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Read Write INC 

The Read Write Inc. programme is for primary school children learning to read. It is a phonics based programme which helps children learn to read whilst also developing a wide range of vocabulary and encouraging a love of stories. It was developed by Ruth Miskin and more information on this can be found at www.ruthmiskinliteracy.com.

We use Read Write Inc  (RWInc)  phonics programme for our - 7-9 year old children and   RWInc Fresh Start for  10 + year olds.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/

Useful terminology 

Fred Talk – sounding out the word before reading (blending)

Sound-blending – putting sounds together to make a word, e.g. c–a–t cat 

Special friends – sounds written with more than one letter, e.g. sh, ng, qu, ch

Speed Sounds – the individual sounds that make up words

blend –  to draw individual sounds together to pronounce a word, e.g. s-n-a-p, blended together, reads snap.

digraph – A digraph is a single sound, or phoneme, which is represented by two letters like ‘ow’ as in  ‘s-n-ow’ reading ‘snow’.

grapheme – A grapheme is a letter or a number of letters which represent a sound (phoneme) in a word.

grapheme-phoneme correspondence (GPC) – the relationship between sounds and the letters which represent those sounds; also known as ‘letter-sound correspondences’.  This means that your child will be able to recognise and/or identify the written form of a letter when listening to the sound.

phoneme – A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in speech, this may be one letter, or a group of two or three letters which make one sound. 

segment – to split up a word into its individual phonemes (sounds) in order to spell it, e.g. the word ‘cat’ has three phonemes: c – a – t, 

sound buttons – the number of phonemes (sounds) in a word, your child will be encouraged to draw a dot under a single letter to denote the number of sounds, if it is a digraph they will underline both sounds instead of drawing a dot. For example ai in snail.

 split digraph – two letters (consonants), split by another letter (vowel), but which make one sound, e.g. a-e as in make or i-e in site. 

trigraph –  A trigraph is a phoneme which consists of three letters like ‘air’ as in ‘hair‘. 3 letters making 1 sound.

Here are some tips to help children of all ages to enjoy reading and to get reading more often.

  1. Take breaks while reading. 
  2. Build reading into your child's daily routine. 
  3. Encourage your child to follow their interests. 
  4. Use technology together. 
  5. Encourage your child to be the author, retell or make up stories.
  6. Have a chat.

For more information  and free resources please visit: 

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/

 

Useful websites:

Oxford Owl Press http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk

Booktrust www.booktrust.org.uk

Read Write Inc http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading-owl/at-school

Phonics Play http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Read Write Inc Sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkXcabDUg7Q

https://www.readwithfonics.com/  - contains excellent videos and further guidance

http://www.ictgames.co.uk/      - The literacy section has a range of fun interactive activities

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/   contains free games for children to read real and pseudo words. Go to the Parents section and click on Interactive Games. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/breakthruchris  contains lots of short videos to help you revise different phonemes with your child and children really enjoy using them to enhance their learning.

 http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/   - lots of games to choose from on the left hand side of the webpage.

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html   - various games to choose from. http://jollylearning.co.uk/jolly-phonics-letter-sounds-app-2/   - Jolly Phonics Sound App available..

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