Rees Block S'more November 2026
Art
Physical Education
🦃🍂 November PE Newsletter 🍂🦃
Dear PE Families,
We have had a fantastic start to the fall season! Students have been staying active, building skills, and having fun in PE.
🏀 What We're Learning
- 🤝 Cooperative Games - teamwork, communication, and sportsmanship
- 🏀 Basketball Skills - dribbling and ball control
- 🎯 Throwing & Catching - improving coordination and accuracy
👟 Friendly Reminder
Please help your child practice tying their shoelaces at home. Secure shoes help students stay safe and active during PE.
🦃 Turkey Trot - November 20th
Families are invited to come cheer on our students during their scheduled PE time!
Students should: ✅ Bring a labeled water bottle
✅ Wear athletic shoes and comfortable clothing
✅ Come ready to have fun!
Please check your child's schedule for their participation time.
🌟 Healthy Habits for November
🍎 Eat healthy foods
💧 Drink plenty of water
🏃 Stay active every day
😴 Get plenty of sleep
🍁 Thank You for supporting our PE program. We are thankful for our amazing students and families and wish everyone a happy, healthy, and active Thanksgiving season!
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂🏃♂️🏀
Your PE Team 🧡💛🤎
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us:
Physical Education Teachers:
Mrs. Fonseca
📧 michelle.fonseca@aliefisd.net
Coach Tony Grigsby
📧 tony.grigsbyjr@aliefisd.net
We look forward to continuing to work together to support our students' success throughout the school year!
Music
Dear Parents,
Happy Fall! This Month in Music we have been celebrating the arrival of Fall with some songs, games, and dances like “Spider on the Floor” and “Shake them ‘Simmons Down”. We are looking forward to "Super Turkey" making an appearance.
Grades K-1 are still singing tunefully, tapping a steady beat, and learning about tempo and music contrasts like high and low. Our new concepts are rhythm and steady beat. We are identifying how many sounds are on a beat. We are using many different classroom percussion instruments to perform like shakers, rhythm sticks, tambourines, and drums.
2nd grade is still learning about instrument families and reading rhythm notation, but we have started using our Xylophones and Metallophones! We are making beautiful music with our familiar songs.
3rd and 4th graders started mallet instruments, and have performed borduns, ostinatos, and have improvised! We have enjoyed providing musical sounds to our familiar songs.
4th Grade took a trip to the Houston Symphony on October 27th! It was an amazing event. As a follow up to that performance, the symphony will be sending some representatives to meet with all of our 4th graders here at Rees on November 19th.
The Rees Choir had a busy October including a Taylor High School Parade, and our wonderful performance at our Rees PVAA “Informance” on October 22rd! They again performed beautifully at the Camden Park Festival on Saturday, October 24th. Our final October performance was at Alief Proud on October 31st! We were able to showcase our beautiful new choir shirts at these events and the students looked and sounded amazing! Thank you for coming out and supporting all of the Fine Arts students. We could not do it without your dedication. This month we will be preparing for our Winter Showcase! Have a great month!
Jennifer Wilkins - jennifer.wilkins@aliefisd.net
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Jennifer Wilkins
Music K-4
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281-531-1444 Ex 23102
Theatre
Happy Fall!
Rees Theatre Company had an eventful October. We performed in the 25th Alief Taylor High School Parade and performed an excerpt from Junie B. Jones at the INFORMANCE.
All students were introduced to the character and songs from Junie B. Jones.
During the month of November, we will read the play JUNIE B. JONES the musical Jr. We will act out the characters and learn important social and emotional skills while reading about Junie B.'s interactions with her parents and school friends. The goal is for all students to learn to work together and understand how to solve problems.
Thank you,
Ms. Aisha Ussery, M.Ed.
281-531-1444 ext. 23027
"Building character while creating characters"
~Aisha Ussery
Dance
Dear Rees PVAA parents,
In November, all dance classes are reinforcing their dance vocabulary, skills, and technique with ballet. Grades K-2 are moving through the 1st-3rd positions of the arms and feet, while grades 3- 4 are using 1st-5th positions. Dancers are practicing ballet combinations to become mindful and aware of how they move their bodies through the dance space. This includes learning and describing different movement qualities and making connections to the skills that they are learning. The Shyne Project is teaching hip hop to selective 3rd-4th grade classes and the Shooting Stars Dance Team.
Ms. Cecilia Gomez
Dance Teacher - 281-531-1444 | Ext. 23063
Cecilia.GomezUmana@aliefisd.net
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Piano
Dear Rees Parents,
Fall is here and we are off to an incredible start with Group Piano. All 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders are currently enrolled in Group Piano as part of their normal rotation. All Kindergarten and 1 graders see Mr. Furney for general music classes. What’s happening in Group Piano? Learning the basics of the keyboard: patterns of the keys, high versus low sounds, finger numbers, and healthy technique from the start. Focusing heavily on listening exercises that challenge your students’ thinking, and daily
performances in class that builds confidence in themselves. Pairing/Grouping Students to work as a team to create different sounds.
What’s happening in General Music?
Kindergarten: Keeping the steady beat Explore vocal range, high and low sounds, Major and minor, Tempo changes.
First Grade: Beat versus rhythm, Phrase structure, Keeping beat using percussion instruments
Different voice timbres; voice and instruments, Ostinatos & loops, Piano Club is in the process! There will be room for 16 students, with 20 possible in the coming months. More to come!
If you have any questions or comments, please use one
of the following:
281-531-1444 ext. 23101
Health and Technology
In Health and Technology, students will learn how to make safe and healthy choices.
Healthy Eating and Food Allergies
Students will:
- Learn how to find health information from trusted sources.
- Identify common food allergens listed on food labels.
- Understand the signs and symptoms of food allergies.
- Practice food allergy safety, including not sharing food with others.
- Learn how to respect classmates who have food allergies and how to get help during a food-related emergency.
- Set goals for making healthy food choices and staying physically active.
Healthy Portion Sizes
Students will:
- Learn about healthy portion sizes for common foods.
- Compare serving sizes to familiar objects to better understand how much food is appropriate to eat.
- Discuss how information from television, social media, advertisements, and other forms of media can affect food choices and physical activity.
Medicines and Staying Safe
Students will:
- Learn the difference between prescription medicines and over-the-counter medicines and how they should be used safely.
- Understand why medicines can be helpful when used correctly.
- Learn about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, vaping products, inhalants, household chemicals, and other harmful substances.
- Recognize the signs of poisoning or an overdose and know who to contact for help.
Making Safe Choices
Students will:
- Learn how friends can influence decisions about healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
- Practice ways to say "no" to unsafe situations using clear and confident communication.
- Understand the difference between reporting a safety concern and tattling.
- Identify trusted adults, such as parents, teachers, and law enforcement officers, who can help in unsafe situations.
- Learn how healthy choices can improve physical, mental, and social well-being.
Thank you for supporting your child's health education at home! Together, we can help students build lifelong healthy habits.
We will keyboarding instruction also helps students build good habits and avoid inefficient typing methods that can be difficult to change later. Most importantly, strong keyboarding skills support digital literacy and prepare students for future success in school and beyond.
Please feel free to reach out to me via email: Scott.Williams@aliefisd.net