Read Write Inc. Fresh Start: Handbook

A new, updated edition of the Fresh Start Handbook

• Offering blueprint lesson plans and suggested timetables
• With detailed guidance on how to use the Modules
• Including details of the Fresh Start Anthologies and additional assessment
• Linking to the QCA Assessment Focuses for reading and writing
• With step-by-step guidance for teaching word blending
• Initial assessment material in the teacher's handbook indicates the best starting place for each pupil. Continuous assessment is provided throughout the programme.
• Channel 4 featured Ruth Miskin and the Read Write Inc. method being used in schools in a series of programmes broadcast in Autumn 2007 and Summer 2008. Read Write Inc. raised standards and turned struggling and non-readers into more confident and competent readers.

"Read Write Inc. Fresh Start has given us the tools and skills we need to help students with reading ages well below their chronological ages, enabling them to decode and comprehend texts efficiently, and sufficiently to allow them to access the Key Stage 3 and 4 curricula. " - Fulhurst Community College, Leicester

"Read Write Inc. actually teaches children to read and write. We love using this programme because children achieve so much so quickly. They want to read and write. It's the best literacy programme we have ever known. " - Lorna Jackson, Headteacher, Maryland Primary School

"There are many dimensions to your programme that support teaching and learning....The successful teaching that has been evident since September has had beneficial effects on learning and behaviour across the school. " - Sue Watts, Furrow Community School.

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