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
Phonic knowledge and word recognition description
This sub-element describes how a student becomes increasingly proficient at using letter-sound relationships and visual knowledge as code-breaking skills. Phonic knowledge and word recognition are among the range of resources students use as they read …
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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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A guide to the progressions for parents
Literacy and numeracy development influences students’ success in most aspects of schooling. The National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions are a resource that describe how literacy and numeracy learning develops over time. There are two progressions …
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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 …
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CrT11
Generic indicators spells a range of challenging words correctly (see Spelling)
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SpG14
monitors spelling in own texts and makes appropriate corrections uses spelling knowledge and spelling resources to attempt complex, unfamiliar words (photosynthesis) explains how spelling is used creatively in texts for particular effects (characterisation …
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PuN4
uses commas in lists of nouns (add the sugar, lemon, water and juice) uses apostrophes for regular single possessives (girl’s) capitalises key events, geographic names, titles (Easter, Sydney, Ms)
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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 …
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SpG13
spells a range of challenging words with less common letter groupings (naive, cadence) spells words with less common prefixes and suffixes (im-precise, employ-ee) spells less common plurals (foci) explains how spelling can be a support to both reading …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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SpG12
uses less common prefixes and suffixes including those which require changes to the base word (separation, explanation) spells multisyllabic words including some with more complex letter patterns (democracy) uses knowledge of Latin and Greek word …
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SpG10
writes words which do not include common phonic patterns or letter groupings correctly spells less common homophones correctly (site, sight) applies spelling generalisations when writing words explains and uses a range of morphemic word families …
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PKW8
Phonic knowledge and word recognition reads less common graphemes that contain alternative spelling for phonemes (/ch/tch/j/g/) and applies when reading continuous texts reads multisyllabic words, including those with prefixes and suffixes, and applies …
PKW8 | Phonic knowledge and word recognition | Reading and viewing | National Literacy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
CrT6 | Creating texts | Writing | National Literacy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources