Read Write Inc. (RWI) is a synthetic phonics program supported by the NT Department of Education for use in NT schools.
The program is based on research that says that children’s understanding of the relationship between sounds (phonemes) and letters (graphemes) is a strong predictor of success in reading. It aims to help children learn to read accurately, fluently and with good comprehension.
Through RWI phonics students learn the English alphabetic code, which includes 150+ graphemes that represent 44 speech sounds. The materials and strategies include:
- the use of simple mnemonics to help students grasp the letter-sound correspondence quickly
- the teaching of high frequency words that are not phonically regular as ‘tricky’ words that are practised frequently
- decodable readers that are closely matched to students’ increasing phonics knowledge to improve accuracy, fluency and comprehension.
As students learn the alphabetic code step-by-step through reading, they begin to apply their knowledge to write words and sentences.
RWI phonics is intended for students aged 4 years to 9 years. RWI Fresh Start is a phonics resource that can be used as an intervention for older students who haven’t developed phonics skills.
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Read Write Inc link for parents
