RWI Spelling
At Port Isaac, children in Years 2 to 6 who have completed Read Write Inc. Phonics continue their study of phonemes and spelling rules through Read Write Inc. Spelling. Spelling is taught cumulatively and systematically, with deliberate, focused practice. Constant revision and practice are key to children’s success. Children learn the routines and behaviours for each activity, and practise these until they use them automatically. This allows them to focus on what matters most – learning to spell.
Content
The spelling programme:
- makes sense of the most complex alphabetic code in the world- 150 spellings of 44 speech sounds.
- builds upon teaching strategies and spelling activities from Read Write Inc. Phonics
- is organised in daily, 15-minute well-paced lessons
- provides plenty of writing practice, with a clear record of children’s progress.
The programme’s core activities teach:
- alternative spellings of vowels
- alternative spellings of consonants
- homophones
- the impact of adding prefixes and suffixes to root words
- spelling plural nouns
- ‘silent’ letters
- unusual letter strings
- word families.
It includes all the spelling requirements of the English National Curriculum Years 2 to 6, and revises spelling taught in Year 1.
