Early Reading

At Baston CE Primary School we aim for all our children to become fluent, confident readers who are passionate about reading. Children who read regularly or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds! Reading will give your child the tools to become independent life-long learners. We can achieve this together through:

• Read Write Inc, a programme to help your child read
• Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily; at home and at school
• Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home

What is Read Write Inc?

Read Write Inc (RWI) is a phonics programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary, and spelling. 

The children are assessed by the Reading lead (Mrs Tyler) and grouped according to their ability. Small group phonics lessons are taught daily by trained staff and there are consistent expectations across the range of abilities. At the end of each half term the children are assessed to check on their progress and regrouped.

Children learn sounds in school which help them to read and write. They then practise these skills through reading 'Book Bag Books' at home which are specifically pitched to both consolidate learning and provide challenge in an engaging and fun way!

Five key principles underpin the teaching in all Read Write Inc. sessions

Purpose – know the purpose of every activity and share it with the children, so they know the one thing they should be thinking about

Participation – ensure every child participates throughout the lesson. Partnership work is fundamental to learning

Praise – ensure children are praised for effort and learning, not ability

Pace – teach at an effective pace and devote every moment to teaching and learning

Passion – be passionate about teaching so children can be engaged emotionally

Pure Sounds

We use  pure sounds  (‘m’ not’ muh’, ’s’ not ‘suh’,  etc.) so that your child will be able to blend the sounds into words more easily. Fred is our Read, Write Inc. friend. He can only speak in sounds, so we help him learn to say words instead of sounds. For example, Fred says  'm-a-t'  instead of  mat. We also teach him not to add 'uh' to our sounds to keep them pure. For example, we say  'c' and not 'cuh'.

How to say the set one, set two and set three sounds:

 

A Guide for Parents

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/

 

Reading VIPERS

When children complete Read Write Inc they move onto reading comprehension lessons. These lesson are themed around texts with VIPERS questions.

V - Vocabulary

I - Inference

P - Prediction

E - Explain

R - Retrieve

S - Summarise/Sequence

 

Below you can find KS1 and KS2 questions stems that you can use at home when reading with your child/ren.