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Read Write Inc. Guide for Parents

Term                                                

Definition

Fred

Fred is a frog puppet we use in sessions. He can only speak in sounds. 

Fred talk 

Sounding out a word, saying each of the sounds before blending

Fred fingers

‘Pinching’ each sound from a word on your fingers to help spell a word

Green words

Decodable words

Red words

Irregular words that cannot be sounded out

Story Green words

Decodable words that will be included in the storybook 

Speedy green words

Decodable words in the storybook that children should be able to read at speed rather than fred talking first. 

Fred in your Head

Still sounding out a word but doing so in your head rather than out loud, helps build fluency. 

Special friends

Two or three letters working together to make one sound e.g. sh, ch, igh, air, a-e, i-e.