Decodable Books for UFLI Foundations Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei/ey/eigh/aigh/ea)

Five kids, one dog, and a squad that never plays alone. When the championship match brings a bus full of the biggest, most serious players anyone has ever seen, can this little team stay standing? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘straight’, ‘hey’, ‘great’, ‘breakaway’, ‘outweighed’.

Jill’s chests are overflowing with cobblestone, and the line for the village disposal bin stretches around the corner with no end in sight. So Jill decides she’ll build her own bin instead, no matter what it takes. Will her great plan actually work? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘hey’, ‘break’, ‘great’, ‘greatest’, ‘obeyed’.

Nitwit wakes up feeling awful, but he insists he’s fine and heads out to start his day anyway. Along the way, everyone he meets, Cat, then Dog, seems to be catching whatever he has. Will Nitwit ever admit he needs to rest? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘straight’, ‘great’, ’they’, ‘hey’, ‘outweigh’.

Hey, the plains are full of great neighbors like Cow, Pig, and Chicken, and horses have just trotted in too! A child spots a fishing hole and a wide, grassy field just right for a new farm. But when too many animals share one patch of land, the grass can start to disappear fast. Will there be enough left for everyone? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ’they’, ’eight’, ’neigh’, ‘break’.

Skel loves his brick house spotless, but Zom and Jack think dirt is fine and refuse to lift a mop or cloth. When Skel storms out and leaves them to it, the pals cheer, kick back, and skip every chore. But as the mess piles up, strange little shapes start scuttling in the shadows. What is creeping across their once-clean floor? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ’eight’, ‘great’, ‘hey’, ‘straight’, ‘break’.

In the Ituri forest, music has no spine without a drum, and the great gray drum belongs only to Elephant, who never lends it out. A boy named Boma taps rhythms on everything, knees and logs and pots, dreaming of one thing: what could he possibly trade an elephant for a lesson on her drum? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ‘straight’, ‘daybreak’, ’eight’, ‘weighs’.

Sungura the Hare thinks he’s the greatest, cleverest creature in the grass land, and every daybreak he says so at the waterhole. But one morning a hungry Leopard decides a hare would make a fine breakfast, and prey doesn’t get to argue. Can quick thinking outrun sharp claws before Leopard closes in? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ‘greatest’, ‘daybreak’, ‘prey’, ‘breakfast’.

Deep in the Congo forest grows a great tree loaded with golden fruit that will not fall on its own, and no one can climb it. The only way to eat is to sing the tree’s true name, exactly right, or be soaked in cold, muddy water. Can a quiet seven-year-old girl with sharp ears learn a name the grown-ups guard so closely? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ‘straight’, ‘daybreak’, ’eight’, ‘obey’.

High on a windswept plateau, a shepherd boy named Girma knows sheep, weather, and birds better than anyone, but he has never set foot inside a stone building. When a royal messenger arrives with an impossible riddle even wise scholars cannot solve, could a boy who has only ever tended goats hold the answer? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ‘straight’, ’eighteen’, ‘daybreak’, and ’neighs’.

Ned thinks fighting monsters is easy from way up on his tower roof, and he’s ready to shoot every zombie in sight. But when night falls and the zombies stumble out, hitting them turns out to be a lot harder than he thought. Will Ned figure out how to become the greatest zombie-fighter his town has ever seen? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ‘hey’, ‘straight’, ‘surveyed’.

Jill’s grandmother always adds a few made-up bits to every story she reads, and today Jill has made her promise not to. As Jill picks a great little book about an airship and its clever parrot, will her grandmother obey the rules this time, or will she disobey the page again? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ‘obey’, ‘disobey’, ’eighteen’, ‘surveyed’.

Two friends dig for wood, brew potions, and hatch a wild plan to destroy a cursed emerald that turns anyone who touches it to stone. Rolled straight into the Nether, one friend must ride the cart while the other pushes it toward the lava, hoping the plan holds before something goes terribly wrong. Will their great, risky plan actually work? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ‘straight’, ‘hey’, ‘weighed’.

A mouse has moved into the house, and Grandma spots it first with a shriek loud enough to send pillows flying! Mom drops the dishes, Dad hides in the curtains, and even the family cat refuses to go anywhere near it. Can this brave little family ever catch one tiny, grinning mouse? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ’they’, ‘great’, ‘hey’, ‘break’, ‘obey’.

A caterpillar has one great big problem: someone stole a shoe, and with this many feet, that’s a disaster! One foot slaps cold and bare while the rest stay warm, and the wiggle feels all wrong. Frog, Grasshopper, and Crab all offer a spare, but none of them fit right. Who took the shoe, and will a caterpillar with this many feet ever feel like themself again? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ’they’, ‘hey’, ‘break’, ‘weighed’.

Brat Cat’s neighborhood is too loud, too crowded, and too full of sneezing villagers. She storms off toward a quiet wood, ready to build somewhere she can finally escape the noise. Will her friends help her build the great, silent hideaway she’s dreaming of? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ‘great’, ‘hey’, ‘obey’, ‘straightaway’, ‘weight’.

A girl waters her hair and sprouts great green leaves, sure she’s a tree now, and trees don’t take naps. She dashes past neighbors, hides in bushes, and bosses a row of trees into shaking their leaves, but when the trees vanish and the path grows dark and heavy, can she find her way back before her eyes close for good? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ’they’, ‘great’, ‘hey’, ‘straight’, ‘breakfast’.

Ray thinks his hat, made by Gran, is the greatest hat ever made, with its googly eyes, horns, and long pink tail. But Bull isn’t so sure, and when he and Ray race across the hills, a mischievous Cloud spots that flappy pink tail and can’t resist a gust of wind. What happens when the wind decides it wants Ray’s hat more than he does? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 114: Alternate /ā/ (ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea)), this book practices words like ’they’, ‘greatest’, ‘great’, ‘hey’, ‘straight’.