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FreeReading is an open-source instructional program that helps educators teach early literacy. FreeReading contains a 40-week scope and sequence that can supplement an early literacy core or basal program.

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Lesson Resources

The UFLI Foundations Toolbox contains all the lesson resources to accompany the lesson plans provided in the UFLI Foundations manual. (Don't have a manual yet? Click here to order one) Every lesson has companion resources that will help you implement the lessons efficiently, effectively, and consistently.

Some of the companion lesson resources you will find below include:

Lesson slide decks (in PowerPoint and Google Slide formats)

Decodable passages

Homework sheets

Games and activities for additional practice

We have grouped the lessons into smaller units so you can access these resources more easily. Scroll down to use the buttons below to find the resources for each lesson or groups of lessons.

Please note that we are still building out these free resources, and we will be editing this page over the next few weeks. We wanted you to be able to access some materials as soon as possible, but be sure to come back later to see the rest!
New to UFLI Foundations? Learn about its development, check out a sample lesson plan, view the scope and sequence, and more.

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The UFLI Foundations Toolbox contains all the lesson resources to accompany the lesson plans provided in the UFLI Foundations manual. (Don't have a manual yet? Click here to order one) Every lesson has companion resources that will help you implement the lessons efficiently, effectively, and consistently.

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UFLI Foundations: How to Implement Day 1 Lessons

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UFLI Foundations: How to Implement Day 2 Lessons

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Printable Cards for Irregular “Heart” Words_

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Free English uppercase and lowercase interactive alphabet arc to help students learn letter names, order, and shape.

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Instruction
Video Clip Examples of Instruction

Kindergarten: Letter-Sound Correspondence

Specific Skill: Letter sound correspondence using e as an example

Skills taught prior to this clip were:

Letter-sound correspondences with high instructional utility (e.g., m, s, t, r)

Things to look for in this clip:

The next instructional objectives for this group:

Review previously taught letter sounds

Introduce new letter sounds

Blend letter sounds into 1-syllable words

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Kindergarten: Fluency with known Letter-Sound Correspondences

Specific Skill: Fluency with known letter-sound correspondences

Skills taught prior to this clip were:

Identification of letter matched to sound

Things to look for in this clip:

The next instructional objectives for this group:

Review previously taught letter sounds

Introduce new, unfamiliar letter sounds

Blend letter sounds into 1-syllable words

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Kindergarten: Letter Formation

Specific Skill: Letter formation instruction using s as an example

Skills taught prior to this clip were:

Letter formation of other letters with high instructional utility (e.g., m, p, f)

Things to look for in this clip:

The next instructional objectives for this group:

Learning new letter-sound correspondences

Writing letters associated with each sound in one-syllable, phonetically regular words

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First Grade: Letter-Sound Correspondence

Specific Skill: Letter-sound correspondence using v as an example

Skills taught prior to this clip were:

Letter-sound correspondences with high instructional utility (e.g., m, s, t, r)

Things to look for in this clip:

The next instructional objectives for this group:

Reviewing previously taught letter sounds
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First Grade: Letter-Sound Correspondence

Specific Skill: Teaching letter-sound correspondence using alphabet cheer as an example

Skills taught prior to this clip were:

Letter-sound correspondences with high instructional utility (e.g., m, s, t, r)

Things to look for in this clip:

What the teacher does:

Leads students through activity

Paces lesson appropriate to students' instructional level and to maintain student interest

What the student does:

Answers with highly accurate responses

Participates actively during instruction

The next instructional objectives for this group:

Reviewing previously taught letter sounds
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First Grade: Letter Formation

Specific Skill: Testing students' knowledge of sounds and sound combinations through letter formation using z, er, and ch as examples

Skills taught prior to this clip were:

Letter formation of other letters and letter combinations with high instructional utility (e.g., m, t, th)

Things to look for in this clip:

What the student does:

Participates actively during instruction

Produces highly accurate responses

The next instructional objectives for this group:

Writing letters associated with each sound in one-syllable, phonetically regular words

