This five-point rubric evaluates students’ ability to recognise and apply phonic, morphemic, and vocabulary knowledge. It assesses understanding of letter patterns, spelling accuracy, pronunciation awareness, and engagement with the assessment. Clear descriptors support consistent grading for middle primary learners.
Use phonic, morphemic and vocabulary knowledge to read and spell words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations
Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations
Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words
Recognise and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations