1. Read Write Inc. Phonics Parents’ Meeting How to help your child with Phonics. Miss Featherstone
Approximately 20 minutes is needed for this session.
Notes are provided to help you lead the presentation.
Notes in italics are for your attention only.
This bitesize parent session is best used alongside a demo of a Fred game in action with a group of children. Alternatively, you could play a Fred Game with the parents.
Provide copies of ‘Reading at Home Booklet 1’ from Oxford Owl and Fred Games list for each parent.

2. Reading changes everything
Teach a child to read and keep that child reading and we will change everything.
And I mean everything.
Jeanette Winterson
Read quote.

3. Sounds + blending = reading
Today I want to help you understand how your child is learning to read words in Read Write Inc. Phonics by blending sounds together:
Alongside teaching children sounds, we teach them to blend sounds to read words e.g. s-a-t, sat.
We use Fred Talk to help children read.

4. Fred Talk Fred Fred doesn't speak in whole words, he speaks in sounds.
Fred helps chn to understand words are made up of sounds.
He helps us remember to sound out words before blending them to read.
Let me introduce you to Fred.
Fred can only speak in sounds. He says d-o-g, h-a-t etc.
Speaking like Fred helps children to understand that words are made up of sounds.
Fred helps children practise blending sounds together because he needs the children to say the words for him. Fred says d-o-g, children tell him the word is dog.
This is how we quickly teach all of our children to blend.
Fred Talk

5. Speed Sounds Set 1 Copyright Ruth Miskin Literacy Remember that:
- Children need to know sounds – not letter names – to read words.
- We pronounce the sounds clearly, using pure sounds (‘m’ not’ muh’, ’s’ not ‘suh’, etc.) so that your child will be able to blend the sounds together to make words more easily.
Copyright Ruth Miskin Literacy

6. Say the word in sounds as Fred e.g. c-a-t.
Fred Talk routine
Say the word in sounds as Fred e.g. c-a-t.
Ask your child to repeat. Can they ‘jump-in’ with the whole word?
Say the word in sounds followed by the whole word e.g. c-a-t, cat
Ask your child to repeat
Fred Talk follows a consistent routine:
Say the word in sounds as Fred e.g. c-a-t. Ask children to repeat. Pause to allow children to ‘jump-in’ with the whole word.
Say the word in sounds followed by the whole word e.g. c-a-t, cat. Ask children to repeat.

7. Fred games and Fred talk throughout the day
Shall we have some What would you like to Let’s put on your Remember to always use pure sounds. l -u -n
-ch ? p -l
-ay ? . c
-oa -t
Try to use Fred Talk throughout the day at home to help your child practise blending sounds together.
Fred Talk words at the end of the sentence and keep the words short and simple.
With the person next to you, have a practise of the three sentences on the screen.
Remember to Fred Talk the last word of the sentence.
You can also play Fred Games with your child at home. I will show you one of these in action in a moment,

8. Reading with Fred Talk
We teach children to read words using Fred Talk to blend together the sounds they know e.g. m-a-t, mat.
We say ‘Fred Talk, read the word’.

9. How can I help at home? What can I do?
Speak like Fred throughout the day
2. Play Fred games (Fred I spy, Animal Fred, Fred says…)
3. Use ‘Fred Talk, read the word’ to read words (Fred and Blend)
4. Read and enjoy stories / visit library / buy books at book fairs / book shops – happy experience
5. Don’t punish with reading
Give handout of Fred Games and Reading at Home Booklet 1’ to parents.
Show how to use the Sound Blending Books to read words ready for when children start to take these home.
You can purchase Set 1 flashcards or My Reading and Writing Kit ages 5-7 more sounds and blending to support your child with blending at home.
Please take a Fred Talk games sheet.

10. Free Video Tutorials (ruthmiskin.com)
Watch these video tutorials on the Ruth Miskin website to help your child to practise sound blending and reading words with Fred Talk at home:
Sound-blending
Blending sound books

11. Online resources available
Ruth Miskin Parents’ Page: Ruth Miskin Facebook: Free e-books for home reading:

12. Fred Fingers for spelling – phonics link
Next section….. Not necessary suitable for parents of children in Cherry Pips.

13. Fred Fingers (green words only)
Secret Fred – how many sounds? (Tell if learning Set 1/2)
2. Pinch on sounds
3. Write on letter names (set 3)
4. Write the word

14. Red words spelling
Sight reading – Flashcard Fred Rhythms / Mnemonics Rainbow writing Repeated writing
sad animals in dens = said
big elephants can always understand small elephants = because
t-h-e
c o u lucky ducky
Sh o u lucky ducky

15. Fluency – Pace – Story Teller Voice
Re-reading books is important Words per minute Comprehension Expression – use punctuation to aid Story teller voice – perform
Please take a handout

16. Want to help support your child’s reading
Want to help support your child’s reading? We all have the power to change outcomes for the children. Get your child to read every night for ten minutes. Read stories to your children.

17. Phonics Screening Check
Week beginning Monday 10th June Mornings Remember glasses if worn for reading A good breakfast helps concentration 40 words – 20 real 20 ‘alien’ Multisyllabic words (playground, beehive, sandpit, spaceship, notebook) Best friends? Fred and Blend…. playground = p l ay g r ou n d choag = ch oa g
Please take a copy of
multisyllabic words

18. Reading changes everything
Teach a child to read and keep that child reading and we will change everything.
And I mean everything.
Jeanette Winterson
Remember that all parents have the power to change outcomes for their children.

19. Any other questions
Q&A