VC2E5LA08
Parents start here
Your child is learning to learn exact words from different subjects.
- Identify and define academic vocabulary (e.g., compare, contrast, summarise, evidence, interpret) used across multiple subject areas and use these words accurately in discussion and writing
- Determine the meaning of domain-specific words encountered in science, social studies, or maths texts (e.g., ecosystem, democracy, numerator) using context, glossaries, and prior knowledge
One skill from the map, ages 9–11 — 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 5. 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 vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words
expand vocabulary by exploring a range of synonyms and antonyms, and using words encountered in a range of sources
use knowledge of known words, word origins including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
3 other candidate matches — 2 medium, 1 low
medium confidence
low confidence
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Language strand (Level 5):
VC2E5LA01VC2E5LA02VC2E5LA03VC2E5LA04VC2E5LA05VC2E5LA06VC2E5LA07VC2E5LA09
Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.