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Word of the Day

Word of the Day
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Description

Put this display up in your classroom for daily reference. A great way to encourage spelling and vocabulary knowledge in your students.
 

Suitable for
  • Fast Finishers
  • Relief Teachers
  • Parents
Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
  • Class Activity
Curriculum Codes

AC9E3LY11 9

Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter) relationships and less common letter patterns to spell words

AC9E1LY12 9

Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

AC9E4LY09 9

Understand how to use and apply phonological and morphological knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes

AC9EFLY13 9

Use knowledge of letters and sounds to spell words

AC9E1LY13 9

Spell one- and two-syllable words with common letter patterns

AC9EFLY14 9

Read and write some high-frequency words and other familiar words

AC9EFLY15 9

Understand that words are units of meaning and can be made of more than one meaningful part

AC9E6LY08 9

Use phonic knowledge of common and less common grapheme–phoneme relationships to read and write increasingly complex words

AC9E1LY15 9

Recognise and know how to use grammatical morphemes to create word families

AC9E1LY11 9

Use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs to write words, and blend these to read one- and two-syllable words

AC9E6LY09 9

Use knowledge of known words, word origins including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words

AC9E5LY08 9

Use phonic, morphemic and vocabulary knowledge to read and spell words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations

AC9E5LY10 9

Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word

AC9E2LY10 9

Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words

AC9E5LY09 9

Build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations

AC9E4LY11 9

Read and write high-frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling

AC9E4LY10 9

Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns, including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphological word families, common prefixes and suffixes, and word origins, to spell more complex words

AC9E3LY09 9

Understand how to apply knowledge of phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter) relationships, syllables, and blending and segmenting to fluently read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter patterns

AC9EFLY12 9

Write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC

AC9E3LY12 9

Recognise and know how to write most high-frequency words including some homophones

ACELA1455 8.4

Recognise and know how to use simple grammatical morphemes to create word families

ACELA1459 8.4

Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

ACELA1485 8.4

Understand how to use letter-sound relationships and less common letter patterns to spell words

ACELA1438 8.4

Understand how to use knowledge of letters and sounds including onset and rime to spell words

ACELA1458 8.4

Use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant digraphs and consonant blends when writing, and blend these to read single syllable words

ACELA1817 8.4

Know how to read and write some high-frequency words and other familiar words

ACELA1486 8.4

Recognise and know how to write most high frequency words including some homophones

ACELA1825 8.4

Understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations

ACELA1826 8.4

Understand how to apply knowledge of letter-sound relationships, syllables, and blending and segmenting to fluently read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter patterns

ACELA1830 8.4

Understand how to use phonic knowledge and accumulated understandings about blending, letter-sound relationships, common and uncommon letter patterns and phonic generalisations to read and write increasingly complex words

ACELA1778 8.4

Understand how to spell one and two syllable words with common letter patterns

ACELA1779 8.4

Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphemic word families, common prefixes and suffixes and word origins to spell more complex words

ACELA1526 8.4

Understand how to use knowledge of known words, word origins including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words

ACELA1820 8.4

Write consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words by representing some sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC words

ACELA1780 8.4

Read and write a large core of high frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling

ACELA1829 8.4

Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations

ACELA1818 8.4

Understand that words are units of meaning and can be made of more than one meaningful part

ACELA1514 8.4

Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word

ACELA1513 8.4

Understand how to use knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words

ENe-5A old

Demonstrates developing skills in using letters, simple sound blends and some sight words to represent known words when spelling

EN3-4A old

Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts

EN2-4A old

Uses an increasing range of skills, strategies and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on increasingly challenging topics in different media and technologies

EN2-5A old

Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter– sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words

EN1-4A old

Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies

EN1-5A old

Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words

EN3-SPELL-01 new

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

ENE-SPELL-01 new

Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts

ENE-PHOKW-01 new

Uses single-letter grapheme–phoneme correspondences and common digraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts

EN3-RECOM-01 new

Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

EN3-VOCAB-01 new

Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts

EN2-SPELL-01 new

Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts

ENE-VOCAB-01 new

Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts

ENE-REFLU-01 new

Reads decodable texts aloud with automaticity

EN2-RECOM-01 new

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

EN2-REFLU-01 new

Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning

EN2-VOCAB-01 new

Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words

ENE-PHOAW-01 new

Identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts

EN1-RECOM-01 new

Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning

EN1-VOCAB-01 new

Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas

EN1-PHOKW-01 new

Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts

EN1-SPELL-01 new

Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts

VCELA263

Understand how to use letter–sound relationships and less common letter combinations to spell words

VCELA312

Understand how to use banks of known words, syllabification, spelling patterns, word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes, to spell new words, including some uncommon plurals

VCELA191

Recognise and know how to use simple grammatical morphemes in word families

VCELA326

Recognise and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations

VCELA218

Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations

VCELA296

Recognise homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling

VCELA354

Understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, prefixes, suffixes, spelling patterns and generalisations to spell new words, including technical words and words adopted from other languages

VCELA226

Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words

VCELA295

Understand how to use spelling patterns and generalisations including syllabification, letter combinations including double letters, and morphemic knowledge to build word families

VCELA353

Understand how to use phonic knowledge and accumulated understandings about blending, letter–sound relationships, common and uncommon letter patterns and phonic generalisations to recognise and write increasingly complex words

VCELA239

Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters

VCELA182

Understand how to spell one and two syllable words with common letter patterns

VCELA250

Recognise most high-frequency words, know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and know some homophones and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word

VCELA157

Understand that spoken sounds and words can be written and know how to write some high-frequency words and other familiar words including their name

VCELA181

Recognise short vowels, common long vowels and consonant digraphs, and consonant blends

VCELA147

Blend sounds associated with letters when reading consonant-vowel-consonant words

VCELA158

Know how to use onset and rime to spell words where sounds map more directly onto letters

VCELA249

Understand how to apply knowledge of letter–sound relationships, and blending and segmenting to read and use more complex words with less common consonant and vowel clusters

VCELA183

Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound, and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

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