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Why were the progressions developed?

Literacy and numeracy are fundamental to a student’s ability to learn at school and to engage productively in society. Improving literacy/numeracy development is a priority for many schools. The development of the Literacy and Numeracy Progressions has …

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Phonological awareness description

Phonological awareness is the term used to describe the awareness of the constituent sounds of spoken words which can be distinguished in three ways: by syllables, by onset and rime and by phoneme (the smallest unit of spoken word) Phonemic awareness …

Phonological awareness | Reading and viewing | National Literacy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources

Spelling description

This sub-element describes how a student becomes increasingly proficient in selecting and arranging letters to form accurately spelt words. Students develop increasing skill and proficiency in using spelling as a tool to understand and create meaning …

Spelling | Writing | National Literacy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources

Creating texts description

The Creating texts sub-element describes how students become increasingly proficient at creating texts for an increasing range of purposes. Students’ writing moves from representing basic concepts and simple ideas to conveying abstract concepts and complex …

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SpG5

represents all phonemes when attempting to spell one- and two-syllable words writes correctly a range of words from the hundred high-frequency words correctly (class) spells less familiar words using regular phonemic graphemic patterns (sum for some) writes …

SpG4

writes letters to represent the dominant or first sounds (phonemes) in words, when attempting to spell words (apl for apple) writes some appropriate letter combinations to represent words (bis for because) writes correctly some common one-syllable …

SpG8

writes most common and high-frequency words correctly writes common words with silent letters correctly (white) writes some common contractions correctly (won’t, don’t) uses three-letter consonant blends in words correctly (three, string, splash) uses …

PKW6

Phonic knowledge reads words with taught vowel digraphs (ee, oo, ay, ai, ea, oa, ow) and applies when reading decodable texts reads two-syllable compound words with taught grapheme-phoneme correspondences (desktop, shellfish, carpark, farmyard) and …

PKW4

Phonic knowledge says the most common phoneme for all single-letter graphemes writes/selects corresponding graphemes for all common phonemes blends phonemes for all common, single-letter graphemes to read VC and CVC words and applies this knowledge …

PKW3

Phonic knowledge says the most common phoneme for taught, single-letter graphemes (b, a, m) and applies knowledge when reading decodable texts blends phonemes of taught graphemes to decode VC (at) and CVC (bat) words and applies this knowledge when …

PKW7

Phonic knowledge reads CCVCC words (trust), CCCVC words (scrap), CCCVCC words (thrust) and applies when reading continuous texts reads words with r-controlled vowel combinations ar, er, or, ur, ir and writes words accordingly and applies when reading …

CrT4

Crafting ideas talks about the purpose and audience of familiar imaginative and informative texts writes one or more ideas which are not necessarily related, using sentence fragments (labels a drawing) writes texts in different forms (lists, story) combines …

SpG9

writes all words from the hundred high-frequency words correctly writes words with common prefixes and suffixes (unhappy, helpful) uses some common spelling generalisations when attempting to spell unfamiliar words (drop e from base word when adding …

PKW5

Phonic knowledge gives examples of how a phoneme can be represented by more than one letter or letter combination (c, ck) says short and long vowel sounds for letters a, e, i, o, u reads single-syllable words with common double letters (ss – fuss, …

CrT5

Crafting ideas writes text for a familiar purpose (to recount a personal experience, to tell a story, to express thoughts and feelings, to give an opinion) writes two or three related ideas which may include other unrelated ideas uses ideas from informative …

CrT7

Crafting ideas writes informative, imaginative and persuasive texts using evidence of structure (to recount a personal experience or a sequence of events; to describe a person, thing or process; to provide a reason why; to provide an opinion backed up …

CrT6

Crafting ideas writes for a range of purposes (to recount a personal experience, to observe and describe, to provide a reason why, to express thoughts and feelings about a topic) writes four or more sequenced and clearly connected ideas includes a simple …

CrT8

Generic indicators tense mostly correct throughout text (see Grammar) consistently writes compound sentences correctly and uses a greater range of complex sentences (see Grammar) uses a variety of sentence structures and sentence beginnings spells some …

CrT9

Generic indicators maintains appropriate tense throughout the text (see Grammar) uses a range of sentences including correctly structured complex sentences (see Grammar) spells simple, most complex and some challenging words correctly (see Spelling) uses …

CrT10

Generic indicators organises related information and ideas into paragraphs/sections uses a range of complex punctuation flexibly and correctly (see Punctuation) spells complex and most challenging words correctly (see Spelling) uses a range of sentence …

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