Crocodile beat
General Capabilities evident throughout this unit include Literacy and Critical and Creative Thinking.
Content descriptions below link to Australian Curriculum: Foundation (English).
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Language Text structure and organisation |
Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters; recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentences (ACELA1432) (ENe-9B) |
| Expressing and developing ideas |
Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas (ACELA1435) (ENe-9B) Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaning (ACELA1434) (ENe-9B) Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts (ACELA1786) (ENe-8B) Understand the use of vocabulary in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school (ACELA1437) (ENe-8B) |
| Phonics and word knowledge | Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (ACELA1439) (ENe-4A) |
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Literature Literature and context |
Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences (ACELT1575) (ENe-11D) |
| Responding to literature | Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts (ACELT1783) (ENe-10C) |
| Examining Literature |
Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text (ACELT1578) (ENe-8B) Replicate the rhythms and sound patterns in stories, rhymes, songs and poems from a range of cultures (ACELT1579) (ENe-10C) |
| Creating Literature | Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images (ACELT1580) (ENe-10C) |
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Literacy Interacting with others |
Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations (ACELY1646) (ENe-1A) Use interaction skills including listening while others speak, using appropriate voice levels, articulation and body language, gestures and eye contact (ACELY1784) (ENe-1A) |
| Creating texts | Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge (ACELY1651) (ENe-2A) |