June 2026
Reading
In Module 10, children will see that the world is more connected today than it has ever been. As a result, children are exposed to a diverse cultural landscape. Understanding and learning from different people and cultures is important in accepting and appreciating this diversity. In this module, children will read texts about a variety of cultures. They also explore how their own heritage has contributed to the American culture we all share. Learning from different people and cultures will encourage children’s interest in the world around them. At home, families can share stories, traditions, or recipes from their own cultural background. Children can record or write these stories and present them to the class, helping them see how their heritage contributes to the shared American culture. Families can take photos of cultural events, foods, or traditions they encounter in their community or at home and discuss their significance. Children can compile these into a journal that reflects the diverse cultural landscape around them.
Writing
In Module 10, children will write a thank you letter to a person for a sharing a tradition or cultural experience. The students can choose to write about food, clothing, or traditions that are important to them and their family; which is a great way to learn about each other’s cultures and celebrate what makes us unique. At home, you can share your cultural experiences by cooking a favorite family recipe and telling the story behind it, wearing traditional clothing and explaining its meaning or when it’s worn or sharing a special tradition or holiday your family celebrates and why it’s important. These activities will help your child gather ideas and stories to include in their letter and deepen their understanding of their own culture and others’.
Phonics
Phonics-. Unit 16 we will be focusing on digraph /au/ and /aw/. They make the sound of /Ö/ which a sound we were introduced to earlier in the year. Practice is the key for using and spelling words with these sounds. Unit 17 is the final unit of Fundations this year. The last syllable is consonant syllable /–le/. This syllable is usually found at the end of a multisyllable word such as bubble and bicycle. It consists of three letters: a consonant, letter “l” and silent ”e.” Knowing the 6 syllable types in English will help your child read and spell many words. Practice is always important.
Math
In Unit 9 students practice adding and subtracting within 20 to meet the fluency expectations of the grade, which include finding all sums and differences within 20, and knowing from memory all sums of 2 one-digit numbers. They will also revisit numbers within 1,000 and develop their facility with addition and subtraction within 100. Students will create and solve one- and two-step story problems with unknown values in all positions. They discuss how they make sense of the problem and share their methods for solving. At home, you can help your child write different types of story problems using their favorite objects. You can have them develop questions for their story problems and ask them to represent their problem with a diagram.
Social Studies
Students will be learning about the different types of communities: Urban, Rural, and Suburban. Throughout the unit, the students will learn the different characteristics and then get to choose which community would be best to live in and why. There will be a lot of hands-on activities that are implemented in the classroom to help the students completely understand. At home, students can go with adults to different parts of their community to help understand what makes their community so special.