Decodable Books for UFLI Foundations Lesson 120: -ture

One enormous elephant sits in its little cart and simply will not move, no matter how hard a child pushes. A break brings two warm eggs, a spinning fan, and a car that zooms through the snow, each stop adding another number to count. Will the elephant ever budge? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘adventure’, ‘creature’, ‘picture’, ‘mixture’, ‘feature’.

Gus has sung his rain song to the same dusty plain every morning, and the sky has never once answered. Today feels different, though he can’t say why. Then a huge, grinning creature comes stomping down the trail asking to join in. Could two voices call down what one never could? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘creature’, ‘moisture’, ‘gestured’, ‘featureless’.

Ned has never seen a bee before, and one buzzing across his yard sends him racing through trees and bushes to follow it. When he finds its nest high in a tree, something sweet and golden drifts down through the branches, and Ned decides he simply must have a taste. But a hungry bear has the same idea, so how far will Ned go to get his hands on the honey first? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘adventure’, ‘creatures’, ‘picture’, ‘structure’, ‘gesturing’.

Jill needs ancient debris to craft a Netherite pickaxe, and the only place to find it is the Nether. Her friend the Mage has ventured there before and knows fire-walking creatures roam the lava, but building a portal means facing dangers no one can predict. Will Jill’s friends survive their first adventure together? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘creatures’, ‘adventure’, ‘venture’, ’nature’.

Alex had one simple plan: finish the house, mine for gems, and have a normal day. But a bed appears out of nowhere on the roof, a pig and a chicken turn up deep in a cave, and a fish is somehow stuck inside a tree. Is anything about today going to make sense? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘creature’, ‘capture’, ‘fracture’, ‘picture’, ‘sculpture’.

Ned has lived by the pastures for three days, and he’s already itching to know what lies beyond them. When a talking Book promises to lead him on an adventure and guide him toward a mysterious village, Ned isn’t so sure it knows what it’s talking about. But when strange villagers start gesturing at his wheat and coal, could Ned be about to capture something more valuable than he ever pictured? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘adventure’, ‘gesturing’, ‘capture’, ‘pictured’.

Kele is small and quiet, but when the cold rains keep coming and the campfires stay dark, he decides to do something no one else will try. Armed with a secret plan and a flute made by his grandmother, he sets off for Old Chimpanzee’s ridge, where the only fire in the forest glows. Can a boy with nothing but music outwit a creature who guards his flame from everyone? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘creature’, ’nature’, ’temperature’, ‘capture’, ‘picturing’.

Brat Cat runs a tight farm: no one in, no one out. But when a lone horse appears in the glade after a storm, Brat Cat’s plan to pen it hits a problem she never saw coming. Who else is riding with that horse? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘structure’, ‘adventure’, ‘capture’, ’nature’, ‘gesture’.

Indlovu is the biggest, proudest elephant anyone has seen, and she is sure she is stronger than rain itself. When she boasts to the sky, the rain stops, the waterholes crack dry, and a small hornbill named Vuyo watches the animals grow thin. Can Indlovu learn to ask instead of command before it is too late? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘creature’, ‘moisture’, ’lecture’, ‘gesture’, ‘posture’.

Jackal is the cleverest creature in the Kalahari, and he’s never met a trick he couldn’t win. But when tiny Kaggen the Mantis won’t share his mysterious shell soup for any price, can Jackal outsmart him? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘creature’, ‘adventure’, ‘gesture’, ’texture’, ‘posture’.

Hippo is huge, round, and always too hot under the blazing sun, staring longingly at the cool river where fish flash in the shallows. But it is Hippo’s nature to be enormously hungry, and the Creator refuses to let such a creature near the fish, so Hippo must find a way to earn trust, one that even his own hunger cannot break. What proof could ever be strong enough? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘creature’, ’nature’, ‘mixture’, ‘picturing’, ‘pasture’.

A hare, small but fast, hears the old woman’s warning after the Moon has hidden herself for three dark months, leaving cattle lost and crops pale. He offers to carry a gift of captured dew up to the highest peak, but a river blocks him, a crocodile warns him back, and a frozen ledge tests every careful step. Will the hare venture far enough to find the Moon and remind her that the people still care? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘creature’, ‘captured’, ‘venture’, ‘fracture’, ‘gesture’.

Zom has one item on his list today: catch the biggest, tastiest fish in the sea! But the fish keep outsmarting him, so he swims deeper and deeper, past coral towers and a mysterious stone archway. What is waiting for Zom on the other side? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘creature’, ‘captured’, ‘adventure’, ’texture’, ‘structures’.

Deep in the woods, a boy named Cam has one trick for the pitch-black nights: his good little lamp. Every evening he says goodnight to it, and every morning it’s there, waiting, just like always. But when bright new lights arrive outside his cabin, Cam stops looking down at his old lamp altogether. What happens when the storm comes and every new light goes dark? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘picture’, ‘adventure’, ‘capture’, ‘fixture’, ’nature’.

Joy has a big plan: show her mum every single thing she can do today. From cooking to watering flowers to hanging up the wash, she’s determined to prove just how grown up she really is. But when Mum asks if she’s ready to try the bike, Joy’s tummy does a nervous flip. What happens when it’s finally time to let go? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘adventure’, ‘mixture’, ‘capture’, ‘mature’.

Sam has always had one talent: sitting perfectly, no matter where he is. But when Sam plants himself in the middle of the path, on the edge of a cliff, and in spots he really shouldn’t, his family starts to wonder if his favourite trick might get him into real trouble. Will Sam ever learn when NOT to sit? Created to align with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence (Lesson 120: -ture), this book practises words like ‘posture’, ‘picture’, ‘fixture’, ‘pasture’, ‘ventured’.