Fred Frog Beanie (Pack of 10)

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Children love reading the same book again and again. Their reading becomes speedier and they understand what they are reading.

Use every opportunity to talk with your child throughout the day – meal times, playing together, bath timeAt Our Lady of the Assumption, we teach children to read and write using Phonics. The scheme we are using this year is called Read Write Inc.

Use pure sounds, not letter names. Watch the ‘ how to say the sounds’ parent film on http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/ Praise your child for spelling using the sounds they know, even if their handwriting is not perfect. I have attached some simple resources which you can use at home to support your child in their reading and writing journey. There is a sound mat for Set 1 and Set 2 sounds so that your child can practice these at home. I have also attached powerpoint files of Set 1 and Set 2 Green word cards and all of the Red Words. These can be used as a powerpoint to help your child to use their Fred Talk and Fred in their Head to sound out words (with the green words) and to help your child sight-read red words.say words by sounding-blending (Fred talk) eg. m-a-t = mat, sh-o-p = shop. Children then learn to read words by saying the sounds in a word then blending them together to say the whole word. For example ‘ship’: spot the ‘sh’, then Fred Talk and blend to read the word e.g. sh, sh-i-p, ship. Watch video tutorials on http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/ to help you to understand more about Read Write Inc. Phonics and how to help your child read and write at home.

Many children have a few sounds that they can hear clearly but find it difficult to say, particularly the l-sound, r-sound, w-sound, th-sound, s-sound, sh-sound and j-sound. Often they say a t-sound for the c-sound; "tttssh" for the s-sound; "w" for the r-sound and "r" for the l-sound. You can help your child by encouraging him or her to look at your mouth when you say the sound. They can easily learn to read, even if they find one or two sounds difficult to say. We have produced a range of videos for you to access at home to help your child practise phonics sounds. 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: What is Read Write Inc. Phonics? Speed sounds and Read Write Inc. Stages Read favourite stories over and over again – encourage your child to join with the bits they know. Avoid saying ‘not that story again!’Book Bag Books: matched to the Storybooks children read in school and used for extra practice. They include many of the same reading activities that we use in class and include parent guidance. We start the systematic teaching of phonics throughout the Early Years Foundation Stage. The children learn to recognise the shape of letters and the sound they make. This is essential for reading, but it also helps children learn to spell well. We teach the children simple ways of remembering these sounds and letters.

We teach children to read and spell using Fred. He is a toy frog who can say the sounds in words, but not the whole word. Children have to help him. Read the story once without stopping so they can enjoy the whole story. If you think your child might not understand something say something like ‘Oh I think what’s happening here is that…” We use various ways to find out how the children are progressing in reading. Each half term the children in Year R and Year 1 are assessed in Phonics. They are then grouped accordingly to ensure they are always being taught at the correct level to provide challenge. In class we regularly assess how fluently and accurately the children can read words. Children who are at the same reading level are grouped together for guided reading however these groups are fluid and if a child makes faster progress they are swiftly moved to a different group. Children who are not making the expected level of progress in phonics and reading will receive intervention support. We use Read Write Inc one-to-one tutoring for children from YR to Y2 who require extra phonics tuition to catch up with their peers. Fred the Frog helps children read and spell. He can say the sounds in words, but he can’t say the whole word, so children have to help him. Please avoid saying, “This book is too easy for you!” but instead say “I love how well you can read this book!”Loving stories is important because children who love stories want to read stories for themselves. Children who read a lot become better readers. Phonics is taught daily to all children in Year R, Year 1 and those in Year2 who have not passed the phonics screening in Year 1 or completed the Read, Write Inc phonics programme. Our aim is for most children to be finished Read Write Inc Phonics by the end of year 1 or shortly after they start year 2. They will then start on our Read Write Inc Spelling Programme.