Fundations

There will be 14 units of the Level 3 Fundations program. Fundations is a multi-sensory phonics, spelling, and handwriting program. Students will also be learning cursive this year within the Fundations program.

Below is a brief overview of the main concepts taught in each unit. If you would ever like additional practice to support your child at home, please reach out to me and I can print you out the at-home support/extra practice packet. 

Unit 1: closed syllable, exceptions to closed syllable, ck and tch spelling, glued sounds 

Unit 2: Review suffixes, irregular plurals, 1-1-1 spelling rule 

Unit 3: vowel-consonant-e syllables, spelling multisyllabic words

Unit 4: "ve" at the end of a word, ive as a suffix, silent e spelling rule 

Unit 5: identifying schwa, -et spelling at the end of words, dictionary skills

Unit 6: open syllables, y as a vowel, soft c, soft g

Unit 7: pluralizing words ending in y and o, y and suffix spelling rule

Unit 8: consonant -le, consonant -le exception, tion/sion

Unit 9: r-controlled syllables, r-controlled syllable exceptions, war and wor, -ward and -or as a suffix

Unit 10: Double vowels, adding suffixes to double vowels, additional sounds: eigh, oo, ei, ea, igh, ui

Unit 11: contractions 

Unit 12: dge after a short vowel, silent spelling rule after soft c and g

Unit 13: ch and ph, silent letters: wr, rh, gn, kn, mn, mb, gh

Unit 14: ture and tu, ci and ti, advanced suffix endings: -ous, -al, -ent, -an