Learning Phonics in Reception
Friday 24th February 2025
Aims of the Meeting
Reminder of how we teach phonics and word recognition through the Read Write Inc. Scheme.
Understanding Oral blending.
Blending CVC words in word time lessons.
Understanding ‘Fred Talk’.
Understanding ‘Fred in your head.’
Example RWI word time lesson.
How you can support your child’s phonics development at home
Teaching Phonics in School
High quality RWI phonic sessions take place every day for Reception children.
RWI supports development of reading, writing and spelling.
Phonemes and graphemes - ‘Special Friends.’
Segmenting and blending - Fred Talk, Fred in your head.
Reading words ‘speedily’.
Spelling with Fred Fingers.
Initial sounds are taught in a specific order so that children can begin to blend once they have built up a certain amount of sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUbrJPAt65g&t=1s
SET 1 RWI LESSON
ORAL BLENDING
Fred Games
Speaking like Fred helps children to understand that words are made up of sounds. Use Fred Talk throughout the day to help children practise blending sounds together.
Fred says…
1. Say: Fred says put your hands on your h-e-d. Ask children to repeat. Pause to allow children to jump in with the whole word and do the action.
2. Say: h-e-d, hed. Ask children to repeat. Repeat
ORAL BLENDING
Elly and Fred Games
Fred Say - Weather
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/C5vSrT8O/Oad5qaCj
Fred Says – Colours
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/ogucUHdj/HIrTnuOK
LEARNING TO BLEND
LEARNING TO BLEND – WORD
TIME
We use Magnetic Boards with the children to help them find the letters to make the word and then blend the sounds together to read the word.
Blend orally
Make the word with the speed sound Cards.
Make the word with the magnetic Letters.
Fred Talk – Read the word.
BLENDING INDEPENDENTLY
BLENDING INDEPENDENTLY –
WORD TIME
Once the children are able to blend they move on from using the magnetic board to reading the words on Green Word cards.
Fred Talk – Read the word
Fred in your head
Speedy reading
Alien words
SPELLING
Children learn to spell words using their ‘Fred Fingers’.
We teach the children how many fingers to show first so that they can understand how many sounds are in the word.
Example – sad – hold up 3 fingers
Pinch the sounds
Write the sounds
TEACHING BLENDING
The following video shows you how children are taught to blend words once they know some of their Set 1 sounds. This is also known as ‘Fred Talk.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8vuje-wMQw
Phonics – How can I help at home?
Talk to children about the sounds they are learning.
Encourage your children to use ‘Fred Talk – Read the word’ to sound out and blend unfamiliar words.
Play ‘Fred Games’ to support them with their oral blending.
Use the RWI Virtual Classroom links.
Encourage them to read new words in the environment using known sounds.
Read Write Inc. Parents information page.
Thank you