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UFLI Foundations scope and sequence

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In short

UFLI Foundations has 148 lessons: 10 Getting Ready lessons (A through J) followed by Lessons 1 to 128 (with the lettered sub-lessons 35a to 41c and 67a and 67b), arranged in 16 units that move from letter sounds and short vowels through digraphs, blends, long-vowel patterns, r-controlled vowels and on to suffixes and multisyllabic words. Each lesson below links to its own page with what comes before and after.

Getting Ready

10 lessons, A to J

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1Getting Ready ASound basics; stopped/continuous and voiced/unvoiced sounds; sky writing, circles, and curves44
2Getting Ready BConsonant place of articulation; line formation46
3Getting Ready CManner of articulation: stop and nasal sounds; uppercase letter formation48
4Getting Ready DManner of articulation: fricatives and affricates; uppercase letter formation50
5Getting Ready EManner of articulation: glides and liquids; uppercase letter formation52
6Getting Ready FSound wall review; uppercase letter formation54
7Getting Ready GVowels; uppercase letter formation55
8Getting Ready HVowel Valley; long and short vowel sounds; uppercase letter formation56
9Getting Ready ISchwa, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels; uppercase letter formation58
10Getting Ready JSound wall review; uppercase letter formation60

Alphabet

34 lessons, Lessons 1 to 34

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11Lesson 1a /ă/62
12Lesson 2m /m/64
13Lesson 3s /s/66
14Lesson 4t /t/68
15Lesson 5VC/CVC70
16Lesson 6p /p/72
17Lesson 7f /f/74
18Lesson 8i /ĭ/76
19Lesson 9n /n/78
20Lesson 10CVC Practice (a, i)80
21Lesson 11Nasalized A (an, am)82
22Lesson 12o /ŏ/84
23Lesson 13d /d/86
24Lesson 14c /k/88
25Lesson 15u /ŭ/90
26Lesson 16g /g/92
27Lesson 17b /b/94
28Lesson 18e /ĕ/96
29Lesson 19Short Vowel Review (all)98
30Lesson 20-s /s/100
31Lesson 21s /z/102
32Lesson 22k /k/104
33Lesson 23h /h/106
34Lesson 24r /r/ Part 1108
35Lesson 25r /r/ Part 2110
36Lesson 26l /l/ Part 1112
37Lesson 27l /l/ Part 2114
38Lesson 28w /w/116
39Lesson 29j /j/118
40Lesson 30y /y/120
41Lesson 31x /ks/122
42Lesson 32qu /kw/124
43Lesson 33v /v/126
44Lesson 34z /z/128

Alphabet Review & Longer Words

16 lessons, Lessons 35a to 41c

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45Lesson 35aShort A Review130
46Lesson 35bNasalized A Review (an, am)132
47Lesson 35cShort A Advanced Review134
48Lesson 36aShort I Review136
49Lesson 36bShort I Advanced Review138
50Lesson 37aShort O Review140
51Lesson 37bShort O Advanced Review142
52Lesson 38aShort A, I, O Review144
53Lesson 38bShort A, I, O Advanced Review146
54Lesson 39aShort U Review148
55Lesson 39bShort U Advanced Review150
56Lesson 40aShort E Review152
57Lesson 40bShort E Advanced Review154
58Lesson 41aShort Vowel Review (all)156
59Lesson 41bShort Vowel Review (all)158
60Lesson 41cShort Vowel Review (all)160

Digraphs

12 lessons, Lessons 42 to 53

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61Lesson 42FLSZ Spelling Rule162
62Lesson 43-all, -oll, -ull164
63Lesson 44ck /k/166
64Lesson 45sh /sh/168
65Lesson 46th /th/ (voiced)170
66Lesson 47th /th/ (unvoiced)172
67Lesson 48ch /ch/174
68Lesson 49Digraphs Review 1176
69Lesson 50wh /w/, ph /f/178
70Lesson 51ng /ŋ/180
71Lesson 52nk /ŋk/182
72Lesson 53Digraphs Review 2184

