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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

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Tell us about the texts you teach: English K–10 Syllabus
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Stage 1

Phonic knowledge
Single-syllable words
  • Loading  Loading  to read CCVCC words, CCCVC words and CCCVCC words and apply this when Loading  Loading 

  • Loading  and Loading  one-syllable Loading  Loading  with Loading  and apply this when creating texts

  • Segment and encode CCVCC words, CCCVC words and CCCVCC words and apply this when creating texts

  • Blend and Loading  one-syllable words with taught extended vowel graphs and Loading , including Loading  for r-controlled vowels and Loading , and apply this when reading texts

  • Segment and encode one-syllable words with taught vowel graphs, digraphs and Loading  and apply this when creating texts

  • Decode words with less common Loading  and apply this when reading texts

  • Decode words with trigraphs and quadgraphs and apply this when reading texts

Multisyllabic words
  • Blend and decode 2-syllable words with taught vowel graphs, digraphs, trigraphs and quadgraphs, including graphemes for r-controlled vowels and diphthongs and apply this when reading texts

  • Decode 2-syllable base words with common Loading  when reading texts

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