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**PREP-2 SCOPE & SEQUENCE FOR PHONICS, MORPHOLOGY & WORD KNOWLEDGE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM **

The document is 42 pages in length & based on a validated SOR sequence. The difference between this & other sequences is that it combines phonics & morphology as opposed to separate scopes & provides teachers with all spelling, syllable & morphology rules & ideas for activities included as well as a sequence for handwriting. At the end of the sequence for each year are ‘Level Descriptors’ & ‘Achievement Standards’ intended to help teachers make judgements about attainment. Also included are ‘I can statements’ & a comprehensive list of resource links & phonics & morphology glossaries & ideas for investigations.
Key contents

1. Intended for Reading & Spelling:
Many schools have a separate reading & spelling program. I believe that this is a missed opportunity to link encoding & decoding & often leads to students making progress in reading but not with spelling. This scope is therefore designed to teach reading & spelling together. Catherine Snow et al. summarise the real importance of spelling for reading as follows: “Spelling & reading build & rely on the same mental representation of a word. Knowing the spelling of a word makes the representation of it sturdy & accessible for fluent reading.”

**2. Morphology is included in the sequence: **

I have included morphology in this scope & sequence with more emphasis on morphology as the sequence progresses. Morphology is a critical element of successful vocabulary development & accurate decoding by understanding the meaning of prefixes & suffixes & the rules governing syllable division. Awareness of morphology has been shown to be a strong indicator of & positive influence upon reading comprehension (Soifer, 2005).

3. High Frequency & Irregular Words

These words are introduced, for the most part, as the sound spellings are introduced. However, words such as ‘‘the’’ may be introduced before /th/ is covered.

4. Handwriting:

A handwriting scope & sequence is included for each year. I can provide further detailed information, & a policy if schools wish to follow this scheme.

**5. Assessment: **

**6. Teacher Judgements: **

At the end of the sequence for each year are Level Descriptors, Achievement Standards & ‘I can’ statements. Helps teachers make judgements & support/extend students below & above standard.’

Also Includes:

• A ‘Resources’ section with links to websites to support teaching.
• A glossary of terms for phonics and an additional glossary of morphology and etymology terms.
• Ideas for Investigations and examples.
• Suggested Timetable for teaching the Phonics and Word Knowledge Scope and Sequence.

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