VCe

9 lessons, Lessons 54 to 62

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73Lesson 54a_e /ā/186
74Lesson 55i_e /ī/188
75Lesson 56o_e /ō/190
76Lesson 57VCe review 1; e_e /ē/192
77Lesson 58u_e /ū/, /yū/194
78Lesson 59VCe review 2196
79Lesson 60_ce /s/198
80Lesson 61_ge /j/200
81Lesson 62VCe review 3; Exceptions202

Reading Longer Words

7 lessons, Lessons 63 to 68

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82Lesson 63-es204
83Lesson 64-ed206
84Lesson 65-ing208
85Lesson 66Syllables210
86Lesson 67aCompound Words212
87Lesson 67bClosed/Closed214
88Lesson 68Open and Closed216

Ending Spelling Patterns

8 lessons, Lessons 69 to 76

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89Lesson 69tch /ch/218
90Lesson 70dge /j/220
91Lesson 71tch, dge Review222
92Lesson 72Long VCC: -ild, -old, -ind, -olt, -ost224
93Lesson 73y /ī/226
94Lesson 74y /ē/228
95Lesson 75-le230
96Lesson 76Ending Patterns Review232

R-Controlled Vowels

7 lessons, Lessons 77 to 83

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97Lesson 77ar /ar/234
98Lesson 78or /or/, ore /or/236
99Lesson 79ar, or, ore Review238
100Lesson 80er /er/240
101Lesson 81ir /er/, ur /er/242
102Lesson 82Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or244
103Lesson 83R-Controlled Vowels Review246

Long Vowel Teams

5 lessons, Lessons 84 to 88

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104Lesson 84ai /ā/, ay /ā/248
105Lesson 85ee /ē/, ea /ē/, ey /ē/250
106Lesson 86oa /ō/, ow /ō/, oe /ō/252
107Lesson 87ie /ī/, igh /ī/254
108Lesson 88Vowel Teams Review 1256

Other Vowel Teams

6 lessons, Lessons 89 to 94

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109Lesson 89u /oo/, oo /oo/258
110Lesson 90oo /ū/260
111Lesson 91ew /ū/, ui /ū/, ue /ū/262
112Lesson 92Vowel Teams Review 2264
113Lesson 93au /aw/, aw /aw/, augh /aw/266
114Lesson 94ea /ĕ/, a /ŏ/268

Diphthongs

3 lessons, Lessons 95 to 97

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115Lesson 95oi /oi/, oy /oi/270
116Lesson 96ou /ow/, ow /ow/272
117Lesson 97Vowel Teams and Diphthongs Review274

Silent Letters

1 lesson, Lessons 98 to 98

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118Lesson 98kn /n/, wr /r/, mb /m/276

Suffixes & Prefixes

8 lessons, Lessons 99 to 106

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119Lesson 99Suffixes; -s/-es278
120Lesson 100-er, -est280
121Lesson 101-ly282
122Lesson 102-less, -ful284
123Lesson 103Prefixes; un-286
124Lesson 104pre-, re-288
125Lesson 105dis-290
126Lesson 106Affixes Review292

Suffix Spelling Changes

4 lessons, Lessons 107 to 110

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127Lesson 107Doubling Rule: -ed, -ing294
128Lesson 108Doubling Rule: -er, -est296
129Lesson 109Drop E Rule298
130Lesson 110Y to I Rule300

Low Frequency Spelling

8 lessons, Lessons 111 to 118

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131Lesson 111ar /er/, or /er/302
132Lesson 112air /air/, are /air/, ear /air/304
133Lesson 113ear /ear/306
134Lesson 114ei /ā/, eigh /ā/, ey /ā/, ea /ā/, aigh /ā/308
135Lesson 115ew /yū/, eu /yū/, ue /yū/, ou /ū/310
136Lesson 116ough /aw/, ough /ō/312
137Lesson 117Signal Vowels: c /s/, g /j/314
138Lesson 118ch /sh/, ch /k/, gn /n/, gh /g/, silent t316

Additional Affixes

10 lessons, Lessons 119 to 128

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139Lesson 119-sion, -tion318
140Lesson 120-ture320
141Lesson 121-er, -or, -ist322
142Lesson 122-ish324
143Lesson 123-y326
144Lesson 124-ness328
145Lesson 125-ment330
146Lesson 126-able, -ible332
147Lesson 127bi-, tri-, uni-334
148Lesson 128Affixes Review 2336

Using the sequence

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