1. Phonics Parent Meeting Wednesday 7th February 2018
Welcome to a brief taster of our whole school synthetic phonics literacy programme – Read Write Inc!
Please insert own notes for introduction/welcome.

2. Aims of the Workshop RWI Phonics RWI Storybooks RWI Get Writing
Y1 Phonics Screening Test
Ways to practise at home

3. Read, Write, Inc.
‘Read, Write Inc.’ (RWI) is a literacy programme by Ruth Miskin. The whole programme covers phonics, reading, writing and spelling and can be used across EY, KS1 and KS2. We have now fully embedded RWI into our curriculum at CWPS and use the phonics, reading and writing schemes from Nursery to Year 2.

4. Why Phonics?
A complete literacy programme - systematic and structured.
Meets the demands of the new national curriculum, giving your children the best chance of success in the national tests.
One-to-one tutoring - no child is left behind.
Storybooks align with the sounds learnt in class and therefore the children are consolidating the phonics they have learnt and applying these skills in context.
Read Write Inc. Phonics is systematic and structured –
every teacher has the skills to teach any child to read.
The programme meets the demands of the new national curriculum –
your children have the best chance of success in the national tests.
Assessment is rigorous and effective – one-to-one tutoring ensures that no child is left behind.
Your children are thoroughly supported – the resources match your child’s learning in class and they can share them with you at home.

5. Who is Phonics for?
Delete as appropriate to what happens in your school after Phonics.
Phonics is usually taught in Reception and Year 1 but many schools are enjoy early success in Nursery.
Most children should be fluently reading, without Phonics, by Year 2. These children move onto Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language.
Phonics is also great for older children who need to catch up and children new to English. These children use Read Write Inc. Fresh Start.

6. A bit of technical vocabulary…
Phoneme – spoken sounds – there are about 44 in the English language.
Grapheme – how we write each of the spoken sounds e.g the spoken sounds ‘f’ is written using the graphemes f, ff, ph.
Digraph – 2 letters that make 1 sound e.g. ch, sh
Trigraoh – 3 letters that make 1 sound e.g. air, igh
Red words – words that cannot be sounded out e.g. I, said, they
Green words – words that can be sounded out using our phonics
Fred talk – (Fred is the frog) he can only talk in sounds e.g. sh-o-p
Watch our sound pronunciation guide.
This video is available on the RMT website and Facebook page

7. English is an extremely tricky language to learn! It has: 44 phonemes
26 letters
but 150+ graphemes!
Here is an example of just how tough it can be to learn how to read…

8. Go through these sounds quickly with parents using My Turn/Your Turn.
Stress you must not use letter names at this stage – just pure sounds.
Emphasise getting rid of ‘ugh’ to help blending. Parents usually love this bit! Make it fun! Set 1 then long vowels in Set 2.
Explain that when the children are taught the sounds they use the cards and a multi-sensory approach – hold up the cards again.

9. Explain again the sound boxes and say this chart show the many different graphemes for the same sounds! No other language has as many to learn! Pink graphemes are Set 3 – explain they only learn these once they know all of Set 1 & 2 effortlessly – systematic and structured!

10. How does phonics help us to read?
Say “hello” to Fred. Fred can only talk in sounds... He says “c_a_t.” Not cat. We call this Fred Talk.
Hold up Fred! Say you too can have a Fred at home – use one like this or any stuffed toy. Watch the video for a demonstration of how to Fred talk.

