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Byram Hills curriculum team outlines K–5 shift to UFLI phonics, weekly progress checks
Summary
District presenters described a K–5 literacy pilot using the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) phonics sequence, saying it moves kindergarten students to blending and early reading faster, adds weekly progress monitoring, and pairs tiered interventions with STAR and other data to target fluency and comprehension.
The Byram Hills Central School District presented a K–5 literacy update Nov. 4 that centers on a new phonics scope-and-sequence pilot intended to accelerate early decoding and tie phonics instruction into reading and writing practice.
District curriculum leaders said the district began piloting the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) scope and sequence in kindergarten this year to address perceived pacing gaps in the previous Foundations curriculum. "With UFLI...by lesson five, our children are already starting to blend those sounds together," a curriculum presenter said, arguing the program lets students learn decoding while they begin reading words and applying spelling…
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