Decodable Books for UFLI Foundations Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er/ir/ur

Mister Can Do never sits still. He builds a machine to gather wool, then opens a big shop and hires a worker to run it, but even a perfect helper can’t stop him dreaming up his next project. Will he ever slow down? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘hammer’, ‘better’, ‘worker’, ‘offers’, ‘first’.

Kim’s mother’s fingers fly across her loom every afternoon, weaving colors that bloom like flowers, but she always tells Kim to wait and rest instead of teaching her. Then a strange tapping noise leads Kim to a dusty old loom that starts shaking all by itself the moment she touches it. What happens when Kim finally sits down at the frame? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ’twirl’, ‘swirling’, ‘disturb’, ’expert’, ‘world’.

Nomsa’s family keeps waking to chaos: spilled porridge, tangled sandals, and a little brother crying about pinched toes. Gogo says a small, furry river creature called the Tokoloshe is to blame, and that raising the bed on bricks is the only way to stop it. But when the Tokoloshe scatters the bricks and steals a favorite toy, can Nomsa outsmart it before nightfall comes again? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘river’, ‘furry’, ‘murky’, ‘return’, and ‘sturdy’.

Dr. Can Do’s furnaces are hungry, and the coal is all gone. Person after person turns him down, so he grumbles that he’ll do the work himself. But the mine is far, and walking there sounds worse than never getting coal at all, so what will he build instead? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘work’, ‘hammer’, ’never’, ‘perfect’, ‘burn’.

Every day, a girl plays a quiet game: she looks at something, and waits to see if it looks back. A frog stares. A cat blinks slow as syrup. But when a firefly glows in her hands, she starts to wonder something much bigger - what if the stars are watching too? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘bird’, ‘perched’, ‘furry’, ‘silver’, ‘summer’.

Fig Pig can’t stop talking about a strange island where cows grow mushrooms on their heads, and Brat Cat decides she must see them for herself. She packs a boat with wheat and sails off, but when the herd crowds in wanting more, she realizes she may have started something she cannot control. Will she find a way to make things right? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘herd’, ‘blurts’, ‘whispers’, ‘perch’, and ‘return’.

Hen has laid her eggs, and she is not moving for anything, not breakfast, not lunch, not even her favorite show. She sits and sits, sure she will be the best mother ever. But when her eggs finally start to tap and crack, will her chicks be as ready to sit still as she was? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘her’, ‘chirps’, ‘scurry’, ‘hurry’, ’never’.

A girl sits in the dirt, dividing grain into perfect piles by hand. A proud judge stops his car and stares. If she’s this clever on her own, what will she do when he sets her three impossible tasks tomorrow? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘her’, ‘girl’, ‘perfect’, ‘sir’, ‘first’.

Bingo has the best job in the village: guarding the crop store, with a fat bone waiting after supper and a snug spot by the flame. But one dusk, a delicious smell drifts in from the dark forest, and Bingo cannot resist following it. He leaves his bone and his warm spot behind and trots off into the night. Will he ever get his cozy corner back? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘better’, ‘purrs’, ’turns’, ‘dirt’, ‘supper’.

Kirk is a climbing perch, and he’s not like other fish. While ordinary fish swim in circles, Kirk scrambles out of the water, munches bugs on a farm, and grows strong fins and sharp spines to fend off hungry birds. But when the sun burns down and the water starts disappearing, what will a perch do when there’s no pond left to swim in? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘perch’, ‘sturdy’, ’turning’, ‘burst’, ’expert’.

A boy finds a cursed emerald glowing under the rocks, even after his brother warned him never to touch one. Now the curse is on him, and monsters lurch in the murky dark. He needs a cartographer’s map to find his way home, but when a strange stone burns his hand, has he made everything worse? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘curse’, ‘monster’, ‘murky’, ‘burns’, ‘jerks’.

Lion hasn’t eaten in days, and the dry season has left him hungrier than ever. When he catches a jackal stealing scraps near the waterhole, he pins him down for dinner, but sharp-eyed Jackal spots a wobbling boulder on the cliff above them. Can a few clever words save Jackal’s skin before Lion’s temper does? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘dirt’, ‘burst’, ’thunder’, ‘hunter’, and ‘chirp’.

Gran can toss anything, from pots and pans to Pop’s best umbrella, and she’s always hunting for a bigger challenge. When she starts flipping books and papers around the shop, the corner shopkeeper grumbles, but Gran never seems to notice. Then her foot catches a box, and something is about to go flying that nobody expects. What happens next? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ’twirl’, ‘corner’, ’expert’, ’never’, ‘faster’.

Meet Hex, a mischievous spirit who loves nothing more than scaring every creature in the hills of Indonesia, from barking dogs to a roaring wild cat. No one can stand up to him, until one quiet evening he spots the smallest, softest mouse peeking out of a round window. Could this tiny mouse finally be the perfect target for Hex’s biggest scare yet? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ’never’, ‘whimpers’, ‘smirk’, ’thunder’, and ‘perches’.

A boy can’t stop daydreaming, not even for a second. One moment he’s waving at stars from the moon, the next he’s a woodpecker clinging to a tree trunk, sure he hears a bug chewing inside it. Then he’s scrambling up a rocky cliff on legs that suddenly don’t feel so brave. What will pull him back down to earth? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘bird’, ‘chirp’, ‘further’, ‘dirt’, and ‘perfect’.

Ned and The Book have built tools and gathered coal all summer, but The Book has other plans: a dark, murky cave full of monsters. Nervous but brave, Ned grips his pick and steps inside, ready for whatever waits further in. Will he find a way across the danger ahead, or will the cave keep its treasure hidden? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 82: Spelling /er/: er, ir, ur, w + or), this book practices words like ‘murky’, ‘further’, ‘perks’, ‘worth’, and ‘summer’.