Transcript Fundations Workshop - Sharon O`Grady

Building a Foundation for Reading
and Spelling
Facilitated by Sharon O’Grady, Michelle DeVivo, Gayle
Seti, and Beth Girolamo
June 24th, 2013
What is Fundations?
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Research-based program that builds a
foundation for reading and writing
Thoroughly teaches Foundational skills of
the CCLS.
Strongly supports reading, writing, and
language standards of the CCLS
Addresses all five areas of reading
instruction in a multisensory, systematic
approach
Fundations is NOT a
comprehension program!!
Fundations Implementation
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Prevention (Tier 1)
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Strategic Intervention (Tier 2)
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Standard Lesson
Whole Class
Double Dose Lesson
Small Group/AIS
Intensive Intervention (Tier 3)
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Major language-based disabilities
Use only after double dose does not work
Level 3 Focus: Word Awareness
In-Depth Knowledge
Word Structure
Decoding
Meaning
Encoding
Vocabulary
Week at a Glance
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Drill Sounds
Warm-up
Drill Sounds
Warm-up
Drill Sounds
Warm-up
Drill Sounds
Warm-up
Drill Sounds
Warm-up
Introduce
New
Concepts
Introduce
New
Concepts
Word of the
Day
Word of the
Day
Make it Fun
Guess Which
One
Letter
Formation
(Individual
Letters)
Letter
Formation
(Connectives)
Dictation
(Dry Erase)
Dictation
(Composition
book)
Dictation
(Check-Up)
Sky-Write
Letter
Formation
Fundations Letter Board and Tiles
Drill Sounds
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Lessons start with quick warm-up sound drill
Practice sounds that have been taught
A keyword is used to help students remember
sounds
What is a Syllable?
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Word or part of a word made by one push of
breath
Must have at least one vowel
Six syllable types
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Closed syllable
Vowel-Consonant-e-Syllable
Open Syllable
R-Controlled Syllable
Vowel Digraph/Diphthong Syllable
Consonant-le Syllable
Closed Syllable
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One vowel
Vowel is followed by one or more
consonant
Vowel will be short
Examples: Smash, up, hat, ship, last, lish
Closed Syllable Video
Vowel-Consonant-e- Syllable
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Has a vowel, then a consonant, then an e
First vowel has a long sound
The e is silent
Examples: bike, ape, stove, cape
Vowel-consonant-e Video Link
Open Syllable
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Has only one vowel (the last letter)
Vowel sound is long, marked with a macron
Examples: I, be, shy, hi
Open Syllable Video Link
R-Controlled Syllable
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Contains a single vowel followed by an r (ar,
er, ir, or, ur)
The vowel is neither long nor short; it is
controlled by the r.
Examples: start, verb, corn, hurt
R-Controlled Syllable Video Link
Vowel Digraph/Diphthong Syllable
(Double Vowel Syllable)
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Contains a vowel digraph or diphthong (vowel
teams)
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Digraph: Two vowels that represent one sound (ee)
Diphthong: Sound that begins with one vowel sound and
glides into another (oi)
Examples: eat, foam, spoil, joy
Double Vowel Syllable Video Link
Consonant-le Syllable
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Has only 3 letters (consonant, l, e)
The e is silent
The consonant and the l sound like a blend
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Syllable must be the last syllable of a multisyllabic word.
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Examples: cradle, little, bubble
Consonant-le Syllable Video Link
Syllable Review!!
