Australian Curriculum V9 English
Bring Australian Curriculum V9 to your English lesson plans with teacher-created worksheets, games, hands-on activities and more teaching resources aligned to the latest version of the Australian curriculum!
This robust resource collection comes from the expert English teachers of Teach Starter, who have applied the changes made to the F–10 Australian Curriculum in version 9.0 to our popular resources and added even more printable and digital options for teachers!
Curious about what's new for English teachers in V9? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
Changes to English in Version 9.0
ACARA has called version 9 a "more stripped-back and teachable curriculum," and English teachers will notice there's more of an emphasis on phonics instruction than ever before.
Here are some other important changes that have come in the latest Aus curriculum, as well as some things that have remained the same!
- There's more of a cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.
- References to 'predictable texts' and the '3-cueing system' have been removed from the new curriculum, along with 'combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge.' Year 1 teachers will notice that the term 'visual memory' is also gone from mentions of reading and writing high-frequency words.
- The three strands of Language, Literature and Literacy remain as organisers.
- Content descriptors that deal with students learning word level knowledge and reading no longer appear in the 'Language' section. Instead, you will find them in the 'Literacy' section.
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Phoneme Deletion Task Cards
Delete phonemes to form new words with this set of 16 task cards.
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Personal Pronouns Peg Cards
Use these personal pronouns peg cards in your early years classroom when teaching students about parts of speech.
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Possessive Pronouns Sorting Activity
Use this sorting activity in your grammar lessons to teach your students about possessive pronouns.
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Paralympic Sport -Trace and Colour Booklet
Teach your littlest learners about the Paralympic Games with a printable Trace and Colour Handwriting Booklet.
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Onset and Rime Sandcastle Matching Activity
Match up the onset, rime and picture in this activity to create sandcastles.
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Onset and Rime Short U Interactive
Practise onset and rime words that contain the short U vowel sound with this interactive activity for the early years classroom.
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Sports – Digital Report Writing Activity
Use this digital writing scaffold to model the purpose and structural elements of informational writing.
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Onset and Rime Short I Interactive
Practise onset and rime words that contain the short I vowel sound with this interactive activity for the early years classroom.
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Onset and Rime Word Ladder Worksheet Pack
Climb the virtual ladder of onset and rime knowledge with this set of onset and rime worksheets.
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Onset and Rime Flipbooks
Flip through different short vowel onset and rime words with this set of printable flipbooks.
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My Paralympic Hero - Athlete Bio Templates
Empower your students to learn about and honour remarkable Paralympic Athletes with these easy-to-use athlete bio templates – ideal for Years 1-5.
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Short I Word Families Flashcards
Use these word families flashcards to help familiarise your students with words that contain the short i vowel sound.
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The Easter Bunny – Easter Poem Poster
Use this Easter Bunny poem for kids as a basis for some Easter fun in your classroom!
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Onset and Rime Short O Teaching Slides
Learn about onset and rime and the different short vowel o onset and rime words with this vibrant set of teaching slides
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Onset and Rime Short A Teaching Slides
Learn about onset and rime and the different short vowel u onset and rime words with this vibrant set of teaching slides.
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Onset and Rime Short U Teaching Slides
Learn about onset and rime and the different short vowel u onset and rime words with this vibrant set of teaching slides.
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Onset and Rime Short E Teaching Slides
Learn about onset and rime and the different short vowel e onset and rime words with this vibrant set of teaching slides.
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Onset and Rime Slide Activity
Practise matching onset and rime to create words in this fun slider activity.
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Snowball Onset and Rime Puzzle
Enhance your phonics lessons with a set of snowball-themed onset and rime puzzles.
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Contractions Folding Cards
Practise making contractions using this set of foldable contraction cards.
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Contractions Poster Pack
Display these contraction posters in the classroom to help students remember the different contractions.
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Contractions Cupcake Matching Activity
Practise matching contractions with their words using this fun cupcake match-up.
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L-Blends Blending Flashcards
Practise blending l-blends with this set of blending l word cards.
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R-Blends Blending Flashcards
Practise blending r-blends with this set of blending r word cards.
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Consonant Digraph WR Interactive
Engage students in practising their learning around the consonant digraph of ‘wr’ with this fun building site-themed interactive activity.
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Compound Words Folding Task Cards
Build vocabulary skills and help your students practise forming compound words with a pack of compound word shutter-fold task cards.
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Mini-Compound Word Anchor Charts - Vocabulary Display
Give your students a visual reminder of the meanings and parts of compound words with a printable set of miniature compound word anchor charts.
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Compound Words - Noun Puzzle Pops Match-Up
‘Pop’ in a bit of extra practise with compound words with a fun set of Compound Word Puzzle Pops!
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Compound Words - Word Mats
Introduce your students to a variety of new compound nouns with a pack of levelled Compound Word Mats.
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Gumball Compound Words Worksheet
Help your students learn to read and identify compound nouns with a printable colour-by-code worksheet.
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Compound Words With Pictures - Word Wall
Combine words to make compound words and boost vocabulary skills with a printable combining words word wall.s.
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Days of the Week Word Scramble
Unscramble the names of the days in a week with a printable word scramble worksheet!