Foundation - Pre Primary

Understand that English is one of many languages spoken in Australia and that different languages may be spoken by family, classmates and community

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

Understand that language can be used to explore ways of expressing needs, likes and dislikes 

Understand that texts can take many forms, can be very short (for example an exit sign) or quite long (for example an information book or a film) and that stories and informative texts have different purposes 

Understand that some language in written texts is unlike everyday spoken language

Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters; recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentences

Understand concepts about print and screen, including how books, film and simple digital texts work, and know some features of print, for example directionality

Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas 

Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaning

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

Understand the use of vocabulary in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school 

Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words 

Recognise and name all upper and lower case letters (graphemes) and know the most common sound that each letter represents

Understand how to use knowledge of letters and sounds including onset and rime to spell words

Know how to read and write some high-frequency words and other familiar words

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

Segment sentences into individual words and orally blend and segment onset and rime in single syllable spoken words, and isolate, blend and manipulate phonemes in single syllable words

Write consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words by representing some sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC words