What is literacy?
Literacy is fundamental to a student’s ability to learn at school and to engage productively in society. In the Australian Curriculum, … students become literate as they develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions to interpret and use language confidently …
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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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FlY3
reads aloud a decodable or simple text at a reasonable pace, grouping words into meaningful phrases (see Understanding texts) uses punctuation cues and some intonation and expression reads accurately at an efficient pace without overt sounding and …
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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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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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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 …
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FlY5
reads aloud a range of moderately complex texts with fluency and phrasing, adjusting pace, volume, pitch and pronunciation to enhance meaning and expression varies pace according to purpose and audience reads aloud with expression that reflects the …
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LiS8
identifies and paraphrases key points of a speaker’s arguments discusses their own and others’ listening behaviours evaluates strategies used by the speaker to elicit emotional responses identifies any shifts in direction, line of argument or purpose …
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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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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, …
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UnT8
Comprehension reads and views some moderately complex texts (see Text complexity) identifies author’s perspective accurately retells a text including most relevant details evaluates the accuracy of texts on the same topic or texts that present differing …
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UnT10
Comprehension reads and views moderately complex or some sophisticated texts (see Text complexity) interprets abstract or more remote content analyses visual text to identify point of view recognises layers of meaning synthesises information from …
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UnT6
Comprehension reads and views simple texts and some predictable texts (see Text complexity) locates specific information in a predictable print text or a given set of digital sources describes the purpose of informative, imaginative and persuasive …
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