Public learning track
Print, Texts and Punctuation
Kindergarten · Ela · Australian Curriculum
10 lessons
Goal
Understand how books and screens are organised, recognise different text types, and identify basic punctuation and capital letters.
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Texts Are Everywhere: Signs, Books and Screens
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- 2How Books Are Organised: Covers, Title Page and SpinePremiumNot started yet
- 3Reading Left to Right and Top to BottomNot started yet
- 4Words and Spaces: How Text Is Arranged on a PageNot started yet
- 5Reading Simple Digital Texts on ScreensNot started yet
- 6What Is Punctuation? Full Stops at the EndNot started yet
- 7Capital Letters at the Start of SentencesNot started yet
- 8Capital Letters for People's NamesNot started yet
- 9Capital Letters for Place NamesNot started yet
- 10How Story Books and Information Books Are DifferentNot started yet
Standards Covered
- AC9EFLA03Australian Curriculum (v9) · Ela · Foundation · Kindergartenunderstand that texts can take many forms such as signs, books and digital texts
- AC9EFLA04Australian Curriculum (v9) · Ela · Foundation · Kindergartenunderstand conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple digital texts are usually organised
- AC9EFLA09Australian Curriculum (v9) · Ela · Foundation · Kindergartenidentify 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
- AC9EFLY03Australian Curriculum (v9) · Ela · Foundation · Kindergartenidentify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
Curriculum Framework
Kindergarten · Ela · Australian Curriculum
1
7 lessons
Syllables and Rhymes
Hear and count syllables in spoken words, and recognize, produce, and match rhyming words.
2
9 lessons
Words and Individual Sounds
Identify alliteration, break sentences into words, and blend, segment, and manipulate the individual sounds in single-syllable words.
3
4 lessons
Learning Letters A to F
Recognise upper- and lower-case letters A–F, match them, and say the most common sound each makes.
4
4 lessons
Learning Letters G to L
Recognise upper- and lower-case letters G–L, match them, and say the most common sound each makes.
5
4 lessons
Learning Letters M to R
Recognise upper- and lower-case letters M–R, match them, and say the most common sound each makes.
6
6 lessons
Learning Letters S to Z and Reviewing the Alphabet
Recognise upper- and lower-case letters S–Z, match them, say their most common sounds, review all letters, and distinguish easily confused letters.
7
10 lessons
Print, Texts and Punctuation
Understand how books and screens are organised, recognise different text types, and identify basic punctuation and capital letters.
8
6 lessons
Reading CVC Words
Blend sounds to read simple consonant–vowel–consonant words with each short vowel sound.
9
6 lessons
Writing and Applying CVC Words
Write CVC words by representing each sound with a letter, and apply CVC reading skills in matching, sentences, and word-building activities.
10
10 lessons
Reading and Writing High-Frequency Words
Read and write common high-frequency words quickly and accurately.
11
10 lessons
Spelling Words and Word Parts
Use letter-sound knowledge to spell words and understand that words can be made of more than one meaningful part.
12
10 lessons
Building Sentences
Understand that sentences express ideas and are made of words that work together.
13
8 lessons
Pictures and Words Working Together
Understand how images and words both contribute to meaning in stories and information texts.
14
10 lessons
Vocabulary and Everyday Language
Build vocabulary from familiar contexts and explore how language is used differently depending on who we are talking to.
15
4 lessons
Understanding How Stories Work
Identify different types of stories and recognise their key elements, such as characters, events, and the beginning, middle, and end.
16
6 lessons
Exploring Diverse Stories and Sharing Our Responses
Experience stories from diverse authors and cultures, and learn to share thoughts, feelings, and personal connections about these stories.
17
4 lessons
Playing with Rhythm and Sound in Poems
Explore rhythms and sound patterns in poems, chants, and rhymes, and experiment with noticing and creating your own sound patterns.
18
7 lessons
Letter Formation and Handwriting
Form lower-case and upper-case letters correctly and position them accurately on lines, distinguishing tall letters, small letters, and tails.
19
5 lessons
Shared Writing and Simple Texts
Participate in shared writing and editing of short texts with basic punctuation, and produce a finished short written text.
20
8 lessons
Retelling and Performing Stories
Retell familiar literary texts through play, performance, images or writing, and deliver short spoken texts to peers.
21
7 lessons
Identifying Texts and Their Purposes
Identify familiar text types such as stories and information books and explain what each is for.
22
11 lessons
Reading Decodable Texts
Read decodable and simple authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge and monitor meaning using context and grammar.
23
7 lessons
Making Sense of Texts: Visualising, Predicting, and Connecting
Use visualising, predicting, and connecting strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read.
24
5 lessons
Discussing Texts: Summarising, Questioning, and Sharing
Use summarising and questioning strategies to understand, discuss, and share the meaning of texts listened to, viewed or read.
25
8 lessons
Listening and Interacting with Others
Interact in informal and structured situations by listening while others speak and using features of voice including volume levels.