OPS Literacy Toolbox - Skills Block (K-2)

⭐UFLI RESOURCES⭐

Model Lesson Videos (Thanks to Madison Payne at Sutton!)

UFLI Master List with Links (Thanks to Christa Bossow for sharing!)

UFLI & Centers (Thanks to Angela Brown, Josh Holder, and Nikki Cooper at Foust for sharing!)

Interactive Phonogram Chart

Family Guide- Letter with explanation of how to do the home practice with students.

What I Learned Today- Videos for parents for each lesson to show what and how students learned the lesson.

Battleship- Roll and Read

At the end of each unit there are now unit fluency assessments:
1st grade Fluency Checks 2nd grade Fluency Checks
Progress Monitoring pg. 354-366 in UFLI Manual

Virtual UFLI games aligned with lessons

Phonics Passport Destination Reading

Teacher Resource Manual for Foundational Skills Block

Skills Block Hub (Thanks to Shannon Simon at Estes!)

MS. ASHLEY'S GOLD MINE

Phonics and Stuff (games, decodables, teaching tools, and more!)

50 Fun Phonics Activities

Decodable Reader Routines for Cycles Phases and Microphases Progression Doc (great for parents!)

SKILLS BLOCK SMALL GROUP AND ROTATIONS RESOURCES - Use the assessment conversion chart (p. 49 in the Skills Block Resource Manual) to find which cycle lessons would benefit your students, based on their microphases. Then, use this page to quickly find plans, resources, and decodables for each cycle that you can use during small group instruction to address specific skills your students need!

Scope and Sequence in Skills Block (K-2) Module and Skills Block Cycle Planning Checklist for Teams

Grade K- Cycle Schedule with practices and skills Small Groups Notes Sheet

Grade 1 Cycle Schedule with practices and skills

Grade 1 Phonemic Play (Skills Block Warm-ups) (Thanks to Jamie Self for sharing!)

Grade 2 Cycle Schedule with practices and skills Word Phase Strategies for Struggling Readers

Skills Block Phonics Lessons (Thanks to Nikki Janiak at Estes!)

Decodable Routine & Reader's Toolbox Routine Blank Game Boards

Decodables Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness Games from Kate @ GRREC: - PDF Version Google Doc Version

Phonemic Awareness Bingo Word Chain Lists

Literacy Instructional Routines Guide Beyond Decodables

Microphase Student Grouping Chart (K-2) - Make a copy of this doc and use it to group your students by microphase according to the EL Curriculum assessments.
Microphase Student Grouping Charts (K-2) - This Google Sheet has two additional options for grouping students. Click the tabs at the bottom to switch between them. Make a copy and use it to group your students according to the assessments.
Skills Block Data Sheet - (Thanks to Misty House at Estes for sharing!)
Microphases Flowchart (K-2) - Great resource for parents (Thanks to Natalie Morris for sharing!)

Ehri's Microphases Cheat Sheet (Thanks to Zaletha Brown at Newton Parrish!)

WORD WORK

Build words (use cycle word lists) with letter tiles, letter magnets, wiki sticks, play-doh
Word sorts
High frequency word games
- Fiddlesticks!
- Kapow
K-1 resources; Grades 2-3 resources
Pirate Ships Sight Words Game (2nd grade)
Noun Sorting (2nd grade)
Sight Word Games & Activities
Multisensory Playground for Early Literacy (Thanks to Sarah Price at Newton Parrish for sharing!)

FLUENCY

Decodable readers (create binders)
More printable decodables
Students record themselves (Seesaw, Flipgrid)
Decoding Practice from Jean Hurst
Readers’ Theater (Activity Bank pp 139-157) or scripts for grades 2+
Hungry Caterpillar Readers' Theater (Thanks to Christa Bossow at Cravens!)
How to Be Cool in the Third Grade Readers' Theater script (Thanks to Christa Bossow at Cravens!)
Kid-Friendly Fluency Rubric

WRITING

Letter formation
Rainbow Writing (use cycle word lists)
Copy sentences from module texts
Use cycle words lists and high frequency words to build sentences and illustrate them
Freewrite
Write to a prompt
Content or topic-related writing

ACCOUNTABLE INDEPENDENT READING (AIR)

Read to Self
Partner Read
Listen to stories read to them
Picking “Good Fit Books”
Find decodable words, high frequency words, spelling patterns in text
Complete a Reading Response Sheet