Fundations

Wilson Fundations for K-3 is a phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and spelling program for the general education classroom. Fundations is based upon the Wilson Reading System® principles and serves as a prevention program to help reduce reading and spelling failure.

Each day there is a lesson that uses a variety of strategies to teach the students spelling patterns and rules. Some of these activities are dictation of sounds, words, trick words, and sentences; drill sounds; echo/find letters, words; letter formation; and a variety of other activities. During a lesson the students use sound cards, magnetic tile boards, dry erase boards, sky writing, and workbooks to practice and master these skills.

There will be a Unit Check Up and a Unit Test. However, this is not a traditional spelling test-the words are not given in advance. Students are expected to use the strategies they have been taught to spell the words. These are strategies that should carry over into the students reading and writing.

Grade 1 Fundations Trick Words

Unit 2 

the 

a 

and 

is 

his 

of

Unit 3 

as 

has 

to 

into 

we 

he 

she 

be 

me 

for 

or

Unit 4 

you 

your  

I 

they 

was 

one 

said

Unit 5 

from 

have 

do 

does

Unit 6 

were 

are 

who 

what 

when 

where 

there 

here

Unit 7 

why 

by 

my 

try 

put 

two 

too 

very 

also 

some 

come 

Unit 8 

would 

could 

should 

her 

over 

number

Unit 9 

say 

says 

see 

between 

each 

Unit 10 

any 

many 

how 

now 

down 

out 

about 

our

Unit 11 

friend 

other 

another 

none 

nothing

Unit 12 

people 

month 

little 

been 

own 

want 

Mr. 

Mrs.

Unit 13 

work 

word 

write 

being 

their 

first 

look 

good 

new

Unit 14 

water 

called 

day 

may 

way