VC2EFLY04
Parents start here
Your child is learning to clap the beats in a word — but-ter-fly has three — and use those chunks to help read and spell it.
- Clap out syllables in spoken words (e.g. 'butterfly' = 3 claps)
- Blend syllables to form words (e.g. 'rain' + 'bow' → 'rainbow')
One skill from the map, ages 5–6 — 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, Foundation. 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 — machine-suggested candidates, unreviewed (v0.1).
segment sentences into individual words; orally blend and segment single-syllable spoken words; isolate, blend and manipulate phonemes in single-syllable words (phonological awareness)
orally manipulate phonemes in spoken words by addition, deletion and substitution of initial, medial and final phonemes to generate new words (phonological awareness)
segment words into separate phonemes (sounds) including consonant blends or clusters at the beginnings and ends of words (phonological awareness)
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
high confidence1 skill
1 other candidate match — 1 medium
medium confidence
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Literacy strand (Foundation):
VC2EFLY01VC2EFLY02VC2EFLY03VC2EFLY05VC2EFLY06VC2EFLY07VC2EFLY08VC2EFLY09
Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.