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Read Write Inc. – A guide for parents

 

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Read Write Inc. is a popular phonics scheme. Like all phonics schemes, it teaches children the sounds in English, the letters that represent them, and how to form the letters when writing. Read Write Inc. Phonics includes reading books written using only the letters they have learnt at each level (and a small number of separately taught tricky words). The children will quickly feel confident and successful.

Here you can find lots of free resources to support your child’s learning.

| VideosÌý´¥ Set 1 resources | Set 2 resources | Set 3 resources ´¥ÌýKits and flashcards to use at home

Read Write Inc. Phonics

We have lots of free Read Write Inc. Phonics resources to help your child, including eBooks, practice sheets and parent films. We suggest you start by watching this film for parents:

Speed sounds and Read Write Inc. Stages

If your child is learning to read at school with Read Write Inc. Phonics, they will be at one of the following stages:

Learning Set 1 Speed Sounds

These are the Set 1 Speed Sounds written with one letter:

mÌý aÌý sÌý dÌý tÌý iÌý nÌý pÌý gÌý oÌý cÌý kÌý uÌý bÌý fÌý eÌý lÌý hÌý rÌý jÌý vÌý yÌý wÌý zÌý x

These are the sounds written with two letters (your child will call these ‘special friends’):

shÌý thÌý chÌý quÌý ngÌý nkÌý ck

Check if your child can read these sounds. Make sure they say sounds like ‘mmm’, not letter names like ‘em’. Watch the to help you.

If your child is learning Set 1 Speed Sounds, help them to:

Learning to blend with Set 1 Speed Sounds

Your child is learning to read words containing Set 1 Speed Sounds by sound blending. For example:

³¾-²¹-³ÙÌýmat

³¦-²¹-³ÙÌýcat

²µ-´Ç-³ÙÌýgot

´Ú-¾±-²õ³óÌýfish
²õ-±è-´Ç-³ÙÌýspot

²ú-±ð-²õ-³ÙÌýbest

²õ-±è-±ô-²¹-²õ³óÌýsplash.

If your child is learning to sound blend, help them to:

  • Read the Ìýin order.
  • You could watch the to help you support your child with sound blending.

    Learning Set 2 Speed Sounds

    These are the Set 2 Speed Sounds:

    ayÌý eeÌý ighÌý ow (as in blow)Ìý oo (as in zoo)

    oo (as in look) arÌý orÌý airÌý irÌý ou (as in out) Ìýoy

    Check if your child can read these sounds.

    If your child is learning the Set 2 Speed Sounds, help them to:

    • Complete the Speed Sounds practice sheets for the Speed Sounds they have learnt.
    • Read the at Red Ditty level, then Green level and then Purple level, in order.ÌýWe recommend children read each eBook three times, as they would at school: once to read the words correctly, a second time with more fluency, and a third time in a ‘storyteller voice’ that shows their understanding.

    Learning Set 3 Speed Sounds

    These are Set 3 Speed Sounds:

    ea (as in tea)

    ´Ç¾±Ìý(as in spoil)

    ²¹â€“e (as in cake)

    ¾±â€“eÌý(as in smile)

    ´Ç–e (as in home)

    ³Ü–e (as in huge)Ìý

    aw (as in yawn)

    are (as in care)

    ur (as in nurse)

    erÌý (as in letter)

    ow (as in brown)

    aiÌý (as in snail)

    oa (as in goat)

    ew (as in chew)

    ire (as in fire)

    ear (as in hear)

    ure (as in pure)

    Check if your child can read these sounds.

    If your child is learning Set 3 Speed Sounds, help them to:

    • Complete the Speed Sounds practice sheetsÌýfor the Speed Sounds they have learnt.
    • Read the at Pink level, then Orange level and then Yellow level, in order.ÌýWe recommend children read each eBook three times, as they would at school: once to read the words correctly, a second time with more fluency, and a third time in a ‘storyteller voice’ that shows their understanding.

    Reading books with Set 1, 2, and 3 Speed Sounds

    If your child has learnt all three sets of Speed Sounds, they need to practise them and read books with words made up of those sounds. They could:

    • Complete the Speed Sounds practice sheetsÌýfor the Set 3 Speed Sounds.
    • Read the Ìýat the Blue level and then the Grey level, in order.ÌýWe recommend children read each eBook three times, as they would at school: once to read the words correctly, a second time with more fluency, and a third time in a ‘storyteller voice’ that shows their understanding.

    You will find a useful phonics audio guide to all these sounds in our . It is really important to say the sounds clearly to help your child learn them. We say ‘mmmm’Ìýnot ‘muh’ and ‘lllll’Ìýnot ‘luh’ when teaching the sounds. This really helps children when they learn to blend sounds together to read words.

    What is Fred Talk?

    If your child’s school is usingÌýRead 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 canÌýonlyÌýsay 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 soundsÌý³¦â€“a–t, and children will say the wordÌýcat. This is Fred Talk: sounding out the word.

    Videos

    Watch our parent tutorials to learn all about how to support your child as they learn withÌýRead Write Inc. Phonics, with detailed ideas and advice on pronouncing pure sounds, blending, and digraphs.

    Find out why it’s important to read to your child.

    Tips to make the most of reading to your child.

    Find out what phonics is and how it’s used.

    Find out how Read Write Inc. Phonics helps your child.

    Learn how to pronounce the Read Write Inc. sounds.

    Ruth Miskin’s way of teaching children to blend sounds.