Fundations Overview
Fundations Overview
"Fundations" provides children of varying learning abilities with a foundation for reading and spelling. At Northfield Elementary School, our K - 3 students participate in "Fundations" lessons daily that include these activities!
- Letter formation using sky writing, dry erase boards, notebooks, and finger tracing.
- Fluency drills for sounds, real words, nonsense words, trick words, phrases and stories allow students to connect the word with its meaning, and develop automaticity, phrasing, and expression.
- Alphabet sequencing with sound cards or Magnetic Building Board with alphabetic overlay and phoneme tiles.
- Blending and segmenting sounds with the Wilson finger tapping technique.
- Teachers model with “Echo” the owl puppet directing students to repeat sounds, words, and sentences.
- Sound drill with Echo the Owl and Large or Standard Sound Cards.
- Echo/Find Letters and Words using the Magnetic Letter and Building Boards and phoneme tiles.
- Dictation for sounds, words, and sentences using the dry erase board and composition books.
- Trick words (high-frequency non-phonetic words) using sky writing, gel boards, composition books, flashcards, and notebooks.
- Word of the Day activity reviews word structure and develops vocabulary using sound cards, index cards, and Vocabulary section of the notebook.
- Word Talk, Word Play and Make it Fun are variable lesson activities using the manipulatives to reinforce unit concepts or review previously taught concepts.
Visit the "Fundations" website below for a video clip of a sample Kindergarten Lesson!