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Join us as we take a deep dive into the resources from the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI). We’ll explore how you can make small changes to strengthen your existing literacy program, or completely revamp your literacy block using UFLI Foundations lessons and resources.

Whether you’re brand new to UFLI or already using it in your classroom, we’re sharing some of our favourite tools, supports, and practical ways to make it work for you.

Resources discussed in this episode:

Songs to Match Your UFLI Lessons – The Reader’s Garden
https://www.youtube.com/@the_readers_garden

UFLI Foundations Implementation Support / Lesson “Cheat Sheet”
https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/UFLIFoundations_Implementation_Support.pdf

UFLI Assessment / Intervention Screener
https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/UFLIAssessment_081025_v2.pdf

Blending Board
https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/UFLIFoundations_Implementation_Support.pdf

Irregular Heart Word Cards
https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UFLI_Heart_Word_Printable_Cards.pdf

UFLI Foundations Toolbox
https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/foundations/toolbox/

Research discussed in this episode:

Lane, H. B., Contesse, V. A., Gage, N. A., & Burns, M. K. (2025). Effect of an instructional program in foundational reading skills on early literacy development of students in kindergarten and first grade. Reading Research Quarterly, 60(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.607