AC9E3LY10
Parents start here
Your child is learning to read longer words by finding the base word and its add-ons.
- Read words with common prefixes (dis-, mis-, re-, pre-) and suffixes (-ation, -ous, -ly) by identifying the root word first
- Apply morphological knowledge to attempt unfamiliar words (e.g. recognise 'happy' inside 'unhappiness')
One skill from the map, ages 7–9 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
“understand how to apply knowledge of common base words, prefixes, suffixes and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word to read and comprehend new multimorphemic words”
Official source: Australian Curriculum v9 — English ↗ · Content © ACARA, CC BY 4.0 · unofficial reference — verify at the official site
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
16 other candidate matches — 3 medium, 13 low
medium confidence
low confidence
Spelling Word Lists (age 9+)
Knowing What You Don't Know
Greek and Latin Roots for Word Meaning
Decoding unfamiliar words
Compound Words
Suffixes
Spelling Word Lists (age 7+)
Using a Dictionary to Check Spellings
Root Words & Inflections
Suffixes (age 7+)
Suffixes (age 9+)
Homophones (age 9+)
Word Parts as Clues
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Literacy strand:
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