Read Write Inc.: Red Word Cards (READ WRITE INC PHONICS)

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However, to ensure that this is occurring, the review and practice step needs to be considered an essential part of Red Word learning. Practice definitely makes perfect here! learn 44 sounds and the corresponding letters/letter groups using simple picture prompts – see below

An important component of Orton Gillingham approach is the practice of red words. For those unaware, ‘Red Words’ are the non-phonetic words, meaning that they don’t follow the usual phonics rules. Red words are generally called ‘Sight Words’. Instead of stopping to decode these words, students are taught to recognize them immediately “by sight,”

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Orton Gillingham is widely regarded teaching approach designed for struggling readers, such as in case of dyslexia. Named after reading and language pioneers, Samuel Torrey Orton (1879-1948) and Anna Gillingham (1878-1963) , Orton Gillingham approach focuses on teaching connections between letters and sounds. It also uses multisensory approach to teach reading which involves using visualization, hearing, touch and movement to form connection. Other than that, it recognizes learning needs of an individual student as the pace, learning style, topic strength varies student to student.

Watch ‘ Read Red Words 1′ if your child is reading Red, Green, Purple, Pink or Orange Read Write Inc.Storybooks . We use pure sounds(‘m’ not’ muh’, ’s’ not ‘suh’, etc.) so that your child will be able to blend the sounds into words more easily. Selecting words for instruction in groups or clusters will enrich learning and increase the number of words that can be taught in a lesson. Before you start to teach your child, practise saying the sounds below. These are the sounds we use to speak in English. The following video is an example of blending sounds with Fred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEzfpod5w_QIMSE uses the term Red Word because the visual color red reminds students that these words are irregular. Lists of these words can be found on the Dolch List, Fry Instant Words, or in the index of many decodable readers.