Kindergarten Newsletter

Research has shown that Kindergarten students who practice reading, phonic, writing and math skills over the summer break come back ready for first grade.

Here are some tips you can work on during the summer to help your child get ready for first grade.

* Read to your child regularly during the summer and encourage them to explore books independently.

* Phonemic Awareness: Have your child practice recognizing and blending sounds in words to develop decoding skills.

* Sight Words: Introduce and practice common sight words, which are words that don't follow typical phonetic.

* Writing: Encourage your child to write through drawing, labeling and writing simple sentences. Have your child sound out each word

in the sentence and identify as many sounds as they can. The more your child write the more confident he or she will become.

Las investigaciones han demostrado que los estudiantes de kínder que practican la lectura, la fonética, la escritura y las matemáticas durante las vacaciones de verano regresan listos para primer grado. Aquí tienes algunos consejos que puedes poner en práctica durante el verano para ayudar a tu hijo a prepararse para primer grado.

* Léale a tu hijo con regularidad durante el verano y anímalo a explorar libros de forma independiente.

* Conciencia fonética: Haz que tu hijo practique el reconocimiento y la combinación de sonidos en las palabras para desarrollar habilidades de decodificación.

* Palabras frecuentes: Introduce y practica palabras frecuentes, que son palabras que no siguen la fonética típica.

* Escritura: Anima a tu hijo a escribir dibujando, nombrando y escribiendo oraciones simples. Haz que deletree cada palabra en la oración e identifique tantos sonidos como pueda. Cuanto más escriba, más seguro se volverá.

• classifying, sorting and graphing. Students must be able to count, sort by attributes ( like shape, color, and size), and register in a graph.
• Counting forwards to 100 and backwards from 100. Give your child the challenge of counting starting on any given number; and practice 10 more and 10 less.
• Identifying numbers up to 100 if your child is ready.
• Telling time.

Explore and visit the museums and the zoo. Have your child make predictions and discuss their observations.

Remember that the HUB will be active all summer. Your child can access all the resources including:

• I-Ready in English
• PebbleGo
• MyOn
• LightBox
• AV2
• Brain Pop Jr.

Save your child's QR code for easy access.

Mondays: Purple for Courage - Also Kinder parents lunch day. (last day 5/12)

Tuesdays: Wear #AliefProud shirt

Wednesdays: wear college or military shirt

Thursdays: wear green for mental health month

Fridays: Rees spirit

Please remember that attendance still counts, every day. Please make sure your child comes ready to learn.

May 25: Memorial Day – no school

May 27: 9:30 Kindergarten graduation - Free Dress

Please do NOT send your child with backpacks on this day

May 29: Last day of instruction and Report Card Day

• • June 3-30 Summer School @ Holmquist
  • August 10: Meet the Teacher
  • August 12: first day of school

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

• 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