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VC2E5LY04

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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')
Prefixes and suffixes →

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).

EnglishLevel 5Literacy strandPhonic and word knowledge

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).

AC9E5LY09high confidenceEnglish · Year 5 · Literacy

build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations

AC9E6LY09high confidenceEnglish · Year 6 · Literacy

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

AC9E4LY10high confidenceEnglish · Year 4 · Literacy

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

AC9E5LY04✓ same numberinglow confidenceEnglish · Year 5 · Literacy

navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming

Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).

10 other candidate matches — 5 medium, 5 low

medium confidence

Spellings from Greek, French and LatinSpelling & Word Studyages 8–10 Prefixes (age 7+)Spelling & Word Studyages 7–10 Greek and Latin Roots for Word MeaningVocabularyages 9–11 Applying Spelling Rules to Complex WordsSpelling & Word Studyages 11–14 Silent Letters in WordsSpelling & Word Studyages 9–10

low confidence

Root Words & InflectionsVocabularyages 6–9 Suffixes (age 9+)Spelling & Word Studyages 9–10 Spelling Word Lists (age 7+)Spelling & Word Studyages 7–9 Antonyms & SynonymsVocabularyages 9–11 Spelling -able & -ibleSpelling & Word Studyages 9–10

Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.

Nearby in the Literacy strand (Level 5):
VC2E5LY01VC2E5LY02VC2E5LY03VC2E5LY05VC2E5LY06VC2E5LY07VC2E5LY08VC2E5LY09

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