VC2E4LY04
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).
A Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 content description in English, Level 4. The description text is © VCAA and not reproduced here — read the official wording at the VCAA site.
Official source: Victorian Curriculum F–10 V2.0 — English ↗ · content © VCAA (CC-BY-NC) · codes shown as reference labels only
Closest Australian Curriculum v9 codes
The national codes this Victorian code most closely corresponds to — ✓ marks codes where Victoria kept the national numbering; all correspondences are machine-suggested candidates, unreviewed (v0.1).
understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns, including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphological word families, common prefixes and suffixes, and word origins, to spell more complex words
build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations
understand how to use and apply phonological and morphological knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes
read different types of texts, integrating phonic, semantic and grammatical knowledge to read accurately and fluently, re-reading and self-correcting when needed
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
12 other candidate matches — 6 medium, 6 low
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Literacy strand (Level 4):
VC2E4LY01VC2E4LY02VC2E4LY03VC2E4LY05VC2E4LY06VC2E4LY07VC2E4LY08VC2E4LY09
Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.