Read Write Inc.: Magnetic Mini-Speed Sound Cards Pack of 10 (READ WRITE INC PHONICS)

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I am a TA and I teach read/write inc to yr 2 students who are struggling with literacy. It works for our school, because it is a highly structured programme and that is what many of our children need. You can't judge a whole programme by only observing one class; of course there is writing but generally it is a book a week and so you don't write every day - on day 1 you normally just read the book. Towards the end of the week the student is expected to write a story with a very structured framework (depending on what level they are on). Every day they practice speed sounds, sounds of the week, new vocab. We often use magnetic letters and white boards to practice spellings. The idea really is taking phonics to the extreme and turning learning reading and writing English into an exact science as much as you can. Children understand that there are 'green words' which you can 'Fred talk' using the 'speed sounds' which they learn at the start of each lesson, and 'red words' which you can't sound out, or 'Fred talk' The Magnetic Speed Sound Cards are very effective in helping children identify letter shapes and develop blending and segmenting skills, but – being magnetic – they can be difficult to store!

Use a permanent marker and a cookie sheet to create a t-chart. Students can sort the letters by determining if they have curves or straight lines. no i don't think it's brilliant, but it does seem to work well for some students who need a lot of structure/and or students who are struggling with literacy. It is also good at getting the students to really think about what they are reading and therefore encouraging comprehension - reading with understanding of what they are reading rather than just reading by roteeach lesson is an hour long over 5 days (although we only teach over 3 days and tend to do a book every two weeks) If the children aren't progressing I would suggest that is more a result of how the programme is being delivered (i.e. not very well!) as opposed to the programme itself. No programme is perfect, but if you have a good teacher they should be able to get results. Letter Matching– During literacy centers, your kids can practice matching capital and lowercase letters using these magnetic letters and cookie sheet. I think RWI is better for reading then writing, but that's not surprising, reading has to precede writing.

As a classroom teacher and homeschooling mom, I am always looking for fun, hands-on activities for my kids. Using magnetic letters is an interactive way for children to practice the things that they are learning. You can use them in independent literacy centers, small groups, or even enrichment activities for early finishers. These magnetic letters are inexpensive to make too so you can send them home with your students for extra practice. Laura Stainer shared this excellent photo in our group. They use ‘colour popper wallets for each band, and label these with the book name and number’. Then, they put inside ‘a teacher copy of the book, all of the Green Word Cards, a lesson plan and the story introduction’, as well as ‘all of the books they need’.Free eBooks | Videos | Set 1 resources | Set 2 resources | Set 3 resources | Kits and flashcards to use at home Read Write Inc. Phonics Use a permanent marker and a cookie sheet to create a t-chart. Students can sort the letters by determining if they have holes or no holes. 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 there are lots of different writing exercises: hold a sentence, where students have to hold a sentence from the book in their head and write it, edit a sentence, build a sentence, and finally writing the story, which is their version of the story written independently and prompted by pictures (although recently the books have changed so this section has changed slightly). As they move up the programme through the different levels the writing exercises are freer, less structured.

Using magnetic letters daily can help young children in preschool or kindergarten begin to internalize the shape and feel of letters. This internalization builds alphabet fluency, which is a predictor of future reading success. Make a t-chart with a permanent marker and a cookie sheet. Invite students to sort upper and lowercase letters on the cookie sheet. Use a permanent marker and a cookie sheet to create a t-chart. Students can sort letters “in my name/not in my name”. Put magnetic letters in a pencil pouch to make a personalized name kit for each child that they can use to spell their names on cookie sheets or at home on the fridge. I don't expect each single lesson to mean progress, a lot of it is reinforcement of things that have been taught previously but may not have settled firmly enough (yet) in child's skill set; gotta get the basics strongly in there before moving on. RWI relies on rote activities to really embed in the child's brain the Learning Objective. In reception they spend a whole day on each letter; you'd think teaching "d" was a 5 minute job, but they made it into 200 minutes. Thing is, the child remembers D better that way, and for longer, because "D" made such a huge impression. And so on, with other letters & sound groups.

You know you have oodles of magnetic letters stashed away in your closet, or maybe they’re all over the floor of your classroom. Either way, we all have a set ( or two, or three) of magnetic letters that are gathering dust somewhere.