Fundations

FUNdations is a multi-sensory, structured language program that uses research-based materials and strategies. The literacy skills of phonics, high frequency words, fluency and spelling are taught.         

FUNdations will be used to teach common spelling patterns. There will be no weekly assessments but instead unit assessments to monitor encoding skills. The length of the FUNdation units run from 1 to 3 weeks. 

Trick Words: Level One and Level Two 

The unit topics are:

One- Digraphs (wh, th, sh, ch, ck) & Closed Syllable

Sample Words: quilt, elf, shed, kick, crush
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Two- Bonus Letters (ff, ll, ss) & Glued Sounds (all, am, an, -ng words and -nk words)

Sample Words: spill, string, stand, toss
Trick Words: shall, full, pull, both, talk, walk
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Three- Closed Exceptions: ild, ind, old, olt, ost

Sample Words: wild, find cold, colt, post
Trick Words: done, goes, pretty
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Four- Suffixes: -s, -es, ed, -ing

Sample Words: stronger, tallest, spilled, passed
Trick Words: again, please, animal, sure, use, used
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Five- 2 syllable words, More Suffixes & Prefixes

Sample Words: catnip, habit, tonic, mascot, hundred, freshen, boldness
Trick Words: against, knew, know, always, often, once
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Six- Vowel-Consonant-E

Sample Words: hope, confuse, reptile, olive, inventive
Trick Words: only, house, move, right, place, together

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Seven- Open Syllable & Y as a Vowel

Sample Words: no, music, relate, cry, baby, chilly
Trick Words: eight, large, change, city, every, family, night, carry, something 
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Eight- R-Controlled: ar & or

Sample Words: fort, part, orbit, party
Trick Words: world, answer, different 
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Nine- R-Controlled: -er, -ir & -ur

Sample Words: burst, termite, dirty
Trick Words: picture, learn, earth, father, brother, mother
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Ten- Double Vowel Consonant & -ai and -ay

Sample Words: paint, display
Trick Words: great, country, away, America, school, thought
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Eleven- -ee, -ea & -ey

Sample Words: ceap, keep, chimney
Trick Words: whose, won, son, breakfast, head, ready

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Twelve- -oi & -oy

Sample Words: moist, toys, paperboy
Trick Words: favorite, early, ocean 
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Thirteen- -oa, -oe & -ow

Sample Words: road, doe, grown
Trick Words: Monday, Tuesday, cousin, lose, tomorrow, beautiful 

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Fourteen- /ou/- -ou & -ow

Sample Words: sample, drown, plow
Trick Words: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, bought, brought, piece 
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Fifteen- /u/- -oo, -ou, -ue & -ew

Sample Words: spoon, soup, overdue, blew, argue
Trick Words: January, February, July, enough, special, December 

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Sixteen- -au & -aw

Sample Words: claw, aunt
Trick Words: August, laugh, daughter 
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Seventeen- Consonant -le Syllable

Sample Words: gobble, tumble, noble
Trick Words: trouble, couple, young 
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