11. ‘Read, Write Inc.’ Storybooks

12. ‘Read, Write Inc.’ Storybooks

13. ‘Read, Write Inc.’ Phonics and Storybooks work together
Speed Sounds/ Word Time
Group A
WT1-3
Ditties
Group B/ Group C
WT 1-5
Green books/ Purple Books
Group D/D
WT 1-7
SS 2
Pink Books
Group E
Orange books
Group F
SS 2/3
Yellow books
Group G
Blue Books
Group H
SS 3
Grey Books
Group I
Off of the programme
Teach speed sounds set 1 (1 a day). Teach WT 1-3.
Review speed sounds 1 and focus on digraphs, sh, th, ch, qu, ng, nk. Review WT 1-3 and teach WT 4 and 5/ Review WT 1-5 and teach WT 6 and 7
Review set 1 sounds and word times. Teach set 2 sounds. Review green words in mixed sets.
Review set 2 sounds. Review green words in mixed sets.
Review set 2 sounds. Review green words in mixed sets. Start teaching set 3 sounds and words for reading.
Review set 2 sounds. Review green words in mixed sets. Teach set 3 sounds and words for reading and spelling.
Review set 3 for reading and spelling.
No longer need phonics and onto spelling

14. Read Write Inc. Get Writing Books
Get writing books are linked to the coloured story books
They cover all aspects of literacy: spelling, grammar, sentence structure, handwriting etc.
They offer a range of text types/genres that the children can write about using the context of the story they have read e.g. Barker – newspaper report, Hairy Fairy – letter
These are completed in a 3 day or 5 day cycle dependent on level

15. National Phonics Screening Check – Year 1
The National phonics screening check is a statutory assessment that was introduced in 2012 to all Year 1 pupils.
All year 1 pupils will take the phonics screening check in 2018 during the week commencing 11th June 2018.
It comprises of a list of 40 words; 20 real words and 20 nonsense words.
It will assess phonics skills and knowledge learnt through reception and year 1.
Your child will read the test in a one to one situation. They will read up to 4 words per page and they will probably do the check in 10‐15 minutes. They will be asked to ‘sound out’ a word and blend the sounds together to read the word. The children have plenty of exposure to nonsense words so they are well prepared for the test.

16. National Phonics Screening Check – Year 1

17. How to help your child at home…

18. You can read stories with your child. Relentlessly.
Read favourite stories over and over again Read some stories at a higher level than they can read themselves. Listen to them reading their take home Phonics storybooks.
View the Ruth Miskin Training suggested reading lists for great books to read with your children.

19. You can practise pronouncing sounds.
Remember no ‘fuh’ and ‘luh’!

20. You can have fun with Fred Talk.
“What a tidy r-oo-m!” “Where’s your c-oa-t?” “Time for b-e-d!”
Give a couple of examples e.g. Where is your c_oa_t? Time for b_e_d! Make sure your child can tell you what the word is.
Use only single syllable words (no Fred Talking multi-syllabic words) and only the last word in a sentence or it gets very silly! E.g. P_u_t o_n y_our b_l_ue c_oa_t (you’ll never get out!).

21. You can watch video tutorials.
For how to do all these things and more
If you have time then you could watch the one to one parent tutorial ‘How to teach a Set 1 Sound’

22. Practise alien words
There are lots of practise tests online if you google ‘phonics screening check practise materials’
You can make up your own alien words using set 1, 2 and 3 sounds. Please make sure children never write alien words, only read them.

23. Please remember:
When reading with your child at home, it is meant to be easy! They are consolidating what they have learnt at school, not learning anything new. If they find it too difficult they will not enjoy reading at home. Reading is a pleasurable activity.

24. Oxford University Press publish the resources
Every day, your child will read and write the words that contain the sounds and graphemes they have learned so far, using lively, fun, phonic storybooks and a Get Writing book. Hold up some Storybooks and Get Writing Books. There are lots of non-fiction books as well! Show a few.

25. You can order the resources online.
Hold up an example of these resources.
You could also explain about One-to-one Tutoring.
If you have the One-to-one Tutoring kit in school you could show this. Explain that this is designed to help slowest progress readers make accelerated progress by working on a 1:1 with an adult for mins a day. There is a handbook in the One-to-one Tutoring box to guide the adult and Ruth Miskin Literacy provide training in this as well.

26. Thank you for coming. If you have any questions please do come and ask me.