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.
- Take breaks while reading.
- Build reading into your child's daily routine.
- Encourage your child to follow their interests.
- Use technology together.
- Encourage your child to be the author, retell or make up stories.
- 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..