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Australian Curriculum: Phonic and word knowledge

18 content descriptions · 12 with words

Phonic and word knowledge, Foundation to Year 2.

Foundation

7 content descriptions
  1. AC9EFLY09Rhymes, alliteration, syllables and sounds in spoken wordsListening and speaking, with no written words.No word list
  2. AC9EFLY10Blend, segment and change the sounds of spoken one-syllable wordsListening and speaking, with no written words.No word list
  3. AC9EFLY11Name every letter and know its most common sound3,280 words
  4. AC9EFLY12Write and read CVC words950 words
  5. AC9EFLY13Spell words from their letters and soundsSpelling in general, with no pattern of its own.No word list
  6. AC9EFLY14Some high-frequency words259 words
  7. AC9EFLY15Words made of more than one meaningful part5,110 words

Year 1

7 content descriptions
  1. AC9E1LY09Segment spoken words, blends included, into their soundsListening and speaking, with no written words.No word list
  2. AC9E1LY10Add, drop and swap sounds in spoken wordsListening and speaking, with no written words.No word list
  3. AC9E1LY11Short vowels, common long vowels, blends and digraphs in one- and two-syllable words2,513 words
  4. AC9E1LY12A letter can stand for more than one sound472 words
  5. AC9E1LY13Spell one- and two-syllable words with common letter patterns1,142 words
  6. AC9E1LY14More high-frequency words259 words
  7. AC9E1LY15Word families from grammatical morphemes5,142 words

Year 2

4 content descriptions
  1. AC9E2LY09Blend, segment, drop and swap sounds to read and write wordsMostly listening and speaking: blending and segmenting are what every page is for.No word list
  2. AC9E2LY10Vowel digraphs, less common long vowels, clusters, silent letters and compound words1,612 words
  3. AC9E2LY11Words whose spelling their sounds do not fully say259 words
  4. AC9E2LY12Word families with prefixes and suffixes770 words

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The words are read in British English, not Australian.