The FUNdations curriculum instructs students with phonemic awareness and word study. It provides a multisensory approach to phonics, spelling, reading, writing, speaking, and handwriting that benefits students. The program focuses on the foundational skills and will support students in language arts as they continue to grow.
Our phonics program is Fundations! This program teaches our students the sounds each letter makes, the name of each letter, and how to write each letter with correct formation.
Our sound cards teach students to identify the letter name, a picture word, and the letter sound.
For example, the letter A card would say: A - apple - /a/
We will also learn to write our letters with proper letter formation!
Tall letters (Sky Line Letters) should reach the sky line, small letters (plane line letters) should reach the airplane line, long letters should touch the worm line, and ALL letter should sit on the grass line.
Fundations Writing Lines:
Click on the link below to download and print writing pages as well as letter formation guides to practice using our Fundations writing lines at home!
Fun Tip: If you slide the paper into a plastic sleeve, or large Ziploc bag, you can use a dry-erase marker to practice writing over and over again!
Trick Words:
Students are expected to know how to read and write the trick words. They learn Trick Words beginning in Unit 3.
Click on the link below to view Trick Words.
Level K Fundations Trick Words
Drill Videos:
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