Decodable Books for UFLI Foundations Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/

Ted knows every street by heart, even though he can’t see it. He can smell fish, feel an old stone wall, and hear a barking dog, all guiding him to his friend’s birthday party. When his friend Kim worries he’ll get lost, Ted just smiles. How does he always know exactly which way to turn? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ‘good’, ‘stood’, ’looked’, ‘pushed’, ‘shook’.

Anansi the spider smells a farmer’s prize melon and can’t resist sneaking inside for a taste. Soon his belly is full and he’s stuck fast, with the farmer’s footsteps coming closer. Can Anansi talk his way out of this sticky mess? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’looks’, ‘full’, ‘pull’, ‘footsteps’, ‘puts’.

Ned finally has a real house with walls, a door, and a roof, but two problems remain: monsters at night, and a stomach that won’t stop growling after too many apples. A strange little book with legs offers to teach him how to grow his own food, if he follows its instructions exactly. What will Ned have to do first? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ‘book’, ’looked’, ‘pulled’, ‘stood’, ‘wood’.

Leopard catches a spider in the tall grass and drags him back to a rocky den, promising to eat him once the hunting is done. The den has solid rock walls and only one narrow gap, blocked by Leopard himself like a big spotted door. Trapped inside with nothing but a crack in the rock to search, what will the spider find to change his luck? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’look’, ‘good’, ‘woods’, ‘pushes’, ’took’.

Ada’s mom vanishes from the well, and all she finds is an empty jug and one huge footprint. An old man gives her a rattling seed pod and a warning: sound can be a door, or a wall. Ada follows the footprints north across a cracking salt pan toward a cave where a fearsome ogress sleeps, her one giant ear tuned to catch every whisper. Can Ada free the prisoners without making a single sound? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’looks’, ‘pulls’, ‘wood’, ‘footprints’, ’took’.

Kim and a partner are given the biggest homework challenge ever: catch a real insect and study it up close. They race to be partners and choose the trickiest target in the whole yard, a dragonfly nobody has ever caught. Creeping through the grass, hearts pounding, they spot it resting on a leaf, wings glittering in the sun. Will they get close enough to catch it? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’look’, ‘good’, ‘full’, ‘bushes’, ‘footing’.

A grumpy farm cat has chores to finish and no patience for nonsense, but when something strikes her from behind and she looks down to find an arrow stuck right in her, her whole morning changes. She ducks for cover, peeks toward the hill, and spots trouble she never expected. Who is standing on her farm, and why won’t they leave her alone? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’took’, ‘good’, ’looked’, ‘stood’, ‘pushed’.

Kalulu the hare is small, but no one has ever called him slow. When the big, bossy Ngombe seizes the field the whole village planted together and dares anyone to stop him, tiny Kalulu challenges him to a race for it. Can quick feet and a sharp mind outwit sheer size before the sun comes up? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’look’, ‘push’, ‘woods’, ‘full’, ‘pulls’.

Three friends race down a river path, sure a shortcut will get them home before dinner. But the footpath twists deeper into the woods, mist creeps in from the brook, and the trees start to look the same in every direction. When the dark turns from bedtime dark into something else entirely, will they find their way back before it’s too late? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’looked’, ‘brook’, ‘footpath’, ‘pushed’, ‘woods’.

Gus builds every puppet by hand, and tonight he’s ready for a perfect show about a rich, fancy lady. But when he grabs the wrong backdrop, the Rich Lady is suddenly looking at a jungle full of bushes, and something big is rising up behind her. Will she run? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’looking’, ‘bushes’, ‘good’, ‘hooks’, ‘wood’.

Meg is the best vet in the woods, fixing sore paws and bumps before lunch. But when she looks at her medicine jars, she finds just two sad drops left, and the rare herb she needs grows deep in the woods, past puddles, rocks, and bent old trees. Will Meg make it there and back before her last bit of medicine runs out? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’looked’, ‘pulled’, ‘woods’, ’notebook’, ‘stood’.

Sun and Moon keep their door open to every friend, and when Water finally comes to visit, it arrives small and sweet, curling in as a cool little brook. But behind that first trickle comes more, and more, and more still. Will there be room for it all? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ‘full’, ‘brook’, ’looking’, ‘foothold’, ‘wool’.

Zom has a big plan: make friends with the husks who live nearby. He waves, he bows, he even offers a huge cactus gift, but the husks just look right through him with blank, empty faces. Will anything ever hook their attention? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’look’, ‘good’, ‘hooked’, ‘pulls’, ‘footsteps’.

Zebra was once plain white while every other animal on the veld had spots or stripes, and he was proud of it. When the ponds dry up, only one pond is left, and grumpy Baboon guards it with a blazing fire, chasing off every thirsty animal who comes near. Can Zebra find a way past the flames to save them all? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’looks’, ‘wood’, ‘good’, ‘bush’, ‘hoofs’.

Giraffe lives with his mom in a little yellow home on a hill, and every morning she reminds him to be good. When the sun blazes down and drains poor Mom, Giraffe stacks every chair and book into a wobbly tower to reach it, sure that eating the sun will fix everything. But will his plan work? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ‘good’, ’looked’, ’took’, ‘stood’, ‘cooking’.

A girl has waited weeks for her cousin’s visit, and now that he’s finally here, she’s got a big plan: showing him the best day of his life. From the farm to the river to a market full of treats, can she prove she knows how to do it all? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’looked’, ‘pulled’, ‘shook’, ‘good’, ‘stood’.

Two small dinos land in your yard on a quiet morning, and one of them wants to jump the fence right away. They race off to explore the neighborhood, spotting pies, playgrounds, and a football field that’s about to get squashed. What happens when the whole town realizes the dinosaurs never really left? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 89: oo, u /oo/), this book practices words like ’looked’, ‘pushed’, ’took’, ‘good’, ‘stood’.