Learning to Read
Reading is the most important skill
children must master at school. It is the
necessary condition for all learning.
Ruth Miskin
(Read Write Inc. Phonics)
What is Read Write Inc Phonics?
A 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 and matching letters/letter groups
• Learn to blend sounds to read words
• Read lots of specially written books
This is decoding
How does it work?
Children:
• Talk a lot about what they have read to show they understand
• Listen to and discuss other ideas to deepen understanding
This is comprehending
Time to learn the basic sounds...
... and Fred Talk!!
(Speed Sounds set 1)
Phonics Video
Now its your turn!
• Partner practise 1 and 2
• Don’t forget to praise each other!!
Fred...
• Fred helps children learn to read
Fred can only talk in sounds...
(Fred can only say c_a_t, he can’t say cat)
We call this Fred Talk
Fred...
• If children understand Fred they can blend orally
Blending is needed for reading
Fred...
• Fred helps children learn to spell as well!
Children convert words into sounds
They press the sounds they hear on to their fingers...
We call this Fred Fingers
Word Time 1 to 5
• Blending for reading: (eyes are for reading)
• Segmenting for spelling: (fingers are for spelling)
- Fred Fingers
- Write: Ticks are free!
Word Time
Storybooks and Get Writing Books
Plan of the programme – page 3
Ditties
Red Words
“You can not ‘Fred a red’!!!
Looking for the part that is ‘bonkers’ or the ‘grotty
grapheme’!!!
Hold a Sentence
Can I have hot chips?
Time to learn to say the long vowel sounds!
(Speed Sounds set 2)
Consonants: stretchy
f
l
m
n
r
s
v
z
sh
th
ng
nk
Consonants: bouncy
b
a
c
k
d
e
g
h
i
j
o
u
Vowels: bouncy
oo
oo
Set 1 sounds
p qu t
ay
w
ee
x
igh
y ch
ow
Vowels: stretchy
ar
or
air
ir
ou
Set 2 sounds
oy
Storybook Lessons
(Set 1 – 4 books)
Saying
Feeling
Thinking
Happening
Writing
Hold a Sentence
a) He is on his ship.
b) He has got a cash box.
What does this all look like
in our classrooms?
Children develop at their own
rates and in their own ways.
Would you like to help?
Questions