Year 1

St George’s Primary School

• Systematic and structured

• Early success in reading

What is Read Write Inc?

Why Read Write Inc?

• Rapid learn to read programme so children can…

‘Read to learn for the rest of their lives’

How does it work?• Children learn 44 sounds

• Learn to blend sounds to read words

• Read lots of specially written books to embed sounds learned during phonics session

This is decoding

How does it work?• Children talk about what they

have read to show they understand

• Listen to and discuss ideas with adults and peers to deepen their understanding

This is comprehending

Sounds

• All words are made up of sounds. In

English there are 44. Children are

introduced to pure sounds in a specific order;

m a s d t i n p g o c k ck u b f e l h sh r j v y w th z ch qu x ng nk ay ee igh ow oo oo ar or air ir ou oy

Grapheme

A grapheme is a sound written down

English has more than 150 e.g. ee,y,ea,e.

A complex code!

Learning the codeChildren learn a simple code first

11/12/2012

play mayk trayn cafay strayt wayt brayk

greendreem kee hee happee

light kight fligh Igh igh tigh

blow smowk flowt gow mowst

moon broot bloo groo

If English had a simple code spelling and reading would be

much easier!!

11/12/2012

The complex English alphabetic code

• Children are taught to form letters in a specific way using mnemonics e.g.

• M -Maisie, mountain, mountain

• A -Round the apple, down the leaf

• S -Slither down the snake

Blending

Fred helps children learn to read using

‘Fred Talk’. He can only talk in sounds…

c-a-t ch-a-t

l-igh-t c-r-a-sh

If children understand Fred they can blend orally

Blendingis needed for reading

Fred…

Fred helps children to learn to spell as well!

How?

Children convert words into sounds

They press the sounds they hear on their

fingers…

We call this Fred Fingers

dog d-o-g

You can help your child to…

Say 44 sounds in a pure way (no schwa). Learn the

letters and groups of letters (graphemes) used to

read and write the sounds.

Understand how Fred helps with reading and

spelling

Have fun with ‘Fred talk’ at home:

What a tidy r-oo-m! Where’s your c-oa-t?

Time for b-e-d

• Read to your child lots of lovely stories and ask questions

.

• Feed them with new and different words

Eat, munch, scoff, devour

• Form their letters correctly using mnemonics

• Use lots of praise

And…

Look at the parents’ pages on the web

for tips and resources for supporting

your child at home:

www.ruthmiskinliteracy.com

www.oxfordowls.co.ukwww.oup.com