September Phonics Teacher’s Companion
First Four Weeks of Kindergarten
Begin the year with a clear, developmentally appropriate pathway from oral sound awareness to early phonics, blending and word building.
This premium four-week teacher companion provides ready-to-use lesson plans, assessments and printables created specifically for the beginning of Kindergarten. It was created to align with the progression of skills in UFLI’s scope and sequence while supporting the Ontario Kindergarten 2026 curriculum and U.S. Common Core.
What’s Included
- Four weeks of teacher-friendly phonics instruction
- Sound-awareness and articulation activities
- Letter–sound instruction and letter formation
- Oral blending, segmenting and early word building
- Phonics-to-writing connections
- Beginning- and end-of-month assessments
- Weekly skills trackers and individual student records
- Small-group teaching pathways
- Family practice cards
- Full-colour, low-ink and black-and-white options
- Ontario FDK 2026 and U.S. Common Core connections
Perfect For
- Kindergarten classrooms
- The first four weeks of school
- Whole-group literacy instruction
- Small-group intervention
- Assessment and progress monitoring
- Homeschool and tutoring programs
This resource is a teacher companion, assessment toolkit and printable system. It is not intended to replace a complete phonics curriculum or the UFLI Foundations manual.
Sweet Little Learners Connections
This phonics companion is already included in the September Full Month Plans and is directly compatible with the 2026 Kindergarten Long-Range Plans.
It also pairs beautifully with:
- September Independent Activities
- Kindergarten Oral Communication Toolkit
- Big Alphabet Tracers
- Kindergarten Morphology Word Study Unit
Important UFLI Statement
This independently created resource contains entirely original content. It was not created by, affiliated with or endorsed by UFLI. It was created to align with the progression of skills in UFLI’s scope and sequence and does not reproduce content from the UFLI Foundations manual or Toolbox.
