Information booklet for parents and carers Sadly, some children fall behind in learning to read, through no fault of their own. However, it is never too late for them to learn. This booklet shows you how to support your child step-by-step using Read Write Inc. Fresh Start. They will learn to: • Read letters by their ‘sounds’ (not by their letter names) • Blend these sounds into words • Read the words in a story. 1. First your child will learn to read the Set 1 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 and sounds written with two letters: sh th ch qu ng nk ck (we call these ‘best friends’). 2. Then they will learn how to blend the sounds together to read words. For example: p-a-t → pat
c-u-p → cup
s-e-n-d → send
sh-i-p → ship
ch-o-p → chop
w-i-th → with
3. Next they will learn to read the Set 2 sounds, and then to read them in words: ay (play) ee (see) igh (high) ow (snow) oo (zoo) oo (look) ar (car) or (for) air (fair) ir (whirl) ou (out) oy (enjoy) 4. Then they will learn to read the Set 3 sounds, and to read them in words: ea (tea) oi (spoil) a-e (make) i-e (smile) o-e (phone) u-e (huge) aw (yawn) are (care) ur (purse) er (letter) ow (brown) ai (rain) oa (goat) ew (chew) ire (fire) ear (hear) ure (sure) At each stage they read stories with words that contain the sounds they have learnt. As they learn more sounds, the more stories they can read.