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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Large Handwriting Charts - Capitals and Lower Case
Print capital and lower case letters displayed on large red and blue handwriting lines.
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Blending Words Fortune Teller Templates
Help students practice blending CVC words with these interactive chatterbox templates.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Matching Activity Pack
Use these uppercase and lowercase matching cut and paste activities to help students identify and name both forms of each letter.
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Rhyming Word Cards
A set of 30 picture cards that can be used to help consolidate students' knowledge of rhyming words.
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Parts of a Book Worksheets
Use these parts of a book worksheets for students to identify the various parts of a book.
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Colour by Sight Word Worksheet Pack
Use this set of colour by sight words worksheets to help students master the tricky elements in each word.
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Dolch Sight Word Flashcards
Use this set of the first 100 Dolch sight words flashcards to help students master through phonics-based understanding and meaningful practice.
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Symbols and Signs Environment Poster Pack
Help your students recognise the world around them with this engaging Symbols and Signs in the Environment Poster Pack!
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Sentence Building Cards and Mat
Use these Sentence Building Cards with Mat to explore the main features of a simple sentence with your Prep students.
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Picture Comprehension Worksheet Pack
Use this engaging Picture Comprehension Worksheet Pack to develop critical thinking and reading skills with your early years students.
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Oral Language Barrier Games
Use these Oral Language Barrier Games to develop oral language skills in the early years classroom.
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Position Words – Interactive Peg Cards
Teach position words with these interactive digital clip cards, designed to help young learners master prepositions.
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Predict What Will Happen Next – Picture Task Cards
Use our Predict What Will Happen Next – Picture Task Cards to practice making predictions with your young learners.
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Pictures for Making Predictions – Clip Card Task Cards
Engage young learners in predicting with these Pictures for Making Predictions Clip Cards, no reading required.
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Beginning Sounds Game Boards
Use these beginning sounds game boards to develop your students' letter-sound correspondence with the alphabet.
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Sock Letter Matching Activity
Match socks together for a great letter matching activity where the lowercase letter, uppercase letter and beginning sounds are matched.
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Beginning Sounds Match Dominoes
Explore letter-sound correspondence and beginning word sounds with this set of 52 letter and picture dominoes.
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The Gingerbread Man Story Sequencing Cards
Teach your students about retelling with this set of printable gingerbread man story sequencing cards.
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CVC Successive Phoneme Blending Task Cards
Help students blend CVC words by using the successive blending technique with this set of easy to use phoneme blending task cards.
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Sight Word Splash Game
Use this collaborative partner game to allow your students to practise reading and writing some of the most common high-frequency words.
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Ar Digraph Words With Images
Learn words that contain the 'ar' digraph with these word and picture flashcards.
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Jack and the Beanstalk Retelling Activity Cards
Teach your students about retelling with this set of sequencing cards for Jack and the Beanstalk.
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5 Finger Retell Classroom Posters
Guide students through the 5 finger retell process with this set of classroom posters and individual student guide.
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Literacy Teaching Toolkit - Sight Word Assessments
Track Dolch sight word mastery with this set of printable assessments and data sheets to add to your literacy teaching toolkit.
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Story Elements Cut and Paste Worksheets – Little Red Riding Hood
Explore story characters, settings and main events with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets based on a well-known fairy tale.
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Create a Silly Story – Sorting Activity
Explore story characters, settings, problems and solutions by creating a silly story!
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Th Word List and Flash Cards
Practice reading and spelling words with the Digraph TH with a list of 50 words and accompanying illustrated flash cards.
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Narrative Settings Teaching Presentation - Hey Diddle Diddle
Engage young readers in texts and learn about setting with an instructional slide deck featuring the Hey Diddle Diddle rhyme.
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The Pink Dump Truck - Decodable Reader (Level 2)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Google Slides Interactive - Features of Print
Use a Google Slides interactive activity to aid beginning readers in recognising print features and concepts of print.
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Initial Sound Peg Cards (Version 1)
An initial sound and fine motor activity for the early years classroom.
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Beginning Sounds Sorting Activity
Practise identifying beginning sounds of words by sorting this set of 24 picture cards.