Using UFLI Lessons & Decodables to Teach Reading

<b><strong>How to Use UFLI Lessons &amp; Decodable Text for Reading Practice</strong></b><p>In this episode, T.D. Flenaugh demonstrates how parents and teachers can use UFLI Foundations Lessons and the decodable passage to build early readers’ decoding, fluency, and comprehension.The episode highlights how repeated oral reading, focused practice with tricky words, as well as how drawing and labeling activities can help students grow into more confident readers.</p><b><strong>Episode Highlights</strong></b><ul><li>Using repeated reads with the UFLI Lesson 33 “What Is a Vet?” passage</li><li>Using choral reading and immediate correction to support accurate reading</li><li>Teaching irregular, or “tricky,” words explicitly before rereading</li><li>Connecting reading comprehension with drawing and labeling words from the passage</li><li>Extending practice with UFLI word work chains and roll-and-read games</li></ul><b><strong>Resources</strong></b><ul><li>Explore the<a href="https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/foundations/toolbox" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> UFLI Literacy Institute Toolbox</a>.</li><li>Purchase your own<a href="https://www.ventrislearning.com/uflifoundations/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> UFLI Foundations Teacher Manual</a>.</li><li>Visit T.D. Flenaugh’s<a href="https://fallinginlovewithlearning.com/resources" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Falling in Love with Learning resources page</a> to purchase The R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Method &amp; Workbook.</li></ul><b><strong>Action items</strong></b><ul><li>Read the decodable passage aloud with students several times.</li><li>Ensure students sound out/read words rather than only highlight them.</li><li>Teach 2-5 tricky (irregular) words in the passage.</li><li>Invite students to draw a scene from the text and label it with 5 words from the passage.</li><li>Extend practice with word work chains or roll-and-read games.</li><li>Keep practice patient, repetitive, and encouraging.</li></ul>