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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

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Tell us about the texts you teach: English K–10 Syllabus
We want to hear about the quality texts students read in their study of English K−10.

Content

Early Stage 1

Reading comprehension
Activating word meaning
  • Recognise familiar vocabulary in a Loading 

  • Use known vocabulary to build a Loading  of the content of the text

  • Use known vocabulary to work out or refine the meaning of unknown words

  • Ask or pause to Loading  meaning of unknown words

Understanding and connecting sentences
  • Loading  words that represent who, what, when, where and why in texts

  • Identify conjunctions in a Loading , their meaning and Loading 

  • Understand how Loading  Loading  a Loading  and Loading  identify actions in a Loading 

  • Recognise how the position of words in a sentence changes its meaning

Understanding whole text
  • Understand that Loading  and Loading  have different structures, features and forms

Monitoring comprehension
  • Stop Loading  when a break in comprehension is registered

  • Re-read to check if an error was made

  • Self-correct error using Loading 

  • Ask a Loading  or make a statement to clarify meaning

  • Loading  purpose, type of text or topic from title, illustration, image and/or form

  • Clarify own purpose for reading a text

  • Use Loading  when identifying connections between a text, own life, other texts and/or the world

  • Use visual cues in Loading  to Loading  meaning

Recalling details
  • Recall key Loading , events and/or information in text

  • Recall the sequence of events/information in texts

  • Loading  the relevant ideas from the text

  • Use information or events from different parts of the text to form an opinion

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