What is Fundations?
This year we have a new systematic phonics program in kindergarten and first grade.
"Wilson Fundations provides all students in K-3 classrooms with a systematic program in the foundational skills for reading and spelling, emphasizing phonemic awareness, phonics-word study, high frequency word study, fluency, vocabulary, handwriting, and spelling. Although it includes comprehension strategies, it must be combined with a core/literature-based language arts program for an integrated and very comprehensive approach to reading and spelling."
“Welcome.” Wilson Language Training - Achieving Literacy for Life, www.wilsonlanguage.com/.
Students will be using this program for phonemic awareness (sound work), phonics (matching letters to sounds), handwriting, vocabulary, spelling and sight words.
These skills are built upon weekly and over years. Teacher, parents and students will build a common language to use though this program. Wilson believe in helping parents become coaches so that children are practicing the same thing at home that is covered in school. If there are ever any questions contact either the classroom teachers or the reading specialist.
The basic key words students will learn are below. They are taught to say the letter name, key word and then the sound.
This year we have a new systematic phonics program in kindergarten and first grade.
"Wilson Fundations provides all students in K-3 classrooms with a systematic program in the foundational skills for reading and spelling, emphasizing phonemic awareness, phonics-word study, high frequency word study, fluency, vocabulary, handwriting, and spelling. Although it includes comprehension strategies, it must be combined with a core/literature-based language arts program for an integrated and very comprehensive approach to reading and spelling."
“Welcome.” Wilson Language Training - Achieving Literacy for Life, www.wilsonlanguage.com/.
Students will be using this program for phonemic awareness (sound work), phonics (matching letters to sounds), handwriting, vocabulary, spelling and sight words.
These skills are built upon weekly and over years. Teacher, parents and students will build a common language to use though this program. Wilson believe in helping parents become coaches so that children are practicing the same thing at home that is covered in school. If there are ever any questions contact either the classroom teachers or the reading specialist.
The basic key words students will learn are below. They are taught to say the letter name, key word and then the sound.
Fundations also has a specific handwriting program with paper that helps children learn to form each letter. An example of the paper is below.
The writing grid used in the program names each line. The top line is the sky line, the dotted line is the plane line, the grass line is where most letters stop, but some letters go below (p, j, g, q, y) and touch the worm line.
Click on attachments below for the lower case letter formation guide.
letterformationguide.pdf
Click on attachments below for the lower case letter formation guide.
letterformationguide.pdf