What is Fundations?

Fundations is the phonics program we use to teach reading and writing (spelling). Students learn phonetic words (they look like they sound and can be sounded out) and trick words (irregularly spelled words that must be memorized).

What is its importance?

Fundations is a step by step, building block approach. Students are accountable for correctly spelling and reading the words they've learned.

What words will my child be tested on?

Unlike traditional Friday spelling tests, your child won't have a list of words to memorize, practice and remember for Friday. This method doesn't help your child to retain those words past the time necessary. Additionally, the goal is that they learn the pattern of the words and can apply it to correctly spell ANY word containing it. Instead of memorizing -pink- for the test, they learn the -ink- sound and can spell pink, rink, shrink, sink, mink, blink, etc.