Question

Homework Guide

Review the baseword and suffix with
your child during the next 3 weeks.
Follow These 4 Steps:
1. Dictate the entire word. Have
your child echo the entire word.
Example: "pins"
2. Have your child separate the
baseword from the suffix and tap
Current Words
Trick Words
Sentence
WEEK 1
Dictate the words and sentence to your child following the 4 steps listed above.
Review Words
→ had
On Monday Dictate
On Tuesday Dictate
On Wednesday Dictate
On Thursday Dictate
Sentence
rugs
→ were
FUNDATIONS LEVEL 1 HOME SUPPORT PACK PAGE 52
out the baseword. Child says, "pins"
then, "pin" then taps out /p/ // /n/.
Do not tap the suffix.
WEEK 2
3. Have your child tell you the letters
that go with the sounds of the
baseword.
4. Have your child write the baseword,
then add s. It is helpful if you say the
letters as your child writes them.
are
→Ben sells dolls in his shop.
Dictate the words and sentence to your child following the 4 steps listed above.
Review Words
Current Words
On Monday Dictate
On Tuesday Dictate
On Wednesday Dictate
On Thursday Dictate
→ship
→ pills
→who
Trick Words
WEEK 3
quick
sells
jug
fill
fans
sheds
what
when
→ Mom had the kids on cots for a nap.
Dictate the words and sentence to your child following the 4 steps listed above.
On Monday Dictate
fox
On Tuesday Dictate
Review Words
Current Words
Trick Words
On Thursday Dictate Sentence
→ path
→ hills
→where
lips
On Wednesday Dictate
there
→ Dad fills the jugs at the well.
jam
cats
does
will
chips
here
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Answer 1

Review Words: "had," "were"

Current Words: "rugs," "out"

Dictate the word ("pins").

Have your child echo the entire word.

Separate baseword from suffix and tap out the baseword only.

Review Words: "are," "ship," "pills," "who"

Current Words: "quick," "sells," "jug," "fill," "fans," "sheds," "what," "when"

Trick Words: None mentioned

Sentence: "Ben sells dolls in his shop."

Review Words: "fox," "path," "hills," "where"

Current Words: "lips," "there," "jam," "cats," "does," "will," "chips," "here"

Trick Words: None mentioned

Sentence: "Mom had the kids on cots for a nap."

Ensure consistency in the process for all weeks. The progression involves echoing, separating basewords, identifying letter sounds, and eventually writing. The sentences provided seem to integrate the words learned during the week.