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

“Just ask yourselves, if you are over 30, how exactly did you learn to read or write?” Or perhaps ask yourself were there children in your class who found reading and writing very difficult and why didn’t they manage to learn.

I was taught through systematic phonics. I suspect that wasn't the answer you were looking for.

There will always be children who find reading and writing very difficult. Most frequently because of a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, or because of very low cognition. No method of teaching will have the same result on every child because of these differences. My point is that using any scheme is not an absolute guarantee of success. You do, however, stand a better chance if the child finds it an enjoyable activity.
I have come across children who can tell you all the graphemes and recite all the phonemes from every phonics phase perfectly, yet are unable to apply these equally correctly to real reading and writing.

“I have come across children who can tell you all the graphemes and recite all the phonemes from every phonics phase perfectly, yet are unable to apply these equally correctly to real reading and writing.” Then they haven’t been taught Phonics isn’t about knowing GPCs in isolation

“Most frequently because of a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, or because of very low cognition.” Wouldn’t it be comforting if that was true

Do you really need specific RWI resources to work on writing? The most useful thing we had was a laminated sheet showing the letter formation and a mini whiteboard for them to practice on. School provided both for DD, with DS we'd kind of made ourselves something similar. Lots of fun things you can do with writing. Write birthday cards. Write each other notes. Label their drawings. Write a postcard or a secret diary.

Learn to do the handwriting style yourself so child sees you doing it and you can help them form their own letters correctly.

We did help with writing at home. DS because he was very behind, DD because she was very ahead (already writing lots but with her own made up formation). I find comments about climbing trees patronising and unhelpful. Plenty of hours in the day. Parents can provide 1:1 help on exactly what the child needs, they won't be getting much of that in a class of 30.

We have regular RWI training, it never stops! Our school invested a lot in RWI and it's definitely having results!

It's a shame that OP is only interested in using certain thing.
If OP has asked how to improve dc's writing, she would have received many great advice from the great teachers on this thread.

I was actually giving you some kind of credibility when I added 'phonics' to your 'scheme' post. I thought you might know what you were talking about.

Shame.

I have no teacher training and have used RWI at home with my child. It does help to have some informal training/background reading about synthetic phonics though. The Rush Miskin website mentioned above has some videos and things about how to introduce sounds correctly, how to teach correct (sound to letter, not letter to sound and so on).

I'd also suggest some of these workbooks
www.schofieldandsims.co.uk/key-stage-1-spelling/

and just getting some writing practice notebooks (the sort with lots of lines and one red line so that you can show them how to do tall and short letters... look in your stationary shops) and using these to do some writing every day, like a diary or just what they want to write about.

You can try mini whiteboards too, but make sure that this is not the only way they are practicing--they tend to develop a funny pen grip and clumsy/huge handwriting if they use these a lot, IME!

'Stationary'!

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Your point is?

I don't apply the same standards when firing off a quick post as those I apply when proofreading an email to a client (say).

My point was it was funny

OK. It is hard to read tone online sometimes.

I think most of the shops are "stationary" ===not moving. That's why it's funny!

Except for ice cream vans