Welcome to Read, write inc phonics

Alps class have made an excellent start to their Read, write inc journey this week. We have looked at our first 5 sounds (m,a,s,d,t)  and are already starting to blend and segment during our Fred talk time.

We have also starting looking at writing sounds using the Read, write inc phrases to prompt formation. 

Each night we will send home a green sound book. We would like you to spend 5/10 minutes each evening going over the days sounds, and then encourage your child to write the sound of the day independently. We work on this each morning at school, encouraging the children to say the formation phrase as they write. It is essential we use the same methods, especially with pencil grip, as a requirement of the new Early years curriculum is to hold a pencil using a tripod grip. I have added a handy guide to show you the method we teach at school to encourage this from day one.

Handwriting focus - how to hold a pencil correctly and sit at a table ready to write.

Here is how to help

1.  Lay the pencil down on the table with the point facing towards you.
   

   
   

   

   
   
2. Fly your Polly parrot fingers down to the pencil and grip it with your thumb and first finger (do not twist your hand)
   

   

   
   
3.  While gripping the pencil with your thumb and first finger pull the pencil towards you until it touches your hand between the finger and thumb - we call this "putting your pencil to bed"
   
   

   

   
   
4. Slide your middle finger under the pencil to support it.
   
   

   

   
   
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 Tuck your finger two fingers under until they touch the palm of your hand.

How to sit correctly at a table when writing. Learning our school terminology.

We use -

• TNT - Tummy near table 
• BBC - bottom, back, chair
• 6 legs on the floor - this is your four chair legs, and your two flat feet on the floor
  
  
  
  
  

As we start to learn to write at school we used line guide paper.  All the lines have different names.

They are called: 

• Top broken line
• Top solid line
• Bottom solid line
• Bottom broken line

These letters are small letters and they fit exactly between the two solid lines.

These letters are tall letters and they start from the top broken line and sit on the bottom solid line.

These letters are hanging down letters. They start at the top solid line, or sit between the two solid lines and go down to the bottom broken line.

This letter is the tallest letter. It starts at the top broken line and goes all the way down to the bottom broken line.

There is one letter which the odd one out. A t is a teenager t. It starts half way between the top broken line and the top solid line. It sits on the bottom solid line.

Useful prompts could be:

Are you holding you pencil with “Polly parrot fingers” 

Make sure your feet are flat on the floor. 

Is your bottom at the back of your chair and your tummy to the table?

Each letter has a Read, write inc rhyme we say as we form the letter.

Here is a link to this document if you would like to print your own copy

If you would like to learn more about the Read, write inc phonics scheme you can find a useful parents guide on the Oxford Owl website. Please feel free to chat with us at any time. We are happy to help.

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