Funded Fundations

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 25

Many of my Exceptional Student Education (ESE) students have already shown measurable progress through the use of our Fundations Kit. These students often need repeated exposure and hands-on reinforcement to fully grasp foundational reading concepts, especially phonemic awareness, decoding, and fluency. The Fundations Kit provides a wide range of multisensory materials—such as magnetic letter tiles, sound cards, and dry-erase boards—that allow for individualized, interactive instruction tailored to each student’s unique needs.  Because ESE students frequently require more time and repetition to master reading skills, this kit serves as a crucial resource for differentiated instruction. It enables me to directly target skill deficits and provide structured, explicit practice in areas such as letter-sound correspondence, blending, segmenting, and high-frequency word recognition. These activities closely align with the phonics-based instruction they are receiving in their general education classrooms, helping to reinforce and solidify learning across settings.  By integrating the Fundations Kit into small-group or one-on-one interventions, I am able to close learning gaps more effectively and guide students toward reading automaticity. This, in turn, increases their confidence, engagement, and ability to access grade-level content alongside their peers. Continued access to this resource is essential for supporting the literacy development of our ESE learners and setting them on a path toward long-term academic success.