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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How do the progressions cater to the diversity of learners?
Consistent with ACARA’s Student diversity advice on the Australian Curriculum website, the progressions support teachers to cater for the diversity of learners by: acknowledging students’ different rates of progress through the levels and across elements acknowledging that …
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How can the benefits of the progressions be maximised?
Whole school In a school, the benefits of the progressions are maximised where there is a whole-school, systematic approach to literacy and numeracy development that ensures: opportunities for professional dialogue and collaboration to strengthen teacher …
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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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Multiplicative strategies description
This sub-element describes how a student becomes increasingly able to use multiplicative strategies in computation. The coordination of units multiplicatively involves using the values of one unit applied to each of the units of the other, the multiplier. …
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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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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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What is the focus of the literacy progression?
Literacy development influences student success in many areas of learning at school. The progression can be used to support students to successfully engage with the literacy demands of the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum. The National Literacy …
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How is the literacy progression structured?
Elements and sub-elements The National Literacy Learning Progression has three elements that reflect aspects of literacy development necessary for successful learners of the F–10 Australian Curriculum and in everyday life. The three elements, which align …
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How is the numeracy progression structured?
Elements and sub-elements The National Numeracy Learning Progression has three elements that reflect aspects of numeracy development necessary for successful learners of the F–10 Australian Curriculum and in everyday life. The three elements are: Number …
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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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How can the numeracy progression be used?
The National Numeracy 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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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 sentence …
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HwK3
correctly forms most lower-case letters correctly forms some upper-case letters writes or types a few words uses numeral keys
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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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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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LiS6
responds to texts with unfamiliar content identifies main ideas of a spoken text using supporting details identifies purpose and intended audience of a spoken text infers meaning from texts that contain features such as music and environmental sounds asks …
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InT3
actively listens to stay on topic in a small group discussion joins in small group and whole-class discussion asks relevant questions for clarification or to find out others’ ideas (What do you think about that?) takes turns as speaker and listener interacts …
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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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