English · Foundation

Understand that texts can take many forms, and that imaginative and informative texts have different purposes VCELA141 Understand concepts about print and screen, including how books, film and simple digital texts work, and know some features of print, including directionality VCELA142 Understand that some language in written texts is unlike everyday spoken language VCELA155 Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters and recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentences VCELA156

Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas VCELA143 Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaning VCELA144 Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts VCELA145 Understand the use of vocabulary in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school VCELA167

Recognise all upper- and lower-case letters and the most common sound that each letter represents VCELA146 Blend sounds associated with letters when reading consonant-vowel-consonant words VCELA147 Understand that spoken sounds and words can be written and know how to write some high-frequency words and other familiar words including their name VCELA157 Know how to use onset and rime to spell words where sounds map more directly onto letters VCELA158 Identify rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and some sounds (phonemes) in spoken words VCELA168 Blend and segment onset and rime in single syllable spoken words and isolate, blend and segment phonemes in single syllable words (first consonant sound, last consonant sound, middle vowel sound) VCELA169

Understand that English is one of many languages spoken in Australia and that different languages may be spoken by family, classmates and community VCELA164 Explore how language is used differently at home and school depending on the relationships between people VCELA165 Understand that language can be used to explore ways of expressing needs, likes and dislikes VCELA166

Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences VCELT148

Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts VCELT149 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text VCELT150 Replicate the rhythms and sound patterns in stories, rhymes, songs and poems from a range of cultures VCELT172

Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images VCELT159 Modify familiar texts VCELT173

Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators VCELT170 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts VCELT171

Identify some familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used VCELY151

Read texts with familiar structures and features, practising phrasing and fluency, and monitor meaning using concepts about print and emerging phonic, semantic, contextual and grammatical knowledge VCELY152 Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently VCELY153 Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts VCELY154

Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge VCELY160 Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops VCELY161 Understand that sounds in English are represented by upper- and lower-case letters that can be written using learned letter formation patterns for each case VCELY162 Construct texts using software including word processing programs VCELY163

Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations using interaction skills, including listening, while others speak VCELY174 Deliver short oral presentations to peers, using appropriate voice levels, articulation, body language, gestures and eye contact VCELY175