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UFLI Foundations · Alphabet

Lesson 20: -s /s/

Lesson 20 is lesson 30 of 148 in the UFLI Foundations sequence, in the Alphabet unit, starting on page 100 of the manual.

Previous: Lesson 19Next: Lesson 21Whole sequence

In short

Lesson 20 teaches -s /s/. It comes after Lesson 19 (Short Vowel Review (all)) and before Lesson 21 (s /z/). Teach it from the manual, then record the date, the minutes and one rating of how it went.

What to record after teaching it

  • The date and the minutes. That is the instruction log.
  • One rating, seen cold at the start of the next session: Needs support, Developing or Secure.
  • Whether -s /s/ needs to come back: next session for Needs support, after about three sessions for Developing.
  • A one-line note only if something surprised you.

The Alphabet unit

34 lessons. This one is 20 of 34.

  1. Lesson 1: a /ă/
  2. Lesson 2: m /m/
  3. Lesson 3: s /s/
  4. Lesson 4: t /t/
  5. Lesson 5: VC/CVC
  6. Lesson 6: p /p/
  7. Lesson 7: f /f/
  8. Lesson 8: i /ĭ/
  9. Lesson 9: n /n/
  10. Lesson 10: CVC Practice (a, i)
  11. Lesson 11: Nasalized A (an, am)
  12. Lesson 12: o /ŏ/
  13. Lesson 13: d /d/
  14. Lesson 14: c /k/
  15. Lesson 15: u /ŭ/
  16. Lesson 16: g /g/
  17. Lesson 17: b /b/
  18. Lesson 18: e /ĕ/
  19. Lesson 19: Short Vowel Review (all)
  20. Lesson 20: -s /s/
  21. Lesson 21: s /z/
  22. Lesson 22: k /k/
  23. Lesson 23: h /h/
  24. Lesson 24: r /r/ Part 1
  25. Lesson 25: r /r/ Part 2
  26. Lesson 26: l /l/ Part 1
  27. Lesson 27: l /l/ Part 2
  28. Lesson 28: w /w/
  29. Lesson 29: j /j/
  30. Lesson 30: y /y/
  31. Lesson 31: x /ks/
  32. Lesson 32: qu /kw/
  33. Lesson 33: v /v/
  34. Lesson 34: z /z/

Questions people ask

No. This page gives the lesson's name, concept, unit and place in the sequence so you can plan and track. The lesson itself is in the UFLI Foundations manual, which you teach from. Literacy Trail is not affiliated with the University of Florida Literacy Institute.
Yes, if they read and spell the concepts of the earlier lessons reliably. Start one or two lessons before the first shaky one, which may mean Lesson 19, and mark the earlier lessons as already taught so the record reads correctly.
Teach the next lesson anyway and bring this concept back for two minutes at the start of the next session. Two Needs support ratings in a row on it means change the approach (build it, write it, then read it) rather than repeat the lesson.

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