Ventris Learning is the University of Florida Literacy Institutes publishing partner for the UFLI Foundations Teacher Manual. Foundations is an explicit and systematic phonics program that introduces students to the foundational reading skills necessary for proficient reading. Foundations follows a carefully developed scope and sequence designed to ensure that students systematically acquire each skill needed and learn to apply each skill with automaticity and confidence. Foundations is designed to be used for core instruction in the primary grades or for intervention with struggling students in any grade

The manual is full of detailed, easy-to-follow lesson plans that include everything you need to implement each and every step. The lessons align with our continuous scope and sequence, designed to ensure that students systematically acquire each skill needed and learn to apply each skill with automaticity and confidence.

Whats included in the manual?

• Essential background knowledge for teachers
• 148 lesson plans (10 Getting Ready lessons, 128 concept lessons, and 10 review lessons)
• A detailed description of each step and how to implement it
• Concept-based spelling assessments to use for progress monitoring

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