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• VCELA029

  Encounter words being isolated into onset and rime

  Elaborations

  • reacting to preferred sounds
  • experiencing words that have their onset identified
  • experiencing words with the same onset or rime being linked through word play, stories and songs

  VCELA029 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA099

  Identify the initial sound of a single syllable word

  Elaborations

  • breaking a word into its onset and rime
  • investigating words which share the same onset

  VCELA099 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA077

  Recognise different sounds and their connection to a word or image

  Elaborations

  • refining sound and word formation
  • identifying a familiar word which starts with this a given sound

  VCELA077 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA085

  Know that symbols, words and images can communicate needs

  Elaborations

  • making choices through alternative and augmentative communication, sign, symbol and image selection
  • using language to make requests, greet people, convey basic information about themselves and others
  • using image and sentence strip to communicate a need for example I want… to assist in requesting an object
  • using symbols to label an image

  VCELA085 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Writing | Language

• VCELA073

  Recognise that a group of words can communicate a message

  Elaborations

  • learning to build on spoken sentence starters to communicate a need or want, for example ‘I want … a drink’
  • learning to combine words to convey a message, for example ‘Dad’s car’, ‘throw ball’

  VCELA073 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA063

  Connect sounds and words and match them to objects

  Elaborations

  • learning about the connection between everyday images and objects
  • learning about the connection between everyday objects and their name
  • exploring different sounds and words and their connection to objects and people
  • exploring sounds and words by imitating and making approximations of words

  VCELA063 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELY082

  Recognise that images, words and symbols convey meaning

  Elaborations

  • identifying and labelling pictorial representations of familiar objects, events and activities
  • identifying some personally significant words, symbols and images

  VCELY082 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCITC010

  Create a personal or shared record of ‘interesting’ words in Italian

  Elaborations

  • collecting Italian and English words that are the same (for example, banana or similar, for example, pigiama
  • collecting Italian words used in English, for example, ciao, opera, pasta, spaghetti
  • creating a picture dictionary

  VCITC010 | Languages | Italian | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating

• VCLVU146

  Notice that languages borrow words from each other

  Elaborations

  • noticing Aboriginal words and phrases used in everyday Australian life, for example, koala, euro, billabong, dingo
  • recognising that some words in the language have come from other languages
  • recognising words in English that have been borrowed from other languages

  VCLVU146 | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCVIC113

  Translate and interpret familiar Vietnamese words, phrases and expressions

  Elaborations

  • interpreting/translating greetings and other learnt words and phrases from Vietnamese into English, for example, cảm ơn (thanks), tạm biệt (goodbye), chào (hello), xin lỗi (sorry)
  • sharing familiar Vietnamese phrases and expressions with friends and interpreting their meaning, for example, Ngày mai gặp lại. Em tên gì? Em tên (là) Nam. Em bao nhiêu tuổi? Em bảy tuổi. Không có chi/gì
  • using Vietnamese and English to name familiar objects and conduct simple conversations, translating when necessary to help others understand
  • playing matching games with Vietnamese and English words from Big Books and picture books in print or digital form

  VCVIC113 | Languages | Vietnamese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating

• VCZHU012

  Understand that Chinese sentences have a particular word order

  Elaborations

  • replacing words in modelled sentences to express a personal meaning, for example, replacing 弟弟 in 我有弟弟 with 妹妹 to say 我有妹妹
  • stating the subject of a sentence, for example, 我爱妈妈 is about ‘I’, and 妈妈爱我 is about ‘Mum’
  • recognising that simple statements in Chinese tend to follow English word order, but that questions do not, for example, ‘Do you have a cat?’ versus 你有猫吗？
  • recognising that sometimes the verb ‘to be’ is left out in Chinese sentences, for example, 我五岁 rather than 我是五岁

  VCZHU012 | Languages | Chinese | Second Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCEALA225

  Use home language to express ideas

  Elaborations

  • writing in home language script or transliterating the sound of a home language word in Roman letters when the English word is unknown
  • asking language peers to explain the meaning of a home language word when asked by the teacher, for example by pointing, drawing or using known language

  VCEALA225 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCELY195

  Reread student's own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation

  Elaborations

  • adding or deleting words on page or screen to improve meaning, for example adding an adjective to a noun
  • reading own work aloud to listen for grammatical correctness: checking use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
  • checking for inclusion of capital letters and full stops
  • identifying words which might not be spelt correctly
  • beginning to use dictionaries and classroom charts to check and correct spelling of less familiar words

  VCELY195 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Writing | Literacy

• VCEALC503

  Read short, familiar texts

  Elaborations

  • identifying letters, numbers, words and logos on signs and labels
  • reading aloud short passages from own writing, texts written by a teacher, or a familiar text used in class

  VCEALC503 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL372

  Develop a small range of skills to create and navigate a simple digital text, including multimodal and interactive texts

  Elaborations

  • typing in letters and words, copying from a print text or typing short original texts
  • following step-by-step instructions to navigate a digital text using menu items or links

  VCEALL372 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL522

  Interpret basic punctuation and spacing

  Elaborations

  • identifying common punctuation, such as full stops, question marks
  • counting words in a sentence or on a line, based on spacing
  • using capital letters and full stops to identify and count sentences in a text

  VCEALL522 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL451

  Create, edit and navigate a simple digital text, including visual, multimodal and interactive texts

  Elaborations

  • editing texts in simple ways, including deleting or inserting letters, words, punctuation and symbols
  • recognising icons used for common functions, such as search, download or print
  • reading menus or links in order to navigate a website

  VCEALL451 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL081

  Use some conventions for printed English

  Elaborations

  • using conventional pencil grip when forming letters and numbers
  • writing from left to right and top to bottom
  • leaving a space between words
  • using ruled lines to guide writing on the page

  VCEALL081 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL239

  Demonstrate basic keyboard skills

  Elaborations

  • identifying basic letters, numbers, symbols and punctuation marks on a keyboard
  • placing a cursor in the correct position on a document page
  • using a mouse to scroll through a document
  • copying basic words from a text

  VCEALL239 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELA239

  Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters

  Elaborations

  • listening for and recognising different sounds in words during shared reading and read alouds including short vowels ('a' as in can), long vowels ('o' as in pony) and separate sounds in letter clusters ('s-t-r' in strap)

  VCELA239 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Speaking and Listening | Language