Letter Formation
Word Structure
Trick Words
Syllables
Intervention
100
It is a plane line round letter. It starts on the plane line, flies backwards, and goes down and around to the grass line.
What is the letter formation for lowercase letter c?
100
Two or more consonants that "stick together" to make one sound.
What is a digraph?
100

Pretending to write a word with your fingers.

What is skywriting?

100
The closed syllable.
What is the most common syllable type that makes up 50% of words, has one vowel, followed by a consonant and the vowel is short?
100
Unit tests, classroom observations, dictation, and AimsWeb R-CBM.
What are the tools we can use to determine whether students need a double-dose of fundations?
200
It is a sky line letter. It starts on the sky line, goes down to the grass line, traces back up to the plane line, and makes a hump.
What is the letter formation for lowercase letter h?
200
Two or more consonants, but each makes its own sound.
What is a consonant blend?
200
A special tool that can be used with a finger or magic pen to trace over letters and spell words.
What is gel word board?
200
Consonant-le.
What is the syllable type that is always attached to another syllable and works 100% of the time?
200
Automaticity practice (timed) with sounds, phonetically regular words, trick words, phrases, and story reading with controlled text (not timed).
What is the fluency pak?
300
It is a plane line round letter. It starts on the plane line, goes down to the worm line, traces back up to the plane line, and curves all the way around to the grass line.
What is the letter formation for lowercase letter p?
300
A digraph blended with another consonant.
What is a digraph blend?
300
A place where students add new trick words that can be used for their written work throughout the day.
What is the Trick Word section of the Student Notebook?
300
Vowel-consonant-e.
What syllable type has two vowels, the first says its name and the e is silent?
300

it is a letter ( f, l, s, or z) that is at the end of a word, comes right after a short vowel , and is doubled

What isa bonus letter

400
It is a plane line slide letter. It starts on the plane line and slides down to the grassline. It slides up to the plane line, slides down to the grass line, and slides up to the plane line.
What is the letter formation for lowercase letter w?
400
Sounds are very closely welded together and are hard to separate.
What is a glued sound?
400

Sky writing, saying it as you spell it, practice writing it 

What is a good way to practice and learn a new trick word?

400

The "D" Syllable.

What is another namefor a vowel team

400

I love learning new things, learning to read, sounding out words, the gel boards, the magnetic boards ....

What is your favorite part of fundations?

500
It is a plane line slide letter, but it doesn't slide right away. It starts on the plane line, but before it slides, it goes on the plane line. Then it slides back to the grass line, and goes on the grass line.
What is the letter formation for lowercase letter z?
500
Closed, vowel-consonant-e, open, r-controlled, vowel digraph/dipthong, consonant-le.
What are the 6 syllable types?
500

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what letter is called the buddy letter or chicken letter sometimes ?

500
Students decide whether bird is spelled with er, ir, or ur using this procedure.
What is the spelling option procedure?
500

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Who do I go to when all else fails?

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