The Ditties are short phonically decodable passages based on the letter sounds learned in Speed Sounds Set 1. Each book contains three Ditties & seven reading activities including: a list of Speed Sounds to practise before reading each Ditty a list of Green words & Red words (tricky high-frequency words) & questions to talk about. The Ditties prepare children to quickly move on to the Storybooks building their vocabulary & ensuring they will be able to decode all the words in the stories with complete confidence. There are accompanying Get Writing! Red Ditty Books which provide practice in early writing skills & a Get Writing! Handbook which contains guidance on how to use the Ditties to support childrens writing. Full guidance on using the Ditties as part of Read Write Inc. can be found in the Read Write Inc. Phonics Handbook. Channel 4 featured Ruth Miskin & the Read Write Inc. method being used in schools in a series of programmes broadcast in Autumn 2007 & Summer 2008. Read Write Inc. raised standards & turned struggling & non-readers into more confident & competent readers.