Kindergarten Newsletter
September
Welcome to Kindergarten!
We are so excited for this 2026-2027 school year!
All our kinder teachers have so many fun activities planned. We are already making so many memories.
In August we have learned and practice rules and procedures to be safe and productive. Please make sure you check your child's behavior folder daily. Sign and review any papers or important information that we send. The folders need to be cleaned daily.
Your kinder team
Key Info for the Week
Reminders
Please submit your lunch application in paper form or online. Please complete and turn in online as soon as possible. If your child receives an envelope from the cafeteria, you must pay. Otherwise, your child will receive an alternate lunch.
Do not send your child with snacks in a lunch box, this causes confusion and your child might miss a hot lunch for being in the wrong line.
Make sure lunches are packed for students to open on their own. Fruits and veggies need to come peeled and prepped. We do not have a microwave to warm food.
Kindergarten lunch time is from 10:45- am to 11:25 am.
Kindergarten Parent Lunch Day- Starts September 14, 2026.
Every Monday parents can attend Kinder lunch to spend time with their child.
Please be on time:
- Mrs. Gomez at 10:45
- Mrs. Martinez/Mrs. Lopez at 10:50
- Mrs. Alvarez/Mrs. Pllana at 10:55.
Parent Lunch Day Reminders:
- Please make sure you on time to eat with your child.
- For security please make sure to send your child back with the teacher when you see the teacher lining student up.
- Make sure your child is sitting with you and not running around in the cafeteria.
- If your child has to go to the restroom, walk him or her to restroom.
- Please talk with your child during lunch time instead of being on your device.
For Safety During Dismissal Bus Riders:
- Make sure they wear their Student ID/Smart Tag every day for your child's safety.
- Please take care of it, each tag will cost $10.00 to replace.
- ID need to come back to school daily for lunch, library and to use their technology.
Assignments for the month
Reading
During these months we will be working with fiction stories focusing on the characters and the setting.
We will be identifying the characters and observing how their feelings change throughout the story. We will also be identifying the beginning, middle and end of the story.
Writing
Phonics - English
- Counting the number of words in a sentence. For example: I saw a brown dog. This sentence has 5 words.
- Identify the sound and learn to recognize letters A-Z, with emphasis on letters M, S, T, and B. Use flash cards to assist with learning letters, making sure the cards are not in ABC order.
- Identify syllables in words. For example: Tell your child syllables like mon-key and have your child say the word; or tell your child a word like rainbow and have him/her say the syllables by clapping each one (rain-bow)
- Identify and make rhymes. Tell your child two words and have him/her identify if they rhyme or not. For example: cat - bat rime, but look - man do not rhyme. Latter on, have your child tell you rhymes, ask him/her "what rhymes with cat?" He or she might say bat, hat, rat.
Fonética - español
- 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 M, P, S, L. Utilice tarjetas para asistir en el aprendizaje asegurándose que las letras están en desorden y no en orden del alfabeto.
- Identificar las sílabas en palabras. Por ejemplo: Dígale a su hijo/a que le diga la palabra que se forma al juntar las silabas pa-to. También puede decirle que le diga las sílabas de una palabra dada como luna. Su hijo/a debe poder separar las sílabas aplaudiendo una por una.
- 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 used 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.
Math
- Identify and recognize numbers 1-10 understanding that numbers can be represented in different ways.
- Comparing greater and less than numbers, for example: 8 is greater than 2. Use different objects around the house.
Science
- Five senses. We will discuss how we use our senses to explore the world around us, include body parts and how to take care of each.
- Physical properties of objects (smell, texture, size, shape, color and mass) so that we are able to describe and sort different objects according to their physical properties.
- Changes from heat. We will be able to understand how things can change physical properties when heat is added or removed, and understand that not everything melts when is heated.
Five senses
Physical Properties of objects
Magnets - Push and pull
Social Studies
- Leaders at home, school and the community. We will brainstorm ways to be a leader and understand why leaders are important.
