Trying to help DD reception RWI phonics !

[buld]

I'm just trying to help my DD and trying to get to grips with the RWI phonics system.

Can someone advise ?

They were assessed before half term and are now in groups.

DD can sound out words and then say them- so

She'll go M A T - MAT. What she can't yet do is do the M A T bit in her head and just say the word in its own. She knows all the sounds they're supposed to know at this stage. In her reading log book, the teachers wrote she was ' reading words ' by the second or third week. Now she needs to learn to sound them out in her head, rather than out loud. How long does that stage take and how can I help her ? Is she on track or behind ?

How can I help her get on track if she's behind ? Thank you.

I hope you're past Ken's cap. I fucking hate Ken and his stupid cap.

Good luck @buld - if you have further questions, tag me and I'll see if I can help!

They are still giving that book in year 1. My daughter had it in the first week. Thankfully, they did a reading assessment on her and she's not getting those books anymore. Now I'll have to read them all again with my youngest 😔

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So at this stage, what I gather from all the amazing advice on here is that these little books contain words that they want them to be able to more or less sight read in the sense that they will have seen them so many times, that they just know them intrinsically. In case they forget one, of course they have the ability to sound out the word anyway ( hopefully in their head ).

And after this lilac book stage, which colour comes next ? How fast will they go through all these little books ?

You can see the general progression expectations below. Usually, children arr assessed every half term to determine whether they are ready to move on.

Actually that's not come out very well, but if you search for RWI expectations of progress, you should find it.

There are lots of helpful videos and resources in the parent section of the Ruth Miskin website

www.ruthmiskin.com/parentsandcarers/