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UFLI Foundations scope and sequence

Every lesson in order, grouped by unit, with the concept each one teaches and the page it starts on in the manual. Use it to place a student, plan a term, or see what comes next.

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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

Getting Ready lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
1	Getting Ready A	Sound basics; stopped/continuous and voiced/unvoiced sounds; sky writing, circles, and curves	44
2	Getting Ready B	Consonant place of articulation; line formation	46
3	Getting Ready C	Manner of articulation: stop and nasal sounds; uppercase letter formation	48
4	Getting Ready D	Manner of articulation: fricatives and affricates; uppercase letter formation	50
5	Getting Ready E	Manner of articulation: glides and liquids; uppercase letter formation	52
6	Getting Ready F	Sound wall review; uppercase letter formation	54
7	Getting Ready G	Vowels; uppercase letter formation	55
8	Getting Ready H	Vowel Valley; long and short vowel sounds; uppercase letter formation	56
9	Getting Ready I	Schwa, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels; uppercase letter formation	58
10	Getting Ready J	Sound wall review; uppercase letter formation	60

Alphabet

34 lessons, Lessons 1 to 34

Alphabet lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
11	Lesson 1	a /ă/	62
12	Lesson 2	m /m/	64
13	Lesson 3	s /s/	66
14	Lesson 4	t /t/	68
15	Lesson 5	VC/CVC	70
16	Lesson 6	p /p/	72
17	Lesson 7	f /f/	74
18	Lesson 8	i /ĭ/	76
19	Lesson 9	n /n/	78
20	Lesson 10	CVC Practice (a, i)	80
21	Lesson 11	Nasalized A (an, am)	82
22	Lesson 12	o /ŏ/	84
23	Lesson 13	d /d/	86
24	Lesson 14	c /k/	88
25	Lesson 15	u /ŭ/	90
26	Lesson 16	g /g/	92
27	Lesson 17	b /b/	94
28	Lesson 18	e /ĕ/	96
29	Lesson 19	Short Vowel Review (all)	98
30	Lesson 20	-s /s/	100
31	Lesson 21	s /z/	102
32	Lesson 22	k /k/	104
33	Lesson 23	h /h/	106
34	Lesson 24	r /r/ Part 1	108
35	Lesson 25	r /r/ Part 2	110
36	Lesson 26	l /l/ Part 1	112
37	Lesson 27	l /l/ Part 2	114
38	Lesson 28	w /w/	116
39	Lesson 29	j /j/	118
40	Lesson 30	y /y/	120
41	Lesson 31	x /ks/	122
42	Lesson 32	qu /kw/	124
43	Lesson 33	v /v/	126
44	Lesson 34	z /z/	128

Alphabet Review & Longer Words

16 lessons, Lessons 35a to 41c

Alphabet Review & Longer Words lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
45	Lesson 35a	Short A Review	130
46	Lesson 35b	Nasalized A Review (an, am)	132
47	Lesson 35c	Short A Advanced Review	134
48	Lesson 36a	Short I Review	136
49	Lesson 36b	Short I Advanced Review	138
50	Lesson 37a	Short O Review	140
51	Lesson 37b	Short O Advanced Review	142
52	Lesson 38a	Short A, I, O Review	144
53	Lesson 38b	Short A, I, O Advanced Review	146
54	Lesson 39a	Short U Review	148
55	Lesson 39b	Short U Advanced Review	150
56	Lesson 40a	Short E Review	152
57	Lesson 40b	Short E Advanced Review	154
58	Lesson 41a	Short Vowel Review (all)	156
59	Lesson 41b	Short Vowel Review (all)	158
60	Lesson 41c	Short Vowel Review (all)	160

Digraphs

12 lessons, Lessons 42 to 53

Digraphs lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
61	Lesson 42	FLSZ Spelling Rule	162
62	Lesson 43	-all, -oll, -ull	164
63	Lesson 44	ck /k/	166
64	Lesson 45	sh /sh/	168
65	Lesson 46	th /th/ (voiced)	170
66	Lesson 47	th /th/ (unvoiced)	172
67	Lesson 48	ch /ch/	174
68	Lesson 49	Digraphs Review 1	176
69	Lesson 50	wh /w/, ph /f/	178
70	Lesson 51	ng /ŋ/	180
71	Lesson 52	nk /ŋk/	182
72	Lesson 53	Digraphs Review 2	184

VCe

9 lessons, Lessons 54 to 62

VCe lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
73	Lesson 54	a_e /ā/	186
74	Lesson 55	i_e /ī/	188
75	Lesson 56	o_e /ō/	190
76	Lesson 57	VCe review 1; e_e /ē/	192
77	Lesson 58	u_e /ū/, /yū/	194
78	Lesson 59	VCe review 2	196
79	Lesson 60	_ce /s/	198
80	Lesson 61	_ge /j/	200
81	Lesson 62	VCe review 3; Exceptions	202

