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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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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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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 |
Reading Longer Words
7 lessons, Lessons 63 to 68
| # | 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 |
Silent Letters
1 lesson, Lessons 98 to 98
| # | Lesson | Concept | Manual p. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Lesson 98 | kn /n/, wr /r/, mb /m/ | 276 |
Suffixes & Prefixes
8 lessons, Lessons 99 to 106
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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 |
Using the sequence
Place a student at the first lesson whose concept they cannot read and spell reliably, then start one or two lessons earlier. Rate each lesson taught as Needs support, Developing or Secure, and bring shaky skills back on a short schedule rather than repeating whole lessons. Two students in the same grade are often twenty lessons apart; track their places separately.
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