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• English: Level D achievement standards - Writing

  When writing, students produce ‘text-like’ writing to convey meaning and label images. They trace letter-like patterns moving left to right across a page. They have a preferred writing hand and hold a pencil to trace over lines, shapes and patterns with some accuracy. They colour within a clearly...

  Level description | English | Level D | Writing

• English: Level D achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  By the end of Level D, students listen to and view a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts from familiar contexts. They identify the main character and event in an imaginative text. They use visual images to identify the key topic or theme within an informative text. They understand familiar...

  Level description | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing

• VCELA129

  Understand that people communicate in different ways

  Elaborations

  • knowing that people use different communication forms, such as image, voice, facial expressions or sign, to communicate the same intention, for example ‘stop’ as a sign, image or expression
  • recognising that people communicate in different ways
  • learning that English is the spoken language used at school
  • modifying the style (for example, volume, rate or intensity) of communication to suit familiar locations and contexts

  VCELA129 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening | Language

• English: Level D description

  In the Level D, students communicate with known adults, teachers and peers. Students are provided with experiences that engage, support and extend their learning, including the use of pictorial representations or other marks to express and record their ideas. Students communicate by using short...

  Level description | English

• VCELA120

  Understand that language can be represented as written text

  Elaborations

  • identifying object or action by matching object to word
  • contributing text during shared writing experiences

  VCELA120 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Writing | Language

• VCELA108

  Understand how to make a statement or ask a question

  Elaborations

  • recognising when to ask a question
  • communicating a statement to express an idea
  • communicating a statement to answer a question
  • communicating a statement to ask a simple question

  VCELA108 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA111

  Know that a letter can be the same but look different, including capital and lower-case letters, and match some letters with their sound and name

  Elaborations

  • recognising the individual letters of their name
  • experiencing the individual letters of the alphabet, their name letter and common sounds
  • identifying their name as starting with a capital letter

  VCELA111 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA121

  Copy own name and recognise some of the letters within it, and understand that pausing is presented as a full stop in written text

  Elaborations

  • learning that each letter has two symbols, a capital and lowercase symbol
  • recognising the capital letter of their name in other contexts
  • understanding what a full stop looks like
  • locating full stops in text

  VCELA121 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Writing | Language

• VCELA133

  Identify the sounds within familiar words

  Elaborations

  • identifying the beginning sound of their own name, and in familiar everyday words
  • tapping out a beat to represent the syllables in two and three syllable words including their own name

  VCELA133 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening | Language

• English: Level D achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  Students listen to and use spoken language to acknowledge and answer a person who communicates with them, giving a response of up to three words. Students use some social conventions during social interaction, such as making eye contact, show some understanding of turn taking, use appropriate...

  Level description | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening

• VCELA132

  Use vocabulary in the form of short phrases for a variety of purposes such as to request an object, communicate a need, recount information, or express a feeling

  Elaborations

  • building the vocabulary to label personal interests, experiences and associated objects
  • building vocabulary and images used to label experiences at school including those associated with topics or themes of study

  VCELA132 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELY126

  Review own text and make changes during shared editing

  Elaborations

  • using delete and Caps Lock functions during shared editing of their own typing
  • making alternative selections of images and audio used, including music, during shared editing
  • checking their name, some patterns and symbols for size

  VCELY126 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY127

  Copy and write letters, symbols and numbers

  Elaborations

  • using letters (including letter-like symbols) when 'writing'
  • using a tripod grip to hold and handle writing implements
  • developing finger strength and endurance by holding and handling small objects and materials

  VCELY127 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Writing | Literacy

• VCELA110

  Explore connection between words, objects and images in stories and informative texts

  Elaborations

  • learning that text can provide information about an image
  • understanding that words can be used to describe an image
  • learning that words and images can be used to tell a story about an event

  VCELA110 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Language