Fundations: Level 3
Starting this year 2019-2020 The Fundations program is being taught in Grade 3. This program is now in place at Osgood and lays a strong foundation of phonics. Current Grade 3 students had begun the program in Grade 2 where it was in its first year. Below you can find a short description of the concepts for each unit and some resource buttons I made to go with each unit. Since this is the first year, I am making them as we go.
Under Construction
Concepts by Unit
Unit 1
Closed syllable concept
Glued sounds all, an, am
Glued sounds ng/nk
Exceptions to closed syllable (olt, old, ost, ind,ild)
ck and tch spelling
w and qu effect on the letter a
Homophones or Sound Alike words
know/ no
witch/which
Closed syllable concept
Glued sounds all, an, am
Glued sounds ng/nk
Exceptions to closed syllable (olt, old, ost, ind,ild)
ck and tch spelling
w and qu effect on the letter a
Homophones or Sound Alike words
know/ no
witch/which
Unit 2
Review Suffixes
forming plurals with -s and -es
irregular plurals
3 sounds of ed (/ed/, /d/, /t/ )
1:1:1 Spelling Rule (doubling a consonant when adding a vowel suffix)
Review Suffixes
forming plurals with -s and -es
irregular plurals
3 sounds of ed (/ed/, /d/, /t/ )
1:1:1 Spelling Rule (doubling a consonant when adding a vowel suffix)
Unit 3
Review Vowel Consonant e syllable
spelling of /k/ in a v-e syllable
s saying /z/ between 2 vowels
Review division of multisyllabic words
two syllable words with closed syllables
two syllable words with closed and vowel -consonant- e syllables
spelling multisyllabic words
Review Vowel Consonant e syllable
spelling of /k/ in a v-e syllable
s saying /z/ between 2 vowels
Review division of multisyllabic words
two syllable words with closed syllables
two syllable words with closed and vowel -consonant- e syllables
spelling multisyllabic words
Unit 4
ve at the end of a word
ive as suffix
silent e spelling rule
Sound alikes:
mail/male
mind/mined
find/fined
ve at the end of a word
ive as suffix
silent e spelling rule
Sound alikes:
mail/male
mind/mined
find/fined
Unit 5
Identfying schwa
reading words with a schwa in an unaccented syllable
spelling words with a schwa in an unaccented syllable
-et spelling at the end of words such as jacket
weather/ whether
Identfying schwa
reading words with a schwa in an unaccented syllable
spelling words with a schwa in an unaccented syllable
-et spelling at the end of words such as jacket
weather/ whether
Unit 6
Open syllable review
y as vowel long i and long e
schwa in open syllable with a
schwa in open syllable with i
open syllable exception
soft c: ce, ci, cy-reading
soft g: ge, ge, gi, gy-reading
Sound alikes:
hi/high
by/bye/buy
oh/owe
Open syllable review
y as vowel long i and long e
schwa in open syllable with a
schwa in open syllable with i
open syllable exception
soft c: ce, ci, cy-reading
soft g: ge, ge, gi, gy-reading
Sound alikes:
hi/high
by/bye/buy
oh/owe
Unit 7