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 section if your child lost his/her jacket.

Hydration is very important. 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. We go back to class by 11:30, please plan accordingly and get to school on time. Students can not take food with them.

Make sure you check the lunch menu daily, a lot of our students are not eating anything because they don't like the school lunch. Also, a lot of lunchables are being tossed because the students say that they don't like them. Please talk to your child about their food preferences. Do not send snacks in lunch boxes, some students are not lining up for a tray, and end upr eating only snacks for lunch. Please send the snacks in zip-lock bags.

Module 5 "We can do it"

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).

This month we will continue with informative writing, learning how to research and write facts about a given topic.

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

• IIsolate beginning sound. For example: mat. This sentence has the /m/ sound at the beginning. Give your child a word and have them recognize the first sound they hear.
• Isolate final sound . For example: log. This sentence has the /g/ sound at the end. Give your child a word and have them recognize the last sound 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 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 el sonido inicial, medio o final en una palabra. Por ejemplo en la palabra sol, el primer sonido es /s/, el del medio es /o/ y el final es /l/.
• 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.
• 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.

• Numbers 0-50 - Continue practicing counting forwards and backwards, and identifying numbers up to 50, move to 100 if your child is ready.
  
• Addition of numbers that add up to 10 - Addition relates to composing but in a story mode. Give your child word problems (story problems) including numbers that add up to 10. For example: I had 3 stickers and my sister gave me 3 more. How many stickers to I have now. Start your stories with numbers that add up to 5 and move on if mastered.
• Subtraction of numbers - Subtraction relates to decomposing but in a story mode. Give your child word problems (story problems) including numbers subtracting from 10. For example: I have 5 cookies and I ate 4. How many cookies do I have left now.

• Seasons - Review seasons and understand the pattern that they follow. Students must understand that the order does not change; for example, spring always follows winter.
• Day and night - Understand why we have day and night, and that the sun does not disappear or goes away. Students will learn that the Earth rotates making day and night possible. Students need to be able to describe objects we see in the day sky (clouds, blue skies, rainbows, moon) and objects in the night sky (stars, moon, clouds, dark sky).
• Living and non-living - Students will discuss the differences between living and non-living things.

• Weather - Review how the weather affect how people dress, and what they do.
• Seasons - Review how the seasons are different and affect animals, plants and people (how they dress and what they do).
• Black History Month Celebration. We will discuss the lives and contributions of many important African-Americans.

Wear pink attire on Mondays for KINDNESS.

Wear Black history month attire on Thursdays.

January 29: 100th Day (change due to weather day)
January 30: Dalmatian Day
February 1: Progress Report Day
February 2: Bubble Gum Day and World Tutu Day!!!!
February 3: Houston Bookworm Festival field trip
February 5: National School Counselor Day #WeLOVEyouMrGarcia
February 6: 3rd and 4th grade Reading SIA#2 CLOSED CAMPUS
February 8: 5:00-7:00 Family Library Night
February 9: football attire. STAAR field test CLOSED CAMPUS
February 13: 3rd and 4th grade Math IA CLOSED CAMPUS
February 12-16 KINDNESS WEEK

• Monday: Rees is WILD about spreading KINDNESS – wear your REES STAR gear with WILD hair
• Tuesday: Don’t forget to show KINDNESS to yourself! Self-love day (outfit you LOVE) or Mardi Gras (gold, green and purple)
• Wednesday: show your KINDNESS by wearing Valentine’s attire
• Thursday: Powered by KINDNESS – be a superhero to someone (Super Hero attire)
• Friday: Dream of a World Full of KINDNESS (PJs)

February 15: 5:00-6:30 FUN SHOP with Houston Museum

February 19: No School – President’s Day

February 22: Progress Report Day

February 23: Wear your Western / Go Texan attire for Hoe Down @ 1:30-2:20.

February 26 - March 1: Dr. SEUSS' WEEK

• Monday: Green Eggs and Ham and Cat in the Hat: wear green and/or hat.
• Tuesday: Fox in Socks and The Foot Book: wear wild socks and miss-matched socks
• Wednesday: Lorax and Oh the Places You’ll Go: wear college, military or job
• Thursday: Dr. Seuss Sleep Time Stories, Sleep Book and I Can Read with My Eyes Shut: wear school-appropriate PJs
• Friday: Wear your favorite Dr. Seuss character attire.

February 29: 8:30 Coffee with the Principal

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 School ID daily. Morning and afternoon.
4. Behavior folders must be signed and cleaned daily. Please keep it inside the backpack. New folders can be purchased (50 cents).
5. Clean folders, lunch boxes and backpacks on Fridays - You might miss important information.

Mrs. Velasquez and Mrs. Manuel - Can be contacted via Remind

• claudia.manuel@aliefisd.net
• rosario.velasqueznavarro@aliefisd.net

Ms. Alvarez and Ms. Orta - Can be contacted via Remind

• flor.alvarez@aliefisd.net
• america.orta@aliefisd.net

Mrs. Martinez and Ms. Keiser - Can be contacted via Remind

• elizabeth.martinez@aliefisd.net
• kaylee.kaiser@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