- How leaders make the rules and why rules are important.
- Making decisions, understanding that every decision has a consequence.
- Our country’s symbols. we will learn about our symbols (the US flag, the Statue of liberty, the Bald eagle, and the White house) and their meaning.
Calendar items
Important Dates To Remember In September.
- September 15-October 15: HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH (We invite everyone to wear traditional Hispanic Heritage attire on Fridays
(9/18, 9/25, and 10/2) during Hispanic Heritage Month)***
Mondays: gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness, PreK / Kdg
parent lunch day (beginning on 9/14), 7:00 bedtime
stories with Mrs. Owens (834-6744-5976.rees123)
Tuesdays: #AliefProud, 1st grade parent lunch day (beginning on 9/15)
Wednesdays: college / military, 2nd grade + REACH parent lunch
(beginning on 9/16)
Thursdays: orange for RESPECT, 3rd grade parent lunch
(beginning on 9/17)
Friday: Rees spirit day, 4th grade lunch (beginning on 9/18)
- September 1: 6:30 p.m. Alief I.S.D. Board Workshop
- September 3: 1st grade Math CBA
- September 4: college colors day
- September 7: STUDENT / STAFF HOLIDAY – Labor Day
- September 8: Star Trek Day
- September 9: Care Bear Day
1st grade Science CBA #1
Family Center Grand Opening time?
Jump Start begins (Family Center) here?
- September 10: teal & purple for Suicide Prevention Awareness Day
2nd grade Math test
4th grade Math test - September 11: Patriotic attire for Texas First Responders Day
3rd grade Math CBA #1
4th grade Science test - September 14-18 CELEBRATE FREEDOM WEEK
- Monday: FREEDOM to choose to live in Houston – Houston attire
- Tuesday: FREEDOM to choose Alief I.S.D. -- #AliefProud attire
- Wednesday: FREEDOM to choose after graduation from Alief I.S.D. – college, career or military
- Thursday; FREEDOM to choose to live in Texas – Texas attire
- Friday: FREEDOM to choose Rees PVAA – Rees PVAA attire
- September 15: International Dot Day
6:30 Alief I.S.D. School Board Meeting
- September 17: 5:00-7:00 REES PVAA OPEN HOUSE
Kinder Math test - September 18: 2nd grade Math CBA #1
- September 21: picture day (free dress)
- September 23: last day to receive free and reduced price
meals on 2025-26 nutrition application
(must fill out new application yearly) - September 24: PROGRESS REPORT DAY
5:00 – 6:30 Family Library Night
1st grade Math CBA #1
2nd – 4th Science CBA
4th grade Social Studies CBA - September 25: October grade-level Smore goes out
8:30 Coffee with the Principal - September 28: 22nd Annual Alief I.S.D. Education Foundation Golf Tournament
Rees PVAA clubs begin - September 30: 4th grade Math CBA #1
Gifted / Talented referral window closes
- COMING IN OCTOBER: Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness, Red for Responsibility, Red Ribbon Week, National Principal Month and much more!
Reminders
Beginning of the school year
- Keep a change of clothes in your child's backpack including underwear, socks, pants, and a shirt - please check the sizes monthly.
- Have your child bring a bottle of water daily.
- Students must wear their dismissal tag daily for the first 4 weeks.
- Homework will start in September14, 2026. Homework packets will go home on Mondays and must be returned on Fridays.
- Behavior folders must be signed daily. Please keep it inside the backpack.
How to contact you child's teachers
Mrs. Pllana and Mrs. Alvarez - Can be both contacted via ParentSquare
Mrs. Martinez can be contacted via ParentSquare
Mrs. Lopez can be contacted via ParentSquareWebsite: https://www.aliefisd.net/Rees
Location: 16305 Kensley Dr, Houston, TX 77082
Phone: (281) 531-1444
Twitter: @ReesStars