Foundation English in the Australian Curriculum

AC9EFLA01

explore how language is used differently at home and school depending on the relationships between people

AC9EFLA02

explore different ways of using language to express preferences, likes and dislikes

AC9EFLA03

understand that texts can take many forms such as signs, books and digital texts

AC9EFLA04

understand conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple digital texts are usually organised

AC9EFLA05

recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas

AC9EFLA06

recognise that sentences are made up of groups of words that work together in particular ways to make meaning

AC9EFLA07

explore the contribution of images and words to meaning in stories and informative texts

AC9EFLA08

recognise and develop awareness of vocabulary used in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school

AC9EFLA09

identify punctuation as a feature of written text different from letters; recognise that capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters also signal the beginning of sentences while punctuation marks signal the end

AC9EFLE01

share ideas about stories, poems and images in literature, reflecting on experiences that are similar or different to their own by engaging with texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators

AC9EFLE02

respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters

AC9EFLE03

recognise different types of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings

AC9EFLE04

explore and replicate the rhythms and sound patterns of literary texts such as poems, rhymes and songs

AC9EFLE05

retell and adapt familiar literary texts through play, performance, images or writing

AC9EFLY01

identify some familiar texts, such as stories and informative texts, and their purpose

AC9EFLY02

interact in informal and structured situations by listening while others speak and using features of voice including volume levels

AC9EFLY03

identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts

AC9EFLY04

read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, and monitor meaning using context and emerging grammatical knowledge

AC9EFLY05

use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently

AC9EFLY06

create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly

AC9EFLY07

create and deliver short spoken texts to report ideas and events to peers, using features of voice such as appropriate volume

AC9EFLY08

form most lower-case and upper-case letters using learnt letter formations

AC9EFLY09

recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness)

AC9EFLY10

segment sentences into individual words; orally blend and segment single-syllable spoken words; isolate, blend and manipulate phonemes in single-syllable words (phonological awareness)

AC9EFLY11

recognise and name all upper- and lower-case letters (graphs) and know the most common sound that each letter represents

AC9EFLY12

write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC words

AC9EFLY13

use knowledge of letters and sounds to spell words

AC9EFLY14

read and write some high-frequency words and other familiar words

AC9EFLY15

understand that words are units of meaning and can be made of more than one meaningful part