Fresh Start 10/6/2015 Welcome to (school name)

10/6/2015 Fresh Start Literacy Progamme The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you will go. - Dr Seuss

What is Read Write Inc Fresh Start?  A rapid learn to read programme So pupils can…  Read to learn for the rest of their lives 10/6/2015

Why Read Write Inc Fresh Start? Tried and tested over many years Systematic and structured Success in reading Training and ongoing staff development 10/6/2015

Who is it for? Pupils in Y5 and upwards who need to ‘catch- up’quickly 10/6/2015

How does it work? Pupils: Learn 44 sounds and matching letters Learn to blend sounds to read words Read lots of specially written texts This is decoding 10/6/2015

How does it work? Pupils: Talk a lot about what they have read to show they understand Listen to and discuss ideas to deepen understanding This is comprehending 10/6/2015

How does it work? Pupils: Learn to spell words by saying the sounds and writing the matching letter groups Learn to build sentences orally using adventurous vocabulary Write simple and increasingly complex sentences Compose a range of texts using discussion prompts 10/6/2015

Copyright Ruth Miskin Literacy Fresh Start Modules: reading and writing

Reading and writing Languages are made up of speech sounds (phonemes) Alphabets are used to record these sounds (graphemes)

Sounds All words are made up of sounds In English there are 44 10/6/2015

Graphemes A grapheme is a sound written down English has more than 150 graphemes The most complex alphabetic code in the world! 10/6/2015

Chart This chart shows the most usual graphemes for the 44 sounds 10/6/2015

06/10/2015Copyright Ruth Miskin Training Pupils learn a simple code first

10/6/2015 play mayk trayn cafay strayt wayt brayk green dreem kee hee happee light kight fligh Igh igh tigh blow smowk flowt gow mowst moon broot bloo groo If English had a simple code spelling and reading would be much easier!

06/10/2015Copyright Ruth Miskin Training c-a-t ch-a-t l-igh-t c-r-a-sh

How can you help? By... using pure sounds knowing the graphemes understanding how ‘Fred’/ Sound Talk helps with reading and spelling

flmnrsvzshthng nk bcdghjpqutwxych k aeiouayeeighow oo arorairirouoy Set 1 soundsSet 2 sounds Consonants: stretchy Vowels: stretchy Consonants: bouncy Vowels: bouncy

flmnrsvzshthng nk ff ph ll le mm mb nn kn rr wr ss se c ce vezz s ti ci bckck dghjpqutwxych bbck ch ddggg ge dge ppttwhtch aeiouayeeighow eaa_e ai y ea e i_e ie i o_e oa o oo arorairirouoyireearure u_e ue ew oor ore aw au areur er owoi Set 2Set 3

Sound talk... Helps pupils learn to read Sound talk means only talking in sounds... (e.g. Fred can only say c_a_t, he can’t say cat) We call this Fred Talk/Sound talk 10/6/2015

Fred... If we understand Fred/Sound talk we can blend orally Blending is needed for reading 10/6/2015 Copyright Ruth Miskin Literacy

Fred... Fred helps pupils learn to spell as well! Pupils convert words into sounds They press the sounds they hear on to their fingers... We call this Fred/Sound Fingers 10/6/2015

So how can you help your son/daughter? By knowing the 44 pure sounds By knowing how to blend using Fred Talk for reading m_a_t By knowing how to use Fred Fingers for spelling 10/6/2015

And... By reading to your son/daughter e.g. stories / extracts from newspaper Asking lots of questions/sharing opinions! Use these prompts to help you: 10/6/2015 What is that character thinking? What is the character saying? What do you think that character is feeling now? What is happening? What do you think happens next?

And... By talking to your son/daughter as much as possible and ‘feeding’ them new and different words – have fun! “Let’s eat our lunch now.” “Let’s munch our lunch now.” “Let’s scoff our lunch now.” “Let’s devour our lunch now!” I’m not just...(happy that England won) I’m....(ecstatic)! You’re looking...not just...but...

And... By enriching conversations through description: “Look at that rain. It looks like diamonds sparkling on the window pane!” By having fun with words and language. “I’m as hot as a spud in a cooking pot!” By praising your child for using new words or interesting images 10/6/2015

And... By having a look at the parents’ pages on the web for tips and resources for supporting your child at home: (RWI resources are published by Oxford University Press) 10/6/2015

Thank you... 10/6/2015 Happy reading!

Appendices Optional slides – see notes 10/6/2015

At this school the Read Write Inc. Fresh Start programme is managed by: Mr/Mrs ???????

Why synthetic phonics? “Synthetic phonics offers the vast majority of young children the best and most direct route to becoming skilled readers and writers” Sir Jim Rose Rose Review of Reading /6/2015