Spelling single-syllable regular words correctly and independently

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First Grade: Letter Formation

Specific Skill: Letter-sound correspondence of common letter combinations using ee, sh, and oo as examples

Skills taught prior to this clip were:

Letter-sound correspondences

Things to look for in this clip:

The next instructional objectives for this group:

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University of Oregon Center on Teaching and Learning

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Instruction Specific Skill: Letter sound correspondence using e as an example Skills taught prior to this clip were: Letter-sound correspondences with high instructional utility (e.g., m, s, t, r) Things to look for in this clip: The next instructional objectives for this group: Review previously taught letter sounds Introduce new

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The scripted lessons in this packet provide the teacher with a simple, fun method of teaching students the most important phonological skills: phoneme blending and segmenting. The premise is that communicating with Robbie the Robot requires the student to blend and segment. Robbie can only say words one sound at a time, which requires students to blend sounds to figure out what he said. He can also only "understand" words when the student says them one sound at a time, which requires the child to segment sounds.For young children, this explanation tends to be very accessible.
Robbie the Robot Lesson (PDF) Robbie the Robot Image (PowerPoint) Robbie the Robot Image (Google Slide)

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Phonemic Awareness | UF Literacy Institute

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The scripted lessons in this packet provide the teacher with a simple, fun method of teaching students the most important phonological skills: phoneme blending and segmenting. The premise is that communicating with Robbie the Robot requires the student to blend and segment.

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Kindergarten and First Grade

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Kindergarten and First Grade Student Center Activities Phonological Awareness | Phonics | Fluency | Vocabulary | Comprehension

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Second and Third Grade

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Second Grade and Third Grade Student Center Activities Phonemic Awareness | Phonics | Fluency | Vocabulary | Comprehension

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Fourth and Fifth Grade

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Fourth and Fifth Grade | Florida Center for Reading Research

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Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade Student Center Activities Advanced Phonics | Fluency | Vocabulary | Comprehension

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UFLI:  Manipulative Letters (sample lesson)

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Many children with literacy difficulties find it hard to blend phonemes together. Word Chains games allow a child to focus on sounds without the distraction of graphemes, as each sound is represented by a counter. A single phoneme is changed and the child 're-blends' to make a new word. The Word Chain lists progress from simple CVC words, like 'dog' and 'cat', to more complex words with initial and final blends, like 'stand' and 'crisp'. This allows targeted practice of a very specific skill in just a few minutes.

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Blending Phonemes - Word Chains - Dyslexic Logic

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Resources and word-chains (also called word ladders or word chains) to support teaching blending skills for children with poor phonological awareness, from basic CVC blends to CCVCC words with long and short medial vowels.

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Word Ladders

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Word Ladder - Blank Word Ladder - 3-Letter Blends Word Ladder - Digraphs

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Word Sorts - Word Cards for 30 Weeks of Practice (Grade 1)_0

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Scroll Down for Decodable Text by Grade Level

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Scroll Down for Decodable Text by Grade Level

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The Sound Wall materials provided here align with the UFLI Foundations lessons. Included in the UFLI Sound Wall set are the following:

phoneme cards with mouth pictures to represent the articulatory gesture associated with each phoneme,

labels for the sound wall displays, including the place and manner of articulation for consonants, and

grapheme cards that can be added to the sound wall one at a time, as the grapheme-phoneme correspondences are taught.

We have also provided printable version of the Individual Sound wall charts. You may choose to glue them into a file folder for each student or print them front/back to laminate. These may also be enlarged and printed as posters if your classroom space does not allow for the full UFLI Sound Wall displays.
Individual Sound Wall: Consonants Individual Sound Wall: Vowels

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Printable Resources | UF Literacy Institute

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The Sound Wall materials provided here align with the UFLI Foundations lessons. Included in the UFLI Sound Wall set are the following: phoneme cards with mouth pictures to represent the articulatory gesture associated with each phoneme, labels for the sound wall displays, including the place and manner of articulation for consonants, and grapheme cards that can be added to the sound wall one at a time, as the grapheme-phoneme correspondences are taught.