FUNDATIONS SKILLS UNIT ONE:

Closed Syllables

Glued Sounds: all, an, am

Glued Sounds: ang, ong, ing, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk

Exceptions to Closed Syllables: olt, ost, ind, ild

ck and tch spelling

Sample Words: quilt, elf, shred, kick, crush, string, pinch, squash

Sound-Alike Words: know, no, which, witch

Summarizing using the following strategies:

• Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then

• 5 W's (Who, What, Where, When, Why/How)

• Beginning, Middle, and End

Story Elements (Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution, Plot)

GRAMMAR SKILLS:

• Simple Sentences: Subjects & Predicates

• Compound Sentences

• Complex Sentences

• Run-On Sentences

• Sentence Dictations

Personal Narratives

• Writing Leads

• Show, Don't Tell

• Adding Details

• Using Dialogue

Adding 2- and 3-digit numbers

Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred

Estimating sums and differences

Solving word problems

Map Skills

• Maps vs. Globes

• Continents and Oceans

• Cardinal and Intermediate Directions

• Latitude and Longitude

• Hemispheres