Place a sun-bleached letter matching mat on cookie sheet and invite children to match the letters to the correct spaces. there are lots of different writing exercises: hold a sentence, where students have to hold a sentence from the book in their head and write it, edit a sentence, build a sentence, and finally writing the story, which is their version of the story written independently and prompted by pictures (although recently the books have changed so this section has changed slightly). As they move up the programme through the different levels the writing exercises are freer, less structured. Put magnetic letters in a pencil pouch to make a personalized name kit for each child that they can use to spell their names on cookie sheets or at home on the fridge. Make a t-chart with a permanent marker and a cookie sheet. Invite students to sort upper and lowercase letters on the cookie sheet. each lesson is an hour long over 5 days (although we only teach over 3 days and tend to do a book every two weeks)

I don't expect each single lesson to mean progress, a lot of it is reinforcement of things that have been taught previously but may not have settled firmly enough (yet) in child's skill set; gotta get the basics strongly in there before moving on. RWI relies on rote activities to really embed in the child's brain the Learning Objective. In reception they spend a whole day on each letter; you'd think teaching "d" was a 5 minute job, but they made it into 200 minutes. Thing is, the child remembers D better that way, and for longer, because "D" made such a huge impression. And so on, with other letters & sound groups. Members of our group have found ingenious ways of organising their Magnetic Speed Sound Cards. Tina Marie (left) uses a multi-section screw box organiser to separate their Cards whilst Gina Claire (right) uses individual boxes. RWinc lessons should be pacey and punchy (if you have been trained properly). Personally I find the books a little dry. If you are a good teacher you will incorporate other ideas into your lessons, be creative and not always follow the weekly schedule to the letter. But to answer your questions: Have you ever wondered How To Make Magnetic Letters? It’s very easy and inexpensive! With just a few supplies, you can have a fun manipulative in minutes that your kids can use when learning letters, sight words, CVC words, and more! Did you know that magnetic letters are a powerful literacy learning tool? That’s right, you can create “gold nugget” activities right now that will help your kids learn the alphabet and other important emergent literacy skills.The Magnetic Speed Sound Cards are very effective in helping children identify letter shapes and develop blending and segmenting skills, but – being magnetic – they can be difficult to store! Use a permanent marker and a cookie sheet to create a t-chart. Students can sort the letters by determining if they have holes or no holes. Using magnetic letters daily can help young children in preschool or kindergarten begin to internalize the shape and feel of letters. This internalization builds alphabet fluency, which is a predictor of future reading success. The best part about these activities is that you won’t break the bank or spend hours toiling away in your classroom to create stellar literacy activities, just grab a set of magnetic letters and you’re good to go!

Story Introduction – print from the Read Write Inc. Phonics Online subscription on Oxford Owl if preferred Magnetic letters are such a fun manipulative for kids to use when learning letters, sight words, CVC words, and more! But, they can be expensive to buy. Now, you can make your own magnetic letters for your classroom or homeschool. Letter Matching– During literacy centers, your kids can practice matching capital and lowercase letters using these magnetic letters and cookie sheet. Laura Stainer shared this excellent photo in our group. They use ‘colour popper wallets for each band, and label these with the book name and number’. Then, they put inside ‘a teacher copy of the book, all of the Green Word Cards, a lesson plan and the story introduction’, as well as ‘all of the books they need’.Sight Words– Your kids can use these letters to practice spelling their sight words on cookie sheets or your file cabinet. This is hands-on, independent activity to use during your literacy centers. no i don't think it's brilliant, but it does seem to work well for some students who need a lot of structure/and or students who are struggling with literacy. It is also good at getting the students to really think about what they are reading and therefore encouraging comprehension - reading with understanding of what they are reading rather than just reading by rote Use a permanent marker and a cookie sheet to create a t-chart. Students can sort the letters by determining if they have curves or straight lines. We have lots of free Read Write Inc. Phonics resources to help your child, including eBooks, practice sheets and parent films. We suggest you start by watching this film for parents: What is Read Write Inc. Phonics? Speed sounds and Read Write Inc. Stages

They read these words over and over, off the IWB and from their books - but it was still only about 20 different words)

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I think RWI is better for reading then writing, but that's not surprising, reading has to precede writing. Use a permanent marker and a cookie sheet to create a t-chart. Students can sort letters “in my name/not in my name”. The students weren't challenged. There was no opportunity for kids to read or write harder words. There was no differentiation at all.

You know you have oodles of magnetic letters stashed away in your closet, or maybe they’re all over the floor of your classroom. Either way, we all have a set ( or two, or three) of magnetic letters that are gathering dust somewhere.Free eBooks | Videos | Set 1 resources | Set 2 resources | Set 3 resources | Kits and flashcards to use at home Read Write Inc. Phonics Organising sound cards Credits: Photo 1 – Bryony Dorrans, Photo 2 – Jane Victoria, Photo 3 – Claire Louise Make an easy and engaging bingo game using magnetic letters, paper, a marker, and cookie sheets. Magnetic Letter Ideas Video Letter Identification– If you are working with a small group of kids, you can say the letter name and have your kids find the letter magnet and place it on their cookie sheet. Bryony Dorrans (left) uses big plastic folders with tabs to organise their Green Word Cards and Picture Sounds Cards, whilst Jane Victoria (middle) and Claire Louise (right) use boxes with tabs to arrange their nonsense words, Speed Sound Cards, Red Words and Picture Sounds Cards.