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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation for K–2 from 2023 and 3–10 from 2024
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Content

Stage 1

Phonic knowledge
Single-syllable words
  • Blend grapheme–phoneme correspondences to read CCVCC words, CCCVC words and CCCVCC words and apply this when reading texts

  • Segment and encode one-syllable high-frequency base words with split digraphs and apply this when creating texts

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

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

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

  • Decode words with less common consonant digraphs 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 double consonants when reading texts

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