Transcript Welcome to Kindergarten Open House

October 8, 2011
Ms. Rhodes & Ms. Mohiser
 Wilson Fundations for K-3 is a
phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and
spelling program for the general education classroom.
 "Say It" - have your child echo the word that you
dictate
 "Tap It" - your child taps out the sounds in the word
 "Spell It" - your child says aloud the letter names to
spell the word
 "Write It" - last have your child write the word using
careful handwriting
 http://www.fundations.com/video.aspx?video=mag
Do not follow the “system” of the language. These words
will need to be memorized, NOT tapped/sounded
out.
Practice trick words by doing these steps:
 Trace the letters in the air (SKYWRITE) as you say the
letter names.
 Next use your finger to write on a table. Pretend your
finger is a marker. WRITE IT REALLY BIG!
 Class Web page
http://disneyiimagnet.org/apps/classes/show_class.js
p?classREC_ID=408494:
 Fundations Glossary
 Mark Your Words Sheet
 Online resources/videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY4ucerN5GY
http://teacherweb.com/CT/MilfordSchoolDistrict/Kind
ergartenResources/links7.aspx
 A blend is two consonants, side –by-side, that EACH
make their own sound. A blend is different than a
digraph because a digraph is two consonants, side-byside that make only ONE sound.
 stop
sh r u g
blend
 We mark a blend by underlining each consonant in the
blend.
 A closed syllable ends in a consonant and only has one
vowel. When a vowel is closed in at the end of a word,
the vowel is short.
 Măth
c
shăck
c
 We scoop the word, put a c under the scoop to indicate
“closed” and a breve over the vowel to indicate that it is
short.
 A closed syllable s that have five sounds typically have
a blend at the beginning and at the end of the word.
 Slŭmp
plănts
c
c
 With 5 sounds to tap it can be difficult to tap using
fingers to thumb. If this is so with your child, switch
from tapping a finger to the thumb to tapping each
finger on the table.
 In this unit we work on multisyllabic words. These are
compound words or words that are made up of two
parts (words that have two consonants between the
two vowels).
 sŭnf ĭsh
c
c
măgnĕt
c
c
plăstĭc
c
c
 Tips: have your child clap each syllable, then tap the
sounds in each syllable. They should NOT separate the
syllables when writing. Scoop each syllable.
 s
 es
 ing
 ed
 Lunches
wished
sandblasted
 Circle the suffix, underline or scoop the baseword
 Have your child separate the baseword from the suffix
and tap out the baseword.
 Vowel-consonant-e syllable: the silent sneaky e at the
end of a word changes the sound of the vowel in that
word. The vowel becomes long.
Ex: hop turns into hope.
 Cāpe
v-e
cōne
v-e
bīte
v-e
 Scoop the v-e syllable, put a v-e under the scoop to
mark it “v-e”, and put a line above the vowel to indicate
that it is long.
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