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March Newsletter 2025 馃尫

2nd GradeMarch Newsletter 2025 馃尫

Important Dates Important Dates

March 6: Family Library Night: 5:00-6:30

March 7: FIELD DAY @ 8:05-10:05 1st & 2nd grade

March 10-14: SPRING BREAK

March 17: Student Holiday- No school

March 20: Unit 7 & 8 Math CBA: Graphs and Time

March 20: Report cards go home

March 28: Language Arts Module 6 Assessment

Parent Lunches Parent Lunches

Rees families are welcomed to come and have lunch with their 2nd graders every Wednesday, only two guest at a time are allowed per week. Please sign in to the front office when you arrive.

Ms. De Los Reyes and Mr. River's class: 11:20 - 11:50

Mrs. Gomez and Mrs. Rodriguez's class: 11:25 - 11:55

Ms. Reyes and Ms. Valencia's class: 11:30 - 12:00

School Wide Dress Code School Wide Dress Code

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Monday

Green shirt with jeans for kindness.

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Tuesday

#AliefProud shirt with jeans.
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Wednesday

College / Military shirt with jeans.

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Thursday

Texas History or Women鈥檚 History attire.

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Friday

Rees Spirit shirt with jeans.

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Dress-up days

These dress up days are optional. Students are welcomed to wear their collared shirts with khaki or navy pants on a daily biases.

Reading Reading

Module 6- Weather Wise (CBA on March 28)

Essential Question: How does weather affect us?

Module 6 Test: March 28

Foundational Skills

  • Prefix -dis

  • Inflections: Spelling Changes

  • r-Controlled Vowel ar

  • Multisyllabic Words: ar


Spelling

  • Sounds for c and g

  • r-Controlled Vowel ar


Reading Comprehension Skills:

  • Content-Area Words

  • Point of View (First and Third Person Point of View)

  • Text Features

  • Ask and Answer Questions

  • Elements of Poetry

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Writing Writing

Module 6- Poetry

In March, students will continue working on Module 6. In this module, they will learn how to write poetry. They will learn the elements of poetry, brainstorm ideas, and write a poem pertaining to weather. Students will proofread, edit, and revise, and publish a piece of work that can be added to a class collection of a book of poems.

Writing Prompt:

Write about the weather and you. Describe the weather and how it helps you decide what to do that day.

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Math Math

Unit 8: Time (Unit 7 & 8 CBA - March 20)

  • Read and tell time to the hour and half-hour on an analog & digital clock.

  • Show and tell time to the hour and minute

  • Use A.M. and P.M to show morning, afternoon, or night and order events by time.

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Unit 9: Fractions (Starts March 24)

(Home to School Connections)

  • Partition objects into equal parts and name the parts, including halves, fourths, and eighths, using words.

  • Explain that the more fractional parts used to make a whole, the smaller the part; and the fewer the fractional parts, the larger the part.

  • Use models to count fractional parts beyond one whole using words and recognize how many parts it takes to equal one whole

  • Identify examples and non-examples of halves, fourths, and eighths.

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Science Science

Unit 4: Organisms and Environments

Plant Survival: 03/03-03/07

路 Describe how the physical characteristics of environments, including the amount of rainfall, support plants and animals within an ecosystem.

路 Explain and demonstrate how some plants depend on other living things, wind, or water for pollination and to move their seeds around.

路Identify the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds of plants and compare how those structures help different plants meet their basic needs for survival.

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Animal Growth and Behavior: 03/18-03/28

路 Describe how the physical characteristics of environments, including the amount of rainfall, support plants and animals within an ecosystem.

路 Create and describe food chains identifying producers and consumers to demonstrate how animals depend on other living things.

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Social Studies Social Studies

Chapter 4- Celebrating our traditions & Chapter 5- Our nation past and present

Chapter 4: American Stories

  • Students will know that America鈥檚 culture can be passed on and shared through stories.


Chapter 4: Two Cultures

  • Students will compare and contrast the cultures of Mexico and China.


Chapter 5: Life Then and Now

  • Students will know that people, families, and communities have a history.


Chapter 5: Learning About the Past

  • Students will know the difference between primary and secondary sources, such as journals and biographies.


Chapter 5: The First Americans

  • Students will know that American Indians were the first inhabitants of North America.

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How to contact your child's teacher

Ms. De Los Reyes and Mr. Rivers - via ParentSquare

christina.delosreyes@aliefisd.net
christopher.riversjr@aliefisd.net

Mrs. Rodriguez and Mrs. Gomez - via ParentSquare
deyanira.rodriguezojeda@aliefisd.net
enyi.rosagomez@aliefisd.net

Ms. Reyes - via Class Dojo
Ms. Valencia - via Whatsapp
angie.reyes@aliefisd.net
irma.hornung@aliefisd.net


Website: https://www.aliefisd.net/Rees
Location: 16305 Kensley Drive, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: (281) 531-1444
Twitter: @ReesStars

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