Content Points and National Literacy Learning Progression

Oral language and communication

ENE-OLC-01 – communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults 

• understand how the most common inflected word forms affect the meanings of words

• ask questions using who, what, when, where, why or how

• use regular past tense verbs when speaking

• use irregular past tense verbs when speaking

• tell a story or information to peers or adults using oral language (SpK3)

Vocabulary

ENE-VOCAB-01 – understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts

• understand and use words to describe shape, size, texture, position, numerical order, time and seasons (SpK3, CrT3)

• identify, name and describe a range of objects, characters, animals, people and places when given visual and/or auditory prompts (GrA1)

Reading comprehension

ENE-RECOM-01 – comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect

• use visual cues in multimodal texts to interpret meaning

• recall the sequence of events/information in texts

Understanding and responding to literature

ENE-UARL-01 – understands and responds to literature read to them 

• dentify aspects of their own world represented in texts (UnT4)

• understand that narrative can be real or imagined

• identify, discuss and compare the beginning, middle and end in a range of narratives

• experiment with using parts and/or features of a narrative, innovating from a mentor text 

Creating written texts

ENE-CWT-01 – creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences 

• identify how visual cues contribute to the meaning of a text

• identify and discuss how creative language and/or symbols enhance enjoyment in texts

• experiment with using parts and/or features of a narrative, innovating from a mentor text

Reading comprehension

ENE-RECOM-01 – comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect 

• use visual cues in multimodal texts to interpret meaning (UnT5)

• recall the sequence of events/information in texts (UnT5)

Spelling

ENE-SPELL-01 – applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts 

• combine phonological, phonic, orthographic and morphemic knowledge to spell taught high-frequency irregular words comprising up to 3 phonemes (SpG5)

• know that the digraphs zz, ss, ll, ff and ck do not usually start a word in Standard Australian English

• experiment with the tense-marking suffixes to spell familiar base verbs (SpG5)

Handwriting