Thameside uses the Read Write Inc. phonics scheme devised by Ruth Miskin. Click here to watch parent videos and find out more about the programme.

Enunciation

Teaching phonics requires a technical skill in enunciation.  Phonemes should be articulated clearly and precisely.  Below is a link to a Read, Write, Inc. (RWI) phoneme pronunciation guide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J2Ddf_0Om8

We have also filmed some of our children pronouncing the sounds using the correct enunciation:

Set 1

Set 2 

Set 3 

RWI videos

Ruth Miskin provides an overview of RWI phonics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6dSsXkD1wM

Ruth Miskin demonstrates how to blend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEzfpod5w_Q

Remember…

• One sound can be represented by one, two or more letters (e.g. z-i-p, sh, ng, igh)
• One sound can be represented by different spellings (e.g. o, oa, ow, oe, o-e, ough)
• One spelling can represent multiple sounds (e.g. ough – though, thought, through, bough, rough, borough)