Literacy Program Aspect of Phonics

Centre for Excellence

National Partnership on Improving Teaching Quality

T1

T2

T3

T4

Phonics

Recognise sound-letter matches including silent letters

Recognise common sounds for vowel digraphs

Blend initial consonants with common vowel patterns or word families

Recognise that common suffixes in words can have different sounds eg. wanted, talked

Use syllabification when reading

Phonem

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waren

Manipulate sounds (add, delete and swap) to generate new words eg. swap the /p/ in spin with /k/

STAGE 1 Phonics Learning Intentions

Learning intentions have been drawn from the following sources: Syllabus, Literacy Continuum, NAPLAN question descriptors, various school programs and teacher knowledge