Reading Top Tips

Read Write Inc Books

1. Listen to your child read their Read Write Inc. Storybook every day
2. Ask your child to read the Speed Sounds until they are confident and can read them speedily out of order speedily
3. Ask your children to read the green words, speedy green words and red words until they are confident and can read them speedily
4. Ask your child to use Special Friends, Fred Talk to read unfamiliar words
5. Encourage your child to read the story in a storyteller’s voice
6. Children love reading the same book again and again. Their reading becomes speedier and they understand what they are reading.
7. Ask your child the questions at the back of the book to develop their understanding of what they have read.

‘Special Friends’, ‘Fred Talk’, read the word

Remind your child to read words using ‘Special Friends, Fred Talk, read the word’

For example, ‘ship’: spot the special friends ‘sh’, then Fred Talk and blend to read the word e.g., sh, sh-i-p, ship.

Red Words

Red Words are also known as common exception or tricky words. They occur in stories regularly (said, what, where) but have unusual letter combinations (‘ai’ in the word ‘said’ makes the sound ‘e’).

Remind your child not to use Fred Talk to read Red Words but instead to ‘stop and think’.

Tell them the word if you need to.

Love of Reading

It is also important to develop your child’s ‘Love of Reading’ alongside developing their ability to read. 

One of the most important things you can do as a parent at home is read to your child. Loving stories is important because children who love stories want to read stories for themselves. Children who read a lot become better readers.