Learning to read is the most important thing your child will learn at our school. Everything else depends on it, so we put as much energy as we possibly can into making sure that every single child learns to read as quickly as possible.
Below is a summary of the books that your child will bring home and how you can support them with their reading at home.
What will my child bring home to read?
Book Bag Books
These books contain sounds and words the children know. They are matched to the Storybooks children read in school and are for extra practice. They include activities that we use in class and include parent guidance. Please don’t worry that books may seem too easy. Children enjoy re-reading stories they know well. Their speed and understanding improves on every read.
Book bag books will get changed every Monday. However, please make sure they are in your child’s book bag every day as adults will often listen to your child read.
Paper Books / photocopy Ditty Sheets
This is the story book that they have just read at school. We send them home for extra practice. The aim is to encourage children to read fluently with a ‘story voice’. The books contain the words children have been learning. You can ask them to read you those words. At the back you will find questions which you can ask. Depending on the colour your child has will depend on the day these books will be changed:
Picture Books from the School Library
How do I listen to my child read?
Where else can I find information?
Watch video tutorials on http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/ to help you to understand more about Read Write Inc. Phonics and how to help your child read and write at home.
Other useful websites:
https://www.facebook.com/miskin.education
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/
https://www.youtube.com/c/RuthMiskinTrainingEdu/videos
Paper Books look like this...
Book Bag Books look like this...