Pre-primary Content Descriptions - Literacy
Texts in context
Identify some familiar texts, such as stories and informative texts, and their purposes
WAPELYT1
For example:
- recognising how a non-fiction text contains information about the real world
- identifying some texts in the environment and recognising their purpose, such as using a poster that explains how to wash your hands
Interacting with others
Interact in informal and structured situations by listening while others speak, including turn-taking and using features of voice, including volume levels
WAPELYI1
Analysing, interpreting and evaluating
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
WAPELYA1
For example:
- recognising features that are imaginative in fiction texts and real-world information in informative texts, such as talking animals in stories compared to an animal encyclopedia
- discussing language typical to a specific text type, such as Once upon a time in fairytales
Read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic and word knowledge, and monitor meaning using context and emerging grammatical knowledge
WAPELYA2
For example:
- using decoding knowledge to read regular VC and CVC words in phonic (decodable) readers
- identifying some high-frequency words and other known words during shared and independent reading
- developing strategies, such as pausing or asking for help, when needing to clarify a sound or word
- beginning to use punctuation when reading, such as pausing at a full stop
Explore comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read
WAPELYA3
For example:
- previewing a text by looking at the images to activate prior knowledge
- asking questions to clarify understanding of a text listened to or viewed
- participating in ‘think alouds’
- summarising a story by recalling some key events in an oral story or film
- visualising a character or setting when listening to a story or poem
- making a connection to a setting in a text to predict what events may occur there
Creating texts
Create written and multimodal texts for a range of purposes, including:
- giving a message
- expressing an opinion
- sending a greeting
- recounting an experience
WAPELYC1
Create and deliver short spoken texts to report ideas and events (real or imagined) to peers, using features, such as appropriate voice modulation
WAPELYC2
Form most lower- and upper-case letters using learnt letter formations and correct starting points and directionality
WAPELYC3
Explore the use of digital tools to create or add to a visual or spoken text
WAPELYC4
For example:
- using a camera or digital device to take a photo for a specific purpose
- recording a spoken story or personal experience of choice onto a tablet