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 

• respond to spoken questions

• use oral language to make requests and express needs

• use short phrases and simple sentences when speaking (SpK1)

Vocabulary

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

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

• experiment with and create wordplay and poems

Reading comprehension

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

• identify words that represent who, what, when, where and why in texts

• understand how adjectives describe a noun and verbs identify actions in a sentence

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

Creating written texts

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

• create written texts that describe, give an opinion, recount an event, convey a story

• use personal vocabulary, words on display and in mentor texts when constructing sentences

• know that a simple sentence makes sense by itself and is a complete thought represented by a subject and verb (GrA3)

• understand that punctuation is a feature of written language and how it impacts meaning

• use a capital letter to start a sentence and a full stop to end a sentence (PuN2) (CrT5)

• use drawing, images or mind maps to support planning and writing (CrT4)

Understanding and responding to literature