Learning Map
EnglishWriting Compositionusually ages 5–9

Shared Research Projects

Participate in shared research and writing projects; recall information from experiences or gather information from sources to answer a question

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When your child is given a writing project that involves finding out about something — like an animal or a place — can they look up information and use what they find to write about the topic?

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Builds on
Listening to Texts Read Aloudages 5–10Listening comprehension supports shared research
Writing Process Vocabularyages 5–8Shared research and writing uses 'genre', 'purpose', 'audience', 'plan', and 'draft' vocabulary
Shared Research Projectsthis skill · ages 5–9
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Short Research Projectsages 8–11Independent research extends shared research and writing projects

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 ACARA · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E3LY02low confidenceYear 3 · Literacy

use interaction skills to contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas

AC9E4LY02low confidenceYear 4 · Literacy

listen for key points and information to carry out tasks and contribute to discussions, acknowledging another opinion, linking a response to the topic, and sharing and extending ideas and information

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E4LY01medium confidenceEnglish · Level 4 · Literacy strand
VC2E3LY01low confidenceEnglish · Level 3 · Literacy strand
VC2EFLY14low confidenceEnglish · Foundation · Literacy strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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