VC2E6LY04
Parents start here
Your child is learning to use old word roots as clues.
- Identify common Greek and Latin roots in unfamiliar words and use root meaning to infer word meaning, e.g. 'aqua' (water) in aquarium/aquatic, 'dict' (say) in predict/dictionary
- Break a multi-morpheme word into prefix + root + suffix to determine meaning, e.g. un- (not) + believe + -able = not able to be believed
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 6. 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).
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
build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations
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
select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, monitoring meaning and evaluating the use of structural features; for example, table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadings
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
8 other candidate matches — 7 medium, 1 low
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Literacy strand (Level 6):
VC2E6LY01VC2E6LY02VC2E6LY03VC2E6LY05VC2E6LY06VC2E6LY07VC2E6LY08VC2E6LY09
Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.