Teri Briefly, I think Fundations has some good components. I love the letter-keyword-sound. It appears to work very well to help students develop letter sound relationships in Kindergarten. Tapping out sounds seems to help some kids learn to blend. HOWEVER, It brings phonemic awareness in too late, in my opinion and I encourage my teachers to start PA activities earlier. I also think it moves WAY to slow in first grade and up. I would recommend for Kindergarten, and only with modifications in grades one and up. The reason for not recommending it in first grade and up is because it does NOT include instruction in cross-checking with meaning cues in decoding nor does it help kids use syntax. It focuses very heavily on visual cue systems which bothers me. I am too deeply entrenched in the research of Marie Clay to advise you to use Fundations completely as written, even in K. Nonetheless... if you use some components carefully in K... it has had some good results in my schools. (one Title 1, the other not). If you want more detail, let's take this off list. I don't want to get the list sidetracked...
Jennifer L. Palmer, Ed. D. Instructional Facilitator National Board Certified Teacher Magnolia Elementary (home school) 901 Trimble Road Joppa, MD 21085 410-612-1553 Fax 410-612-1576 "Reaching, Teaching, Learning, Changing Lives!!" Norrisville Elementary 5302 Norrisville Road White Hall, MD 21161 410-692-7810 Fax 410-692-7812 Where Bright Futures Begin!! ________________________________________ From: Mosaic [[email protected]] on behalf of Adams Teri [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 11:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] DIBELS Sorry that this is off topic....I am curious if anyone is using FUNDATIONS programs for word work?? We have one school using it in the area but am looking for a broader perspective? Thanks for any pros/cons you can provide. Together in education, Teri Adams Cody's Reading Specialist [email protected] 563-332-0210 -----Original Message----- From: Mosaic [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LINDA CASTALDO Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 5:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOSAIC] DIBELS Importance: High I am not familiar with DIBELS Next but I am not a fan of DIBELs Sixth Edition in Second and Third Grades. I like DRA better because it tests oral and silent reading plus it tests reading comprehension. It is more time consuming to have students complete the DRA but overall it lets one see which skills they need more help with. Lin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lin Castaldo, MA. EdTitle One TeacherLinden School Six 19 East Morris AvenueLinden, New Jersey 07036Email: [email protected]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ~Henry Brooks Adams _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
