.orta@aliefisd.net

Mrs. Martinez and Mrs. Hina

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

Website: https://www.aliefisd.net/Rees
Location: 16305 Kensley Dr, Houston, TX 77082
Phone: (281) 531-1444
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