At Lift Utterby we use a phonics programme called Read, Write, Inc (RWI). This page aims to provide all the necessary information about RWI phonics, including how we teach your children phonics at school and how you are able to support your child at home. Please look out for the useful video links at the bottom of the page for more information and, importantly, to show how to pronounce the individual letter sounds.
Phonics is a method of teaching children to read. Phonics works by breaking words down into its individual sounds. There are 44 different sounds in the English language. Learning to read with phonics is therefore a bit like learning a code, and after learning just a few sounds, you will be able to use this code to read hundreds of words. The more sounds you know, the more words you will be able to work out how to read. Not all words are phonetically decodable, however, a select few words you need to learn through the 'sight words' method of learning to read.
What is Read, Write, Inc. phonics?
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. Read Write Inc. is a government backed phonics scheme designed by Ruth Miskin, which through systematic teaching and consistent routines, enables children to achieve high levels of reading success.It was developed by Ruth Miskin and more information on this can be found at www.ruthmiskinliteracy.com. At Utterby, we believe that reading is the key to all learning and we are fully committed to making sure that every child is a reader by the end of KS1.
This link provides some further information: Read, Write, Inc.
In reception, all children will learn how to ‘read’ the sounds in words and how those sounds can be written down.
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Children follow the same format as Reception but will work on complex sounds and read books appropriate to their reading level.
Five key principles underpin the teaching in all Read Write Inc. sessions:
Children will be taught how to read as follows:
Before you start to teach your child, practise saying the sounds below. These are the sounds we use to speak in English.
If your child’s school is using Read Write Inc. Phonics, teachers will introduce your child to a toy frog called Fred once he or she is ready to start reading words.
Fred can only say the sounds in a word and needs your child to help him read the word. Fred will say the sounds and children will work out the word. For example, Fred will say the sounds c–a–t, and children will say the word cat. This is Fred Talk: sounding out the word.
The children are taught the sounds in 3 sets.
