Read Write Inc Phonics Parents Meeting Understanding Phonics

Read Write Inc. Phonics Parents’ Meeting

Understanding Phonics https: //www. ruthmiskin. com/en/find-outmore/parents/#lg=1&slide=0

Why Phonics? At Wilcombe we use a scheme called ‘Read Write Inc’ to teach phonics. Read Write Inc. Phonics is a programme that uses systematic phonics to teach all children to read. This starts when children are ready in Nursery and the children move through the programme until they are ready to ‘complete’. Children usually complete at the end of year 1 or start of year 2.

Why Phonics? We teach the sounds first – in a specific order. p d i t n We then teach your children to blend these sounds together in order to read words. mat sad The children read words in the matched Storybooks. Each Storybook is carefully matched to the sounds they can already read - setting them up for success.

What does RWI look like in Reception? The children are placed in different RWI groups depending on their ability. Therefore, your child may be in a different classroom for their RWI session. All the groups are small Groups are reviewed and rotated each half term based on the children individual progress

Phonics: Set 1 sounds • The children start the programme learning their set 1 sounds • One sound is taught each day • Children need to revisit the sounds lots of times to help them to learn the sounds quickly

Simple Speed Sounds Phonics makes learning to read easy for children because we start by teaching them just one way of reading and writing every sound. Here they are on the Simple Speed Sounds chart. We teach Set 1 sounds first - (sounds as far as a e i o u) and then Set 2 (the shaded sounds ay - oy).

Sound Pronunciation It is important that we use pure sounds, such as ‘s’ not ‘suh’, so that your child will be able to blend the sounds into words. https: //www. ruthmiskin. com/en/find-outmore/parents/#lg=1&slide=2

Blending Using Fred Talk, Including Fred Talk Games p d i t n mat sat d a s Once the children know the pure sounds, we teach them to blend sounds to read words. We also teach children to spell the words they learn to read. We use Fred Talk to help children read and spell words.

Fred Talk This is Fred. He is a frog who can only speak in sounds, and we call this Fred Talk. For example ‘c’ ‘a’ ‘t’ He helps children sound out words so they can read and spell. MTYT

Storybooks

What should my child read at home?

Picture books and anything that interests them!

How does Read Write Inc. teach spelling?

Fred Fingers We use Fred Fingers to help children sound out words to spell easily. sh o p

How can I help at home?

At Home • Read to your children • Ask lots of questions and share opinions • Assist with RWI home learning

Online resources available Ruth Miskin Parents’ Page: https: //www. ruthmiskin. com/en/find-outmore/parents/ Free e-books for home reading: https: //www. oxfordowl. co. uk/for-home/find-abook/library-page/