Read, Write Inc at home

[RainyDaisy]

Hello,

My child's school is using RWI at school and I was hoping to buy some RWI workbooks for use at home to help my child.

But I can only find books of multiples (x5 or x10) on Amazon and the RWI website.

Has anyone got any ideas where I could buy single workbooks?

Thank you

This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but might help...www.focusonphonics.co.uk/acatalog/Read_Write_Inc._Home_Storybooks.html

There definitely was a workbook pack with the different books in as I bought one. It was a fair few years ago now though.

There is a reason those books come in multiple packs - they are the "class packs" designed to be used at school. There is no point in buying the exact resources your child will see at school. It doesn't really support them to see in advance what they will later cover in school, and it does not get them ahead if that happens to be your thinking - learning to read isn't a race! Plus many of these workbooks require the teacher half for exercises such as"hold a sentence" (the first one that springs to mind) They aren't useful on their own.

Ruth Miskin does, however, provide some good resources for parents to help them learn about Phonics and support what happens at school. Understanding the techniques used is helpful - like asking your child to "Fred Talk" unfamiliar words. Lots of great info here www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/ and you can obtain resources meant for home support like this: global.oup.com/education/product/9780198408024/?region=international

A set of flash cards (either the official ones, or home made will do) can be useful for practicing speed sounds.

You could also ask the school If they have a preference for how to support children at home. Many schools will do an information evening on this.

I picked up a pack with books in from Costco. The flashcards of phonics sounds were very good though to practice sounds at home. You will get the books through school

It is not to support reading - my child is a very good reader.

It's their writing that I would like to support. I already have older children so I know very well about phonics and Fred talks. I have the time at home to support my child who is very willing as they want to get what's in their head onto paper. I also didn't ask advice on whether or not I should be using these workbooks at home. I asked where I could get them.

Thanks so much to Stress, Rice and Savoy for pointing me in the right direction.

It's not RWI, but my DS loved this book www.whsmith.co.uk/products/star-wars-workbooks-writing-skills---ages-6-7/9781407162928

There, there, have a No need to be so rude!! I am not, unfortunately a mind reader and you did it state what you actually wanted in your OP.

(My advice stands. You want to support what your child is doing, not do the same work - Stress also pointed out you will get the books through school. Wanting to cover what the school will do smacks a bit of compete every parenting to be honest!!! Look at what else you can do to practice writing if that is your focus.)

There is a 'parent pack ' that can be bought.
I'll see if I can find the link.

Have a look at this page at Oxford Owl...

www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/read-write-inc-phonics--1/

I already linked that one jamdonut - I wasn't thanked for it

To be honest, trying to do exactly what school is doing in RWI is not particularly helpful, because it is done in a very systematic way, building them up to write sentences on their own, using sounds and words they have already learned. They are also allowed to write unusual words phonetically with the sounds they know, until they have learned the alternative spellings, so trying to get them to write an unusual word ' correctly' , when they don't have all their speed sounds learned doesn't help , particularly.
our school has been using RWI successfully for a few years now, there are very, very few children that we ask to practice anything at home

Oh sorry Caroian - didn't see that!

Oh sorry Caroian - didn't see that!

They did used to do the books separately on amazon. I think you want the mixed pack, it should have one of each book.

You will need the teachers hand book and the story books as well though. It won't be cheap.

Thanks Rafals.

Is it just me, or these parents who claims they knows what they are doing, becoming increasingly rude to other posters' constructive advice these days? What a shame. You never know you may need their advice in the future.

Was thinking exactly the same, Irvine. It's really unnecessary.

ill tell you what is annoying... When a teacher starts to teach a class a new concept (literacy or maths) and you get a child going " Oh this is so EASY /BORING...I know how to do this, I've done it at home !"

But, then you find they've been shown a way without understanding the actual concept, and you have to fight against" But my Mum/Dad says this is how it is done!"
[Hmm]

Isn't the RWI stuff designed so that anyone can teach a t without training though. And if the child has already done it aren't they either just assessed and put into a higher RWI group or if it's taught whole class given differentiated work to meet their needs?

I’m not a RWI expert but if anyone can teach it by buying a few books how do they justify the cost of training school staff?

Perhaps someone could explain how it will actually improve the OP’s child’s writing.

Mathis is one thing I have never even thought about buying for my son in year 1. Plenty of work books that concentrate on writing that can be used as an alternative.
Plus time and practice is helping with my son with motor delays

Two days training essential

I think I'd rather have Roald Dahl over r.
Surely only a pirate would prefer r. Jim lad.

RWI is yet another gimmicky, boring scheme that claims to have the answer to improving reading and writing. Yes, done systematically, it works. It also earns Ruth Miskin a shed load of dosh! Any scheme taught systematically will work!
Just ask yourselves, if you are over 30, how exactly did you learn to read or write? As a teacher, I ask parents to do things with their children that broadens their life experiences and therefore helps give them something real to write about. Creativity is much much much more important than using the right grampemes!
Stop being a helicopter mother and take your child out to climb trees, collect beetles in boxes, splash in puddles and just have fun. Building memories.

Any phonics scheme, yes. Not any scheme.