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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Story Basics: Narrative Features - Teaching Presentation
Use this interactive teaching presentation to introduce your early years students to the basic features of stories.
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Alphabet Letter Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students' knowledge of uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Syllable Peg Cards
A hands-on syllable activity for lower years that helps to develop syllable recognition.
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I Spy - Oral Language Activity
A fun activity to encourage the development of oral language.
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Foundation Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 2)
Issue 2 of our beautifully designed, 16-page reading magazine specifically designed for Foundation students.
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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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Types of Characters - Poster
Remind students about the types of characters that can be found in stories with this colourful classroom poster.
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Ant - Decodable Reader (Level 1)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Blue Lush Leaves-Themed Editable Desk Name Plates
Create individualised nature-inspired Blue Lush Leaves-themed desk name plates for your students this school year.
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Rainbow Alphabet Display - Animals
Display these rainbow-themed alphabet posters with animals in your classroom.
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Phoneme Segmentation Task Cards - CVC Words
Segment initial, middle and end sounds with this set of 20 CVC word task cards.
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Rhyming Match – Worksheets
Identify rhyming words through images with this set of 5 worksheets.
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Parts of Speech Poster
A poster introducing students to nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and adverbial phrases.
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Letter Ff - Alphabet Worksheet
An activity worksheet to use in the classroom when learning about phonics and the letter F.
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Animal Alphabet Display Posters
An A to Z of animals in 26 vibrant posters.
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Spider Writing Worksheets - Year 1
Differentiate writing instruction in year 1 with a group of leveled informational writing prompts about spiders
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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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CVCC and CCVC Word Chain Ladders - Worksheets
Build word chains with CVCC and CCVC words using this set of printable phonics worksheets.
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How Does It End? – Final Sounds Match-Up Activity
Consolidate your students' understanding of end sounds with this set of 15 task cards.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Matching
A set of four pages for practicing uppercase and lowercase letter recognition.
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Initial Sound Recognition Worksheets (Lower Case) – Complete Set a–z
A set of colouring activities to develop letter recognition and phonemic awareness.
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Alphabet Playdough Mats
A set of playdough mats where students write and form letters in playdough.
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CVC Words Bingo
Thirty-two bingo cards using CVC words.
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Alphabet Writing Rhymes - Teaching Slides
Use these fun alphabet writing rhymes to help students learn to write the letters of the alphabet.
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Word Twist – Word Building Game
Encourage word building in your classroom with this fun Boggle-style game!
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No Naps, Nan! - Decodable Reader (Level 1)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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I Am Stan - Decodable Reader (Level 1)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Insect-themed Editable Desk Name Plates
Create individualised desk name plates using this editable Insect-themed desk name plate template..
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CVC Phoneme Manipulation Worksheets - Short O
Manipulate the individual phonemes in 'short o' CVC words to create new words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Rhyme Time – Match-Up Activity
A set of 32 match-up cards for students to practise rhyming.
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A Whale's Tale - Simple Rhyming Poetry Poster
A simple rhyming poem perfect for developing knowledge of phonics and a love of reading and writing poetry.
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‘You’ Sight Word Little Book
A little book with activities for the word ‘you’.