Reading Longer Words

7 lessons, Lessons 63 to 68

Reading Longer Words lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
82	Lesson 63	-es	204
83	Lesson 64	-ed	206
84	Lesson 65	-ing	208
85	Lesson 66	Syllables	210
86	Lesson 67a	Compound Words	212
87	Lesson 67b	Closed/Closed	214
88	Lesson 68	Open and Closed	216

Ending Spelling Patterns

8 lessons, Lessons 69 to 76

Ending Spelling Patterns lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
89	Lesson 69	tch /ch/	218
90	Lesson 70	dge /j/	220
91	Lesson 71	tch, dge Review	222
92	Lesson 72	Long VCC: -ild, -old, -ind, -olt, -ost	224
93	Lesson 73	y /ī/	226
94	Lesson 74	y /ē/	228
95	Lesson 75	-le	230
96	Lesson 76	Ending Patterns Review	232

R-Controlled Vowels

7 lessons, Lessons 77 to 83

R-Controlled Vowels lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
97	Lesson 77	ar /ar/	234
98	Lesson 78	or /or/, ore /or/	236
99	Lesson 79	ar, or, ore Review	238
100	Lesson 80	er /er/	240
101	Lesson 81	ir /er/, ur /er/	242
102	Lesson 82	Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or	244
103	Lesson 83	R-Controlled Vowels Review	246

Long Vowel Teams

5 lessons, Lessons 84 to 88

Long Vowel Teams lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
104	Lesson 84	ai /ā/, ay /ā/	248
105	Lesson 85	ee /ē/, ea /ē/, ey /ē/	250
106	Lesson 86	oa /ō/, ow /ō/, oe /ō/	252
107	Lesson 87	ie /ī/, igh /ī/	254
108	Lesson 88	Vowel Teams Review 1	256

Other Vowel Teams

6 lessons, Lessons 89 to 94

Other Vowel Teams lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
109	Lesson 89	u /oo/, oo /oo/	258
110	Lesson 90	oo /ū/	260
111	Lesson 91	ew /ū/, ui /ū/, ue /ū/	262
112	Lesson 92	Vowel Teams Review 2	264
113	Lesson 93	au /aw/, aw /aw/, augh /aw/	266
114	Lesson 94	ea /ĕ/, a /ŏ/	268

Diphthongs

3 lessons, Lessons 95 to 97

Diphthongs lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
115	Lesson 95	oi /oi/, oy /oi/	270
116	Lesson 96	ou /ow/, ow /ow/	272
117	Lesson 97	Vowel Teams and Diphthongs Review	274

Silent Letters

1 lesson, Lesson 98

Silent Letters lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
118	Lesson 98	kn /n/, wr /r/, mb /m/	276

Suffixes & Prefixes

8 lessons, Lessons 99 to 106

Suffixes & Prefixes lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
119	Lesson 99	Suffixes; -s/-es	278
120	Lesson 100	-er, -est	280
121	Lesson 101	-ly	282
122	Lesson 102	-less, -ful	284
123	Lesson 103	Prefixes; un-	286
124	Lesson 104	pre-, re-	288
125	Lesson 105	dis-	290
126	Lesson 106	Affixes Review	292

Suffix Spelling Changes

4 lessons, Lessons 107 to 110

Suffix Spelling Changes lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
127	Lesson 107	Doubling Rule: -ed, -ing	294
128	Lesson 108	Doubling Rule: -er, -est	296
129	Lesson 109	Drop E Rule	298
130	Lesson 110	Y to I Rule	300

Low Frequency Spelling

8 lessons, Lessons 111 to 118

Low Frequency Spelling lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
131	Lesson 111	ar /er/, or /er/	302
132	Lesson 112	air /air/, are /air/, ear /air/	304
133	Lesson 113	ear /ear/	306
134	Lesson 114	ei /ā/, eigh /ā/, ey /ā/, ea /ā/, aigh /ā/	308
135	Lesson 115	ew /yū/, eu /yū/, ue /yū/, ou /ū/	310
136	Lesson 116	ough /aw/, ough /ō/	312
137	Lesson 117	Signal Vowels: c /s/, g /j/	314
138	Lesson 118	ch /sh/, ch /k/, gn /n/, gh /g/, silent t	316

Additional Affixes

10 lessons, Lessons 119 to 128

Additional Affixes lessons
#	Lesson	Concept	Manual p.
139	Lesson 119	-sion, -tion	318
140	Lesson 120	-ture	320
141	Lesson 121	-er, -or, -ist	322
142	Lesson 122	-ish	324
143	Lesson 123	-y	326
144	Lesson 124	-ness	328
145	Lesson 125	-ment	330
146	Lesson 126	-able, -ible	332
147	Lesson 127	bi-, tri-, uni-	334
148	Lesson 128	Affixes Review 2	336

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