January 2026
Reminders & Important Dates
- January 5, 2026: Happy New Year! (back to school)
- January 19, 2026: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no school)
Math
This month in Math, we will be starting Unit 4: Understanding Addition and Subtraction. In this unit, students develop their understanding of addition and subtraction as they represent and solve story problems. Both skills is an extension of counting. To support this at home, please continue to practice counting and identifying numbers with your child. Also, please continue to practice writing numbers with your child.
Phonics
This month in Fundations, we will begin Unit 2. Unit 2 will focus on identifying and writing uppercase letters, blending, segmenting, and manipulation of sounds. We will also work on blending and reading C-V-C words. Please continue to practice the letters and letter sounds with your children. We also recommend looking at your child’s Google Classroom for the parent support information for each week of Fundations. In Heggerty, our phonemic awareness program, we will continue to focus on rhyming, initial, medial, and ending sounds. We will also continue to work on blending and segmenting.
Literacy
This month in reading, we will finish up Module 3 in HMH and begin Module 4. In Module 4, the essential question is “How can I be the healthiest me?” In reading we will be reading the genre of fairy tales. We will focus on key details, text features, author’s craft, and retelling using beginning, middle, and end. Please continue to read with your child every day and ask them thought provoking comprehension questions that build discussion. In writing, our focus will be features of research writing. We will concentrate on using uppercase letters at the beginning of sentences and for the use of proper nouns.
Social Studies
This month in social studies we will be continuing with Unit 2 in Passports: We are the Same, We are Different. We will learn about what similarities we have and what differences make us special. In this unit we will also learn about our country’s leaders, national symbols, and patriotic holidays. We will also talk about what makes our nation so diverse and the backgrounds of the people that make up our country. You can support this at home but talking about some of the things that make your child feel special. You can also discuss if you have visited any national monuments.
Science
In science, Kindergarten will fully emerge themselves in their new unit on Pushes and Pulls. Students will learn how and why objects are able to move. You can support your child at home by exploring with them at home with hands on experiments using the ideas of pushes and pulls.