Read/Spell/Write/Dance/Laugh - A Multisensory Adventure for Beginning Readers
Fundations - the super-fun-way for beginners to learn how to read, spell, and write. Instruction is visible, explicit and interactive and aligned with the Common Core Standards for reading, writing, vocabulary and comprehension.
Nancy Bohland - Teacher Nan
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What's included
10 pre-recorded lessons
2 weeks
of teacher support1 year access
to the contentClass Experience
US Grade Kindergarten - 2
Beginner Level
This is a beginning reading class where phonics instruction is the main focus. My teaching style is a combination of direct and explicit instruction with verbal and written student participation, slides, videos, humor, games, brain breaks, and assessments. I value parent/student communication and check messages daily. I respond immediately when I can but always within 24 hours. This beginning unit of phonics instruction should take approximately two weeks to complete if the learner does one lesson each day (approximately 30 minutes per lesson) of the week with weekends off.
Learning Goals
In Unit 1 (10 lessons plus assessment) we cover:
Letter-Keyword-Sound for consonants
Letter-Keyword-Sound for short vowels
Letter Formation for all lowercase letters except q,x,y,z
Sound recognition for consonants and short
vowels
Syllabus
10 Lessons
over 2 WeeksLesson 1:
New Concepts and Procedures and the Consonants -t -b -f
Learning Intent: Begin the familiarization process of the Fundations system including correct posture for writing and correct pencil grip. Students will learn to recognize the letters and pronounce the sounds of the consonants -t -b and -f in what is called the Letter-Keyword-Sound activity and how to sky write those letters and then, write -t -b -f using a dry erase board or paper/pencil, (GoNoodle brain break) watch review slideshow, practice in Student Notebook, Book Talk. 25 mins of video lessons
Lesson 2:
Continuation and Practice of Concepts and Procedures (New Consonants -n and -m)
Learning Intent: Learn lower-case consonants -n and -m using the Letter-Keyword-Sound activities and sky write them. Then, students will follow the verbalizations to write them on their dry erase boards or paper. (GoNoodle brain break) Review Lesson 1: Letter-Keyword-Sound activities and letter formation of lower case -t -b -f). Practice in Student Notebook, Book Talk. 2 assignments
Lesson 3:
New Letters (Vowels) -i and -u and Introduce the Vowel Extension Activity
Learning Intent: Learn letter-sound association for the vowels -i and -u using the Large Sound Cards and the Standard Sound Cards. Sky write the letters and then follow the verbalizations to write them using a dry erase board or paper. (brain break activity) Introduce the Vowel Extension activity. Practice correct posture for writing and the pencil grip. Review all learned letters. Practice in Student Notebook, Book Talk. Lesson 4:
New Letters -c and -o, Introduce -o on the Vowel Extension Poster
Learning Intent: Learn letter-sound association for the consonant -c and the vowel -o using the Large Sound Cards and the Standard Sound Cards. Sky write the letters and then follow the verbalizations to write them using a dry erase board or paper. (brain break) Introduce the vowel -o on the Vowel Extension Poster. Practice correct posture for writing and the pencil grip. Review all learned letters. Practice in Student Notebook, Book Talk. Other Details
Parental Guidance
Most of the time your student will link to my Zoom recording for the lesson. However, sometimes it could be a link to my YouTube channel (link embedded by Outschool) for a lesson video I've posted there or a link to a lesson I've created in Canva, or even an activity on the Fundations website (COPPA compliant). Canva is an approved third-party tool in Outschool. My brain-break activity, GoNoodle (dance videos) is not on the approved list but is COPPA compliant, and I screen share the 2.5 minute light-exercise video songs in the middle of each lesson, so your child will not have direct access GoNoodle, and will only be viewing it through my screen share.
Supply List
You can purchase the Fundations Student Kit 1 through the Wilson Store which includes all the class materials (durables: two-sided dry erase board, magnetic tile board and letter tiles and the consumables: Student Notebook, Composition Book, Student Workbook and My Fundations Journal. The price in July of 2024 was $90 for the kit. The items are also sold separately. I will post PDFs of the Student Notebook pages and Student Workbook pages (as they apply) for each lesson and the assessment pages. If go to their store website, look down the left side and check Level 1 and Kit and then scroll down on the page that takes you to and click on "load more" to finally see the kit and the individual items.
2 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined December, 2023
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Teacher expertise and credentials
California Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
I have been and am currently teaching reading and reading intervention classes (k-6) at my brick and mortar school since 2013 and reading intervention online during the Covid lockdown. I have used the following reading programs: LLI, (Leveled Literacy Intervention) Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading, SIPPS, (Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness and Sight Words) and Fundations (a multisensory, structured literacy program).Reviews
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Ages: 4-7
