Feeling of not understanding
Notice the feeling of not understanding — recognise when something is confusing rather than reading or listening past it
How to tell they’ve got it
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If your child is reading or listening and something doesn't make sense, do they notice and say so — rather than carrying on as if they understood?
Where this sits on the map
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Builds on
Asking for Helpages 5–6Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
Feeling of not understandingthis skill · ages 6–7
Unlocks
Trying a New Approachages 7–8Strategy switching is triggered by noticing the current approach isn't working — requires comprehension monitoring
Exploring Ideas Through Talkages 4–6Using talk to explore ideas and speculate requires noticing what you don't yet understand — the comprehension-monitoring habit in a spoken register
Asking scientific questionsages 5–8Asking scientific questions is the science-domain expression of the universal comprehension-monitoring habit: noticing what you don't yet understand
Naming Your Feelingsages 5–6Naming what you are feeling is emotional comprehension monitoring — the universal habit of noticing what's happening inside applied to emotional experience
Reading for Meaningages 5–6Understanding that reading means making meaning is the English-domain grounding of the universal habit of noticing when you don't understand
Responding to Writing Feedbackages 5–7Noticing when your own writing doesn't make sense requires the universal comprehension-monitoring habit applied to one's own text
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
This skill aligns to ACARA’s General Capabilities rather than a learning-area code.