Understanding texts description
Understanding texts describes how a student becomes increasingly proficient in decoding, using, interacting with, analysing and evaluating texts to build meaning. Texts include components of print, image, sound, animated movements and symbolic representations. …
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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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Literacy learning area advice
The learning area advice resources can assist teachers in providing an illustration of how the progressions may be used in learning areas, other than Mathematics and English, to support students’ literacy and numeracy development. They provide authentic …
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How does the literacy progression cater to students for whom English is an additional language or dialect?
The Shape of the Australian Curriculum describes ACARA’s commitment to supporting equity of access to the Australian Curriculum for all students. As part of this commitment, ACARA developed Student diversity advice and the English as an Additional Language …
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How can the literacy progression be used?
The National Literacy Learning Progression can be used at a whole school, team or individual teacher level. However, the progression provides maximum student learning benefits when used as part of a whole-school strategy that involves professional learning …
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PhA4
orally blends four phonemes together to make a one-syllable spoken word (s-t-o-p, stop) orally segments spoken words comprised of four phonemes into separate phonemes (fresh, f-r-e-sh) identifies the number of phonemes that make up a given word identifies …
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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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SpK6
speaks on a range of real or imagined topics that include ideas or concepts from learning areas organises more complex ideas or concepts logically, selecting details to accentuate key points speaks audibly and coherently to a less familiar audience …
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PhA3
orally blends two or three phonemes together to make a one-syllable word (a-sh, s-u-n, b-i-n, sh-i-p) orally segments words of two or three phonemes into separate phonemes (c-a-t, s-u-n, k-i-ck) identifies the number of phonemes that make up a spoken …
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PhA2
segments a short spoken sentence of three to five words into separate spoken words orally blends and segments words with two and three syllables hopp-ing, fam-i-ly blends onset/rime to say a word (m/um = mum, h/at =hat, sh/op = shop) provides a word …
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SpK7
speaks on topics which explore and interpret concepts drawn from research or learning area content selects voice appropriate to purpose (third person to create distance and authority or first person to achieve personal connection) uses ideas and language …
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CrT11
Generic indicators spells a range of challenging words correctly (see Spelling)
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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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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 …
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