Phonics
Meet Fred Frog!
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Hello! My name is Fred Frog. I help the children at Snaith Primary School to learn to read and write using the 'Read, Write, Inc' phonics program. Read, Write, Inc is a structured program which is proven to develop:
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During Read, Write, Inc. lessons children learn to recognise graphemes and the phonemes they represent. The following speedsound chart shows the phoneme-grapheme correspondences taught throughout the programme.
Each phoneme has an associated rhyme to help children remember the phoneme-grapheme correspondences. These can be seen below:
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Speed Sounds Set 1 |
Speed Sounds Set 2 |
Speed Sounds Set 3 |
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Rhyme |
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Rhyme |
Sound |
Rhym |
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m |
Down Maisie then over the two mountains. Maisie, mountain, mountain. |
ay |
May I play? |
ea |
Cup of Tea |
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a |
Round the apple, down the leaf |
ee |
What can you see? |
oi |
Spoil the boy |
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s |
Slide around the snake |
igh |
Fly high |
a-e |
Make a cake |
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d |
Round the dinosaur’s back, up his neck and down to his feet |
ow |
Blow the snow |
i-e |
Nice smile |
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t |
Down the tower, across the tower |
oo |
Poo at the zoo |
o-e |
Phone home |
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i |
Down the insects body, dot for the head |
oo |
Look at a book |
u-e |
Huge brute |
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n |
Down Nobby and over the net |
ar |
Start the car |
aw |
Yawn at dawn |
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p |
Down the plait, up and over the pirates face |
or |
Shut the door |
are |
Care and share |
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g |
Round the girls face, down her hair and give her a curl |
air |
That’s not fair |
ur |
Nurse with a purse |
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o |
All around the orange |
ir |
Whirl and twirl |
er |
A better letter |
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c |
Curl around the caterpillar |
ou |
Shout it out |
ow |
Brown cow |
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k |
Down the kangaroo’s body, tail and leg |
oy |
Toy for a boy |
ai |
Snail in the rain |
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u |
Down and under the umbrella, up to the top and down to the puddle |
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oa |
Goat in a boat |
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b |
Down the laces, over the toe and touch the heel |
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ew |
Chew and stew |
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f |
Down the stem and draw the leaves |
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ire |
Fire fire |
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e |
Slice into the egg, go over the top, then under the egg |
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ear |
Hear with your ear |
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l |
Down the long leg |
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ure |
Sure it’s pure |
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h |
Down the horse’s head to the hooves and over his back. |
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sh |
Slither down the snake, then down the horse’s head to the hooves and over his back |
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r |
Down the robot’s back, then up and curl |
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j |
Down his body, curl and dot |
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v |
Down a wing, up a wing |
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y |
Down a horn, up a horn and under the yak’s head |
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w |
Down, up, down, up the worm |
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th |
Down the tower, across the tower, then down the horse’s head to the hooves and over his back |
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z |
Zig-zag-zig, down the zip |
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ch |
Curl around the caterpillar, then down the horse’s head to the hooves and over his back. |
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qu |
Round the queen’s head, up to her crown, down her hair and curl |
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x |
cross down the arm and leg and cross the other way |
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ng |
A thing on a string. nk I think I stink |
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