Read, Write, Inc 15.1.13

Speed sound chart English language has 44 speech sounds 5 vowel letters but 20 vowel sounds F is spelt f, ff and ph English has the most complicated code in the World To make reading and writing easier for children, Read, Write, Inc phonics starts with a simple code so children learn one way to read and write each of the 44 speech sounds.

http://www.oup.com/oxed/primary/rwi/transformingprogrammes/ It is important to ensure we are all using the pure sounds. This will help the children to acquire these skills quicker and without confusion. Play –MTYT Learning a new sound Picture morphs into a sound. Picture helps them remember sound and how to write it

Fred Talk Children need to be able to hear and blend before they can read Need to be able to segment before they can spell. Copy blending -> independently blending Magnetic letters – push together words Green words Red words

Ditties Read the speed sounds on front cover Partners -1 copy of the Ditty and 1 pointing stick Point, help, praise Read red and green words Work with partner to read the ditty 1 pointing other decoding Read over and over 1st time decoding, 2nd for meaning and comprehension, 3rd story voice

Ditties Re read the ditty and discuss the questions to talk about Set the context Build a sentence orally Popcorn ideas Hold a sentence Fred fingers to spell the words Demonstrate how to write the sentence, leaving finger spaces help with red words

Speech sounds ch sh n p o h t i r m f s a c hot chips from the shop a can of pop from the shops hot chips and pop mmmmm

Storybooks Need to know speed sounds before move onto the books Review the sounds practise reading the words. Introduce the story, emphasising new vocabulary so aware of all the words before asked to read them. Read story 3 times Writing – encoding activities, language comprehension activities to develop composition

Get Writing activities Fred Rhythms Fred fingers Spelling check Spelling test Hold a sentence Build a sentence Edit for spelling and punctuation Write a composition based on picture prompts Write a guided composition

To build the bridge between reading and writing Bubbles – feeling, saying, thinking, happening Develop language, understanding, thinking around the story Punctuation mimes (when reading to your child exaggerate the way you are reading to emphasise the punctuation point it out to them.)