English / Year 2 / Language / Phonics and word knowledge

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Curriculum content descriptions

Use knowledge of letter patterns and morphemes to read and write high-frequency words and words whose spelling is not predictable from their sounds (ACELA1823)

Elaborations
  • using known words in writing and spelling unknown words using morphemic knowledge of letter patterns and morphemes, for example the words ‘sometimes’, ‘something’ and ‘anything’
  • using known words in writing and spelling unknown words using morphemic knowledge of letter patterns and morphemes, for example the words ‘one’, ‘once’, ‘only’ and ‘lone’
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Sight words,  Morphemes

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