Kindergarten Newsletter

Please make sure your child's jacket has his or her name written on the tag. We will go outside for recess everyday unless it is raining. if your child lost his/her jacket, you are welcome to come anytime by the school and check the lost and found area by the cafeteria.

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.

- Mrs. Castillo: 10:50 am - 11:20 am

- Mrs. Martinez and Mrs. Hina: 10:55 am - 11:25 am

- Mrs. Alvarez and Mrs. Velasquez: 11:00 am - 11:30 am

The last class leaves at 11:30 to class, please plan accordingly and get on time. Students can not take food with them to the classrooms. Anything will be tossed, please avoid sweet milkshake. Thank you.

Make sure you check the lunch menu daily, many students are not eating enough because they don't like the school's lunch. Please talk to your child about their food preferences. Do not send snacks in lunch boxes. If you do, make sure your child is aware. Some students are not lining up for a tray, and end up eating only snacks for lunch.

Theme: Module 8 'From plant to plate', Mother's day, and summer fun!

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).

Please see a detailed description of the activities in this module.

This month we will develop our research writing by writing about our favorite animals. Also, we will continue working on personal narratives by telling stories about ourselves focusing on small moments and how we felt.

We will also begin our end of the school year activities, we will write about our school year and all we have learned.

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

Have your child work with playdough to strengthen his/her hands' muscles and improve fine motor skills. He or she can also practice cutting magazines or old coloring books.

• Identifying digraphs: long vowels, blends such as -th (bath, teeth) -sh (shell, shout) -ch (peach, reach) -wh (what, when) and silent -e (like, bike)
• Isolate sounds in a given word. For example: mat. This word has the sounds /m/ /a/ /t/. Give your child different words and have them recognize the sounds 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 y leer sílabas trabadas: Las silabas trabadas se forma al juntar dos consonantes. Por ejemplo con la R: cr- pr- fr- br- dr- o con la L: cl- pl- bl- fl-
• Identificar los sonidos en una palabra. Por ejemplo en la palabra sopa, los sonidos son /s/ /o/ /p/ /a/. Trabaje palabras de 2 a 4 sonidos.
• 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.
• Formar palabras nuevas al cambiar un sonido: Dele a su hijo/a sonidos para formar palabras y luego pídale que cambie un sonido para formar una palabra nueva. Por ejemplo: los sonidos /m/ /a/ /s/ /a/ forman la palabra masa, cambie la /a/ de la sílaba -ma y coloque una /e/ ¿Qué palabra se forma? mesa. Otro ejemplos son: sol->sal. mes->más. pesa->mesa. foca->foco
• 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.

Our main focus this month is classifying, sorting and graphing. Students must be able to count, sort by attributes ( like shape, color, and size), and register in a graph.

We will work on identifying coins and personal finance (discuss saving and borrowing)

Please keep practicing basic concepts such as counting forwards and backwards, and identifying numbers up to 50, move to 100 if your child is ready.

• Animal Needs: Students will understand that animals have needs such as water, air, space, and shelter.
• Animal Structures: Students will understand that animals have different body parts that help them survive in their environment.
• STREAM Activities: We will begin fun activities that integrate Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts and Math. In this lessons your child will review and practice all the skills they have learned during the school year.

• Now and then - Learn about how technology has improve our lives by discussing how things were in the past and how they are now. We will be looking at schools, cars, phones, and clothing.

• Monday: green for mental health awareness month, preK and Kinder parent lunch day
• Tuesday: #AliefProud
• Wednesday: college / military
• Thursday: purple for courage
• Friday: Rees Spirit Day

May 1: School Principals’ Day = We love you MRS. LARA (dress like Mrs. Lara and/or wear purple!

Batman Day

School Lunch Hero Day (We have the B*E*S*T cafeteria staff E*V*E*R)

8:30 - 10:30 CAREER DAY – future career attire

LAST DAY FOR AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS (except for Theater and other clubs involved with STEAMHEAT production)

• May 4-8: National Teacher Appreciation Week
• May 4 Intergalactic Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you!)

4th grade field trip to Miller Intermediate

• May 5: Cinco de Mayo

National Teacher Day – dress like your teacher
2nd grade Math AIA

• May 6 School Nurse Day – Thank you Nurse Villafana and Nurse-Aide Guillory!

Alief FACE Academy graduation

• May 7: 1st grade Read AIA 5:00-6:00 Pop into Kinder (current PreK students and parents)

all student devices remain at school

• May 8: 2nd – 4th grade Science CBA

• May 11-15: BOOK FAIR

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week

• May 11: Mellow Monday – wear your PJs to relieve stress and lower your cortisol levels

Book Fair hours: 8:00-2:30

• May 12: 1st grade Math AIA

2nd grade SUMMIT
7:15-8:00 PreK – 1st grade Goodies with Grown ups
Book Fair hours: 8:00-2:30

• May 13: Wellness Wednesday – sports team or college with sweats – both mental and physical health is important!
  Kdg Math AIA #2

3rd grade Summit
3rd grade Summit

7:15-8:00 2nd grade – 4th grade Goodies with Grown ups
Book Fair hours: 8:00-2:30

• May 14: Progress Reports go home

Tie Dye Thursday – colors can represent a wide of emotions - it’s OK to express them! With sunglasses for “Shades Day”
Book Fair hours: 8:00-2:30 and 4:00 – 5:30
5:30-6:30 Musical performance: STEAMHEAT

3rd grade SUMMIT
4th grade Social Studies AIA
4th grade Social Studies AIA

• May 15: NASCAR Day

Book Fair hours: 8:00-1:00
all library books due

Growth Party

• May 18 National Shrek Day

PreK graduation pictures

• May 19: 6:30 Alief I.S.D. School Board Meeting

Kindergarten graduation pictures

• May 20: World Bee Day and International Red Sneakers Day

AMMO time?
4th grade graduation pictures

• May 22: 1st grade Math CBA

2nd grade Math CBA
Kindergarten math CBA (#s to 100 and money)

• May 25: Memorial Day – no school
• May 26 Bus driver appreciation day
• May 27: free dress Wednesday

9:30 Kindergarten graduation

• May 28 9:30 PreKindergarten graduation
• May 29: 9:30 4th grade graduation

last day of school / class party day

Report Card Day

PJ Day

Summer Smore goes out

June 3-30 Summer School @ Holmquist

August 12 FIRST DAY OF 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR

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. All students must wear their School ID daily. Students who ride the bus must take their School ID home daily.
4. Behavior folders must be signed daily. Please keep it inside the backpack. (Replacements $0.50)
5. Clean the folder and backpack on Fridays - Please check communication daily.

• Mrs. Velasquez and Mrs. Alvarez

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

  
  

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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