Flip the Feedback — Fundations Phonics Enhancements

Melissa Black
Teachers on Fire Magazine
3 min readDec 4, 2022

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Part 2: Technology and Phonics

My school district utilizes Heggerty and Fundations phonemic awareness and phonics programs. If your district is using these programs or something similar, then here are some things that I’m using to enhance instruction.

Check out my previous post “Sold A Story” review here.

Credit — global moments

Fundations FunHub

I work in a STEM school. I must take advantage of my SmartBoard and technology. The FunHub offers some cool tools that allow you to rely less upon hard-copy flashcards and posters.

You can use the FunHub to display letters (standard cards), keyword sounds, trick words, reference posters, even the “storytime text” and much more.

Credit — Wilson Language Training 2019

The FunHub tools were impactful during “at-home learning” at the height of the pandemic, and can still be useful in your classroom now!

Heart Word Slides

The FunHub offers a mechanism for displaying trick words or heart words. However, I’ve created slide decks with unit words. This way, all of my digital “flashcards” are in one place. This tool has…

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Melissa Black
Teachers on Fire Magazine

Black Educator, Teacher, Learner, Reader, and Coach. Writing to share my personal and professional thoughts and experiences. We were put here to wonder.