Read Write Inc Phonics
Approach to Teaching Reading and Phonic Skills.
We are really proud to use the Read Write Inc. phonics scheme across our academy. Read Write Inc. is a synthetic phonics scheme that enables children to read. Children are placed into homogenous reading ability sets and then learn various phonemes (segments of sound) and the corresponding grapheme i.e. how that sound is written. Sounds are divided into 3 sets. In Reception children will learn Set 1 sounds and some Set 2 sounds; in Years 1 and 2 (Key Stage 1), children will secure Set 2 sounds and learn new Set 3 sounds.
The programme involves programme specific terminology which your child may talk about when they come home:
- Fred the Frog: Fred the Frog is a frog which is used as a vehicle to help the children blend sounds. Children learn pure sounds first but then need to learn to blend sounds together so that they can read a word. Fred can only read pure sounds, so the children help Fred by blending the sounds so that they can help him to read a whole word!
E.g. c -a - t sounds out as cat. c- a- sh has three sounds which make the word cash.
- Green Words - these are words which can be read phonetically
- Red Words – these are words which cannot be read phonetically.
Please click HERE to find out further information on the Ruth Miskin programme which we follow to teach Read Write INC.
