AC9EFLA09
Official content description
identify punctuation as a feature of written text different from letters; recognise that capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters also signal the beginning of sentences while punctuation marks signal the end
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What Foundation English students should achieve
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- They use language features including words and phrases from learning and texts.
- They share thoughts and preferences, retell events and report information or key ideas to an audience.
- They name the letters of the English alphabet and know and use the most common sounds (phonemes) represented by these letters (graphs).
- They listen for and identify rhymes, letter patterns and sounds (phonemes) in words.
- They retell, report information and state their thoughts, feelings and key ideas.
- They orally blend and segment phonemes in single-syllable words.
The Language progression either side of AC9EFLA09
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Builds towards · Year 1
- AC9E1LA01understand how language, facial expressions and gestures are used to interact with others when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands
- AC9E1LA02explore language to provide reasons for likes, dislikes and preferences
- AC9E1LA03explore how texts are organised according to their purpose, such as to recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain
Other Foundation Language codes
- AC9EFLA01explore how language is used differently at home and school depending on the relationships between people
- AC9EFLA02explore different ways of using language to express preferences, likes and dislikes
- AC9EFLA03understand that texts can take many forms such as signs, books and digital texts
- AC9EFLA04understand conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple digital texts are usually organised
- AC9EFLA05recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas
- AC9EFLA06recognise that sentences are made up of groups of words that work together in particular ways to make meaning
- AC9EFLA07explore the contribution of images and words to meaning in stories and informative texts
- AC9EFLA08recognise and develop awareness of vocabulary used in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school
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