AC9E1LY14
Parents start here
Your child is learning to read common words like the, said and you straight away, without stopping to sound them out.
- Read common exception words instantly without sounding out (e.g. 'the', 'said', 'was', 'you')
- Note unusual correspondences between spelling and sound in exception words
One skill from the map, ages 5–8 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
“read and write an increasing number of high-frequency words”
Official source: Australian Curriculum v9 — English ↗ · Content © ACARA, CC BY 4.0 · unofficial reference — verify at the official site