Fundations®: Level K
Establish a strong foundation for reading, spelling, and handwriting through a structured literacy approach.
Curriculum Overview
Level K Fundations provides early learners with a structured literacy approach to develop sound- and word-level skills so they progress into proficient readers and writers. Teachers should combine Fundations with a wide variety of text experiences and expose students to poetry and narrative and informational text.
By the end of Level K, students will be able to:
- Recognize and produce rhyming words
- Segment words in a spoken sentence
- Segment words into syllables
- Segment and pronounce initial, medial, and final phonemes in spoken CVC words
- Manipulate phonemes with additions or substitutions in one-syllable words
- Name all letters of the alphabet
- Write all manuscript letters in lowercase and uppercase
- Sequence letters of the alphabet
- Fluently produce sounds of consonants (primary) and short vowels when given the letter
- Fluently produce sounds for basic digraphs (wh, sh, ch, th, ck)
- Name and write corresponding letter(s) when given sounds for consonants, consonant digraphs, and short vowels
- Distinguish long and short vowel sounds within words
- Read and spell approximately 200 CVC words
- Spell other words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships
- Identify 75% of first 100 high frequency words, including 25–30 Trick Words (high frequency words) such as the, was, of
- Identify and name correct punctuation at end of sentence
- Capitalize the first letter of people’s names and of words at the beginning of sentences
- Name the author and illustrator of a story and define their roles
- Explain narrative story structure including character, setting, and main events
- Use a combination of drawing and dictating to narrate linked events to tell about a story in sequence
- Retell key details of narrative and informational text, using pictures or prompts as a guide
- Identify characters, settings, and main events in a story, with pictures or other prompts
- Describe what happened in a story when given a specific illustration
- With prompts, compare and contrast the experiences of characters in two stories
- Explain the differences between narrative and informational text
- Echo-read a passage with correct phrasing and expression
- Identify and explain new meanings for familiar words and newly taught words
- Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities
Access Virtual Resources through the FUN HUB®
The FUN HUB® is an online resource for educators implementing Fundations in remote or hybrid settings. Helpful resources to support instruction include an interactive teaching tool, demonstration videos, targeted practice support, and family resources.