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St Thomas More Catholic Primary School

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STM Early Reading & Phonics

 

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At St Thomas More, we follow a validated phonics scheme to teach children how to read.

Read Write Inc. is a proven, systematic approach to teaching reading to raise standards for every child, designed to create fluent, confident readers.

RWI Book Band Progression 

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RWI Groups What your child will learn
Set 1 sounds Group A

Learn the sounds:
m  a  s  d  t  i  n  p  g  o  c 
k  u   
b  f  e

Set 1 sounds Group B

Recap the sounds:

m   a  s   d  t  i  n  p  g  o  c  k  u  b  f  e

Learn the sounds:
l  h  r  j  v  y  w  z  x

Learn to orally blend sounds together: c-a-t cat.

Teach blending sounds together using
magnetic letters on magnetic whiteboards.

Set 1 sounds Group C

Recap the sounds:

m   a  s   d  t  i  n  p  g  o  c  k  u  b  f  e

l  h  r  j  v  y  w  z  x 

Learn the sounds:

ff  ss  ll  zz

Begin to read ‘green words’ such as:
mud, pot, win.

Practise orally blending sounds together:
c-a-t   cat.

Practise blending sounds together using
magnetic letters on magnetic whiteboards.

Ditty Group

Recap the sounds:
m   a  s   d  t  i  n  p  g  o  c  k  u  b  f  e
l  h  r  j  v  y  w  z  x  ss  ll  ff  zz

Learn thes sounds:
ch  ng  nk  qu  sh  th

Read green words containing sounds they
know such as: frog, sand, rug, miss, hill.

Read alien words containing sounds they know such as: zil, wuz, nup.

Children will read photocopy ditty sheets and learn red words: I, of, my, to, the, no

Red Group

Recap the sounds:
m   a  s   d  t  i  n  p  g  o  c  k  u  b  f  e
l  h  r  j  v  y  w  z  x  ss  ff  ll  zz

ch  ng  nk  qu  sh  th  

Learn thes sounds:

wh  ph  ck  kn

Read green words containing sounds they
know such as: miss, buzz, chin, song, wink,
quit, shut, this.

Read alien words containing sounds they
know.

Children read red ditty books and learn red
words: I, of, my, to, the, no

Green Group

Recap the sounds:

ss  ff  ll  zz  ch  ng  nk  qu  sh  th  wh  ph ck kn

Recap: previously taught green and alien words from set 1 and 2.

Learn the sounds:
ay ee igh ow (as in snow) oo (as in pool) oo (as in book)

Reading green words for: ay ee igh ow (as in snow) oo (as in pool) oo (as in book)

Reading alien words for: ay ee igh ow (as in snow) oo (as in pool) oo (as in book)


Red words: the, your, said, you, my, I, he, are, of, no.

Children read green story books

Purple Group

Recap the sounds:

ch  ng  nk  qu  sh  th  wh  ph  ck  kn ay  ee  igh ow (as in snow)  oo (as in pool)  oo (as in book)

Recap: previously taught green and alien words from set 1 and 2.

Learn the sounds:
ar    or    air    ir    ou    oy


Reading green words for:
ar   or   air   ir   ou   oy


Reading alien words for:
ar   or   air   ir   ou   oy

Red words: the, of, to, I, my, me, go, he, baby, said, are, you, your, paint.

Children read purple story books

Pink Group

Recap the sounds:
ay  ee  igh  ow (as in snow) oo (as in pool) oo (as in book) ar  or  air  ir   ou   oy

Recap: previously taught green and alien words from set 1 and 2.

Learn the sounds:
ea    oi    a-e    i-e    o-e    u-e    e-e

Reading green words for:
ea    oi    a-e    i-e    o-e    u-e    e-e

Reading alien words for:
ea    oi    a-e    i-e    o-e    u-e    e-e

Red words: all, my, the, like, I’ve, want, you, call, we, be, no, her, are, of, me, said, he, she, to, washing, some, be, there, so.

Children read pink story books

Orange Group

Recap the sounds:
ar    or    air    ir    ou    oy    ea    oi
a-e    i-e    o-e    u-e    e-e

Recap: previously taught green and alien words from set 1, 2 and 3.

Learn letter names.

Learn the sounds:
er    ai    oa    aw    ur    ew   
ow (as in brown)    au   
ie    ue

Reading green words for:
er    ai    oa    aw    ur    ew 
ow (as in brown)    au    ie    ue

Reading alien words for:
er    ai    oa    aw    ur    ew
ow (as in brown)    au    ie    ue

Red words: what, they, do, said, you, the, me, be, want, my, go, he, old, are, we, so, was, be of, all, she, her.

Children read orange story books

Yellow Group

Recap the sounds:
ea    oi    a-e    i-e    o-e    u-e    e-e    er    ai oa   aw    ur    ew    ow (as in brown)    au  ie    ue

Recap: previously taught green and alien words from set 1, 2 and 3.


Learn the sounds:
ire    ear    ure    are

Reading green words for:
ire    ear    ure    are


Reading alien words for:
ire    ear    ure    are


Red words: one, saw, her, to, go, the, all, was, some, she, be, he, they, watch, watches, me, said, my, want, you, school, are, of, small, do, by, wall, there, what, no, so, your, who, tall, call, brother, I’m, I’ve, their, any, fall, were.


Children read yellow story books

Blue Group

Sound Families
• ay, ai, a-e
• ee, ea, e-e
• igh, i-e, ie
• ow, o-e, oa
• oo, u-e, ew, ue
• ir, er, ur
• ou, ow,
• oy, oi
• or, aw, au
• air, are
• kn, n
• wh, w
• ph, f, ff


Letter names

Reading Longer/Multi-syllabic words from set 1, 2 and 3

Place names

Red words: any, other, two, one, all, her, there, said, could, they, would, want, their, watch, some, anyone, over, who, does, school, through, once, here, son, you’re, here, why, brother, were, humans, whole, what, was, small, tall.

 

Children learn blue story books.

Grey Group

Sound Families
ay, ai, a-e
• ee, ea, e-e
• igh, i-e, ie
• ow, o-e, oa
• oo, u-e, ew, ue
• ir, er, ur
• ou, ow,
• oy, oi
• or, aw, au
• air, are
• kn, n
• wh, w
• ph, f, ff

Letter names

Reading longer/Multi-syllabic words from set 1, 2 and 3

Place names

Red words: should, were, there, call, want, come, one, through, many, could, are, other, was, two, who, you, said, your, what, school, mother, to, they, father,
watch, anyone, whole, water, great, brother, above, where, here, someone, another, walk, what, small, any, here, son, would.


Children read Grey story books

Comprehension Group

Comprehension Modules

Promoting reading for pleasure and a love for books begins in our reception class and continues throughout the school. Reading books aloud to children stimulates their imagination and expands their understanding of the world. It helps them develop language and listening skills and is something that all teachers in school do daily, as well as giving children chance to independently select a book of their choice and read for pleasure.

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Books that your child may take home:

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Read, Write, Inc in action!

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Here is our reception class reading area!

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Year 1’s cosy reading corner!