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Syllables

Count, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words; divide written words into syllables as an aid to reading and spelling

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Can your child clap out the syllables in words — two claps for 'pen-cil' or three for 'com-pu-ter' — and split a spoken word into its parts?

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Syllablesthis skill · ages 5–6
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Syllables (age 6+)ages 6–9Multi-syllable decoding requires syllable awareness
Onsets & Rimesages 4–7Syllable awareness builds toward phoneme level
Compound Wordsages 5–8Syllable awareness helps with compound words

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Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E1LY11high confidenceYear 1 · Literacy

use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs to write words, and blend these to read one- and two-syllable words

AC9E1LY09high confidenceYear 1 · Literacy

segment words into separate phonemes (sounds) including consonant blends or clusters at the beginnings and ends of words (phonological awareness)

AC9E1LY13medium confidenceYear 1 · Literacy

spell one- and two-syllable words with common letter patterns

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ENE-PHOAW-01high confidenceEnglish K-10 · Early Stage 1
EN1-SPELL-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E1LY03high confidenceEnglish · Level 1 · Literacy strand
VC2EFLY03high confidenceEnglish · Foundation · Literacy strand
VC2EFLY04high 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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