Quaint
Syllable House
Close
d
Open
Double
Vowel
VowelConsonant-e
Go
R-controlled
Little
Consonant Cute
-le
Treat
Dribble Try
Time
True
Simple Ship
Doll
Green
Flu
Hat
Shape
Car
He
Think
Fur
Dictation Activities
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Everything students practice in
word parts with the letter tiles will
be applied to writing in dictation
activities
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Sound Synopsis
Words Synopsis
Sound Alike and Trick Word Synopsis
Sentence Synopsis
Activity Cards
Scope and Sequence
Level K
Level K sets a very strong foundation for reading and writing
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Segment words and phonemes
Manipulate phonemes (1-syllable words)
Name all letters and sequence letters
Write letters in upper and lowercase
Produce sounds of consonants and
vowels
Produce sounds for basic digraphs
Name and write letters when given
sounds (consonants, digraphs, short
vowels)
Distinguish long and short vowel sounds
Read and spell 200 CVC words
Spell phonetically
Identify 75% of high frequency words
Identify and name punctuation
Capitalize at beginning of sentence
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Identify and name punctuation
Capitalize at beginning of sentence
Name author and illustrator
Explain narrative story structure
Narrate linked events to tell about
a story in sequence (oral or
drawing)
Retell key details
Explain difference between
narrative and informational text
Echo read a passage
Identify and explain new meanings
for familiar words and newly
taught words
Produce and expand sentences in
shared language activities
Scope and Sequence
Level 1
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Segment syllables into sounds (up to 5)
Name sounds of primary consonants,
consonant digraphs, and short and long
vowels when given letters & vice versa
Distinguish long and short vowel sounds
Name sounds for r-controlled vowels
Name sounds for vowel digraphs and vowel
diphthongs
Use conventional spelling for words with
common spelling patterns and frequently
occurring irregular words
Spell untaught words phonetically
Read and spell the first 100 high frequency
words
Read and spell CVC, CCVC, CCVCC, and CVCe
words
Read and spell compound words
Read and spell words with suffixes
Apply correct punctuation (!, ., ?)
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Apply capitalization rules for sentences,
names, and dates
Ask and answer questions about text
Identify specific words in a story that tell
or suggest details
Identify who is telling the story
Identify and explain new meanings for
familiar words and newly taught words
Write simple & compound sentences
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the
meaning of a word or phrase.
Identify frequently occurring root words
Sort words into categories
Apply beginning dictionary skills
Identify real life connections between words
and their use.
Use verbs to convey a sense of past,
present, and future.
Scope and Sequence
Level 2
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Know and apply grade-level phonics and
word analysis skills in decoding words
Identify word structures such as vowels,
consonants, blends, digraphs
Identify all 6 syllable types
Distinguish long and short vowels
Read and spell words with short vowels
Read and spell words with unexpected
vowel sounds
Read & spell words with common prefixes
Divide multisyllabic words
Read and spell the first 200 high
frequency words
Use synonyms
Spell words with options for the grapheme
representation for sounds with use of spell
checker
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Apply dictionary skills
Read controlled stories with fluency,
expression, and understanding
Read approximately 90 words per min
Skim for information
Determine the meaning of a new word when
a prefix is added
Use knowledge of meaning of individual
words to predict the meaning of a compound
word
Use words and phrases acquired through
conversations, reading and being read to
when responding to texts including
adjectives and adverbs.
Scope and Sequence
Level 3
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Identify word structures, including
trigraphs (tch, dge)
Identify exceptions to 6 syllable types
Read and spell words with vowel teams
Identify schwa
Read and spell words with the
unexpected vowel sound of schwa in
unaccented syllables
Read and spell words with sound
options for the grapheme
representation
Read and spell words with ph, nge, nce,
tion, sion, ture, tu, ti, ci
Read and spell words with silent
letters (wr, rh, gn, kn, mn, mb, gh)
Identify and know meaning of most
Latin suffixes
Form and use irregular plural nouns
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Apply spelling rules for adding
suffixes to base words
Read and spell contractions
Read and spell trick words or targeted
high frequency words
Read and know meaning of homophones
Determine and clarify meaning of
unknown or multiple meaning words
Form and use comparative and
superlative adjectives and adverbs
Acquire and use grade level
conversation
Write clear, legible cursive at an
appropriate rate
Know meaning of targeted vocabulary
words
Time to Reflect!!!
Compliments and Complaints 
Jot down one thing you
learned today that you
found useful
Jot down one concern you
still have about the program