Year 1
Class Letters and Parent Overviews
Read Write Inc & Phonics Teaching
At Stonehill we use the Read Write Inc (RWI) programme to get children off to a flying start with their literacy. RWI is a method of learning centred round letter sounds and phonics, and we use it to aid children in their reading and writing.
Reading opens the door to learning. A child who reads a lot will become a good reader. A good reader will be able to read more challenging material. A child who reads challenging material is a child who will learn. The more a child learns, the more he or she will want to find out.
Using RWI, the children learn to read effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into comprehending what they read. It also allows them to spell effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into composing what they write.
When using RWI to read the children will:
- learn 44 sounds and the corresponding letter/letter groups using simple picture prompts
- learn to read words using Fred Talk
- read lively stories featuring words they have learned to sound out
- show that they comprehend the stories by answering questions.
When using RWI to write the children will: - learn to write the letters/letter groups which represent 44 sounds.
- learn to write words by saying the sounds in Fred Talk
- write simple sentences.
Videos - Introducing Read Write Inc
Supporting at home
Using RWI, the children learn to read effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into comprehending what they read. It also allows them to spell effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into composing what they write. When using RWI to read the children will: - learn that sounds are represented by written letters – to practice the sounds and how to pronounce them accurately use the videos below. The videos below model how the sounds are formed. Very different from when you may have been at school. Sounds are much shorter and lose the 'er' sound that you may have put at the end. E.g. 'M' is Mmmm, rather than 'M-err' |
learn 44 sounds and the corresponding letter/letter groups using simple picture prompts. Children will learn the simple speed sounds first and then move onto the complex speed sounds. (See below)
- learn how to blend sounds and read words using Fred Talk. Words that can be blended with the sounds that they have learnt are called Green Words.
- Learn that some tricky words that cannot be sounded out easily – these are Red Words.
- read fun and lively stories featuring words they have learned to sound out and show that they comprehend the stories by answering questions and discussing the text.