Discover two great Read Write Inc. Programmes, developed by Ruth Miskin, for your children once they’ve finished Read Write Inc. Phonics to develop their comprehension and spelling skills. Find out more.
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By Jemma Baker, Royal Holloway, University of London New faces. New subjects. New opportunities. Transitioning from primary to secondary school is a big deal for 11-year-olds. For some, it may prove nerve-wracking; for others, exciting. Not only does this transition come with the challenge of adjusting to a new school environment, but also with the […]
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Successful comprehension is what allows children to acquire and apply new knowledge, to communicate successfully, and ultimately, to be academically successful. However, good comprehension is more than simply processing single words or sentences; it’s the reader having a coherent understanding of the meaning of the text as a whole. To do this, they need to […]
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This blog post is based on a Facebook Live broadcast hosted by Rachael Gibbon, Senior Publisher in Primary Literacy, and Derry Richardson, Head of Professional Development across UK schools, at Oxford University Press. You can watch the video here , or read on to get an overview of the questions that were answered in the session. […]
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Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper encourages children to read widely across fiction and non-fiction with 60 engaging, topic-linked pairs of books that open the door to cross-curricular comprehension. And what is the first thing young children notice when they open a new book? No Oxford Reading Tree book would be complete without the illustrations! […]
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by Rebecca Evans, Read Write Inc. manager for Abbey Catholic Primary school We teach children to read but how do we keep them reading? Here at the Abbey Catholic Primary school, reading is at the heart of our school. Not only do we have reading displays around school which include photos of parents reading to […]
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Comprehension can be a thorny topic. It is defined as the ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning and involves complex cognitive processes. Problems or weaknesses in any of these elements can be a significant barrier to the reader’s understanding. The job of the teacher is to identify which elements their pupils […]
Read moreThe new Read Write Inc. Book Bag Books are aimed at children between the ages of four and seven years old. As with all our products, our readers are both our biggest fans and our toughest critics, so before any book gets published it gets sent for rigorous trialling. Find out what pupils had to […]
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