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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Learn to Read Short I - Daily Phonics for Kids
Teach your students to read short I words with a daily digital phonics teaching presentation.
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Phoneme Segmentation - Count and Hook Cards
Help students gain mastery in phoneme segmentation with these hands-on count and hook task cards.
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Rainbow Alphabet Display - Animals
Display these rainbow-themed alphabet posters with animals in your classroom.
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Learn to Read Short E - Daily Phonics for Kids
Immerse your students in the short 'e' vowel sound with this comprehensive series of phonics activities.
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Onset and Rime - Interactive Peg Cards
Form words by blending onsets and rimes using this interactive Google Slides activity.
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Capitalise It! Task Cards
Reinforce capitalisation of proper nouns, the pronoun ‘I’ and the beginning of sentences with this set of task cards.
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Feelings and Emotions Match-Up Activity
Help students to recognise and identify their feelings and emotions with this interactive match-up activity.
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How Are You Feeling Today? Poster
Help students to recognise and identify their feelings and emotions with this colourful classroom display poster.
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Glorious Grammar (Early Years) Volume 1 – Worksheet Book
A workbook packed with 50 grammar activities for younger years.
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Weekend Recount Worksheet
A worksheet for younger students to use when writing a weekend recount.
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My Pop! - Read and Respond Worksheet
A cute narrative with accompanying worksheet.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Single Graphemes (Set 2)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Where Is My Hat? – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Foundation magazine (Issue 1).
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Initial Sound Peg Cards (Version 2)
An initial sound and fine motor activity for younger students.
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That Time! – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Foundation magazine (Bonus Issue).
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Messy Moments – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Foundation magazine (Issue 3).
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Recommended Books: Lower Years
A list of recommended books for lower years created by award-winning teacher-librarian Megan Daley.
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Segmenting and Blending Mats
A set of beautifully designed templates for students to practise blending and segmenting words.
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Decodable Text Worksheets - Single Graphemes (Set 1)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Identifying Short Vowel Sounds Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive quiz to practise identifying short vowel sounds in words.
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5 Fun Facts About Cats - Read and Respond Worksheet
A '5 fun facts ...' information sheet and worksheet.
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School Font Tracing Alphabet with Arrows
Full page upper and lower case alphabet letters with arrows for tracing.
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Simple Recounts - Writing Scaffold
A simple scaffolding worksheet to use when writing a recount.
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Sight Word Bingo - Year 1
Practise knowledge of sight words with this set of 16 bingo cards suitable for Grade 1.
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Fiction or Non-Fiction? Cut and Paste Worksheet
Use this fiction and non-fiction worksheet when teaching your students about the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts.
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Features of a Book Cover Poster
A poster highlighting the main features of the front cover of a book.
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Recognising Feelings Flashcards
Improve your students' emotional literacy with this set of feelings flashcards.
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Reading Detectives Name Tags
8 colourful reading detective name tags to assign students during guided reading sessions.
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Alphabet Matching Caterpillar Activity
A vibrant and fun activity to teach lower case and upper case to young children.
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Handwriting Sheet - Days of the Week
A handwriting sheets for the days of the week.
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Handwriting Posters - Dirt, Grass and Sky Background
Handwriting posters using a dirt, grass and sky background.
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Writing Lower Case Letters
Students practice writing the lower case letter next to the provided capital letter.