MAY NEWS 2025
Read about all the learning we are doing this month!
HOW TO CONTACT US:
Communication is key to your child's success. Please contact your child's homeroom teacher.
Conferences by appointment: 9:25a.m.-10:00a.m.
Rees Elementary phone number: 281-531-1444
Mrs. Hurtado (Dual Language Teacher)
Ms. Flores (Dual Language Teacher)
Mrs. Hina (Monolingual Teacher)
Mrs. Duran (Monolingual Teacher)
Mrs. Gomez (Bilingual Teacher)
Mrs. Castillo (Bilingual Teacher)
Parent Lunch Days /Almuerzo con los padres
Parent Lunch Days/Almuerzo con los padres for 1st Grade are on Tuesdays. Please read below to see your child's specific lunchtime.
Lunch times for First Grade range from 11:05 - 11:45, depending on the class:
- Duran & Hina: 11:05-11:35
- Castillo & Gomez 11:10-11:40
- Hurtado & Flores: 11:15-11:45
- College or Military Shirt on Wednesdays.
- Rees Spirit Shirt on Fridays.
Additional Important Days for May
iStation testing for May will be completed at the beginning of the month.
May 8: Progress Reports go home
May 12-16 Book Fair
May 5, Bed Time Stories
May 12 Bed Time Stories
May 26: Memorial Day – no school
May 29: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - 2 p.m. early dismissal
June 3: Summer School begins
Cinco de Mayo
Meeting ID: 834 6744 5976
Password: rees123
Reading & Writing
Reading & Writing
Module 9: Grow, Plants, Grow!
Pregunta escencial: ¿Como nos puede ayudar a resolver problemas pensar de maneras originales?
MATH
Math- TELLING TIME AND DATA ANALYSIS
We follow Math in Focus curriculum. In May we will covering
Telling Time to the hour, and time to the half hour.
Graphing (Tally charts, picture graphs, bar graphs)
Review Numbers to 120 from Interim Assessment (Counting to 120 10 more/ 10 less, Comparing and Ordering numbers to 120, Addition and Subtraction word problems to 120).
Operation Review. When do we need to add or subtract.
1.7E tell time to the hour and half hour using analog and digital clocks.
1.8 Data analysis. The student applies mathematical process standards to organize data to make it useful for interpreting information and solving problems. The student is expected to :
(A) Collect, sort and organize data in up to three categories using models representations such as tally
marks.
(B) Use data to create picture and bar-type graphs.
(C) Draw conclusions and generate and answer questions using information from pictures and bar
graphs.
Counting by 10s to 100
Operation Review
Science/Ciencias
Life Cycles
We will be learning
Topic Animal Life Cycles (Week 1)
Student Expectation 1.10(C) compare ways that young animals resemble their parents 1.10(D) observe and record life cycles of animals such as a chicken, frog, or fish
Vocabulary English: life cycle, trait, young, parent, animal Spanish: ciclo de vida, rasgos, joven, padre, animal
Focus Question(s) What pattern did you notice about the life cycle? What observations can you make about the young and adult birds?
Social Studies/Estudios Sociales
American Inventors and Heroes
Topic/Skill American Inventors and Heroes
TEKS/SE 2A TLW identify contributions of historical figures who have influenced the nation. 15C TLW identify contributions of scientists and inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Garrett Morgan
ELPS TLW narrate, describe, and explain how historical figures have helped our nation.

