Foundation English Scope and Sequence
READING AND VIEWING LANGUAGE
Text Structure &
Expressing &
Sound & Letter
Organisation
Developing Ideas
Knowledge
Story/text forms &
Sentence express
Recognize lower
purposes
ideas.
and upper-case
Concepts of print
Word-grammar to
letters
screen
make meaning.
Features of print
Words & Images
leading to meaning.
READING AND VIEWING LITERATURE
Literature &
Responding to
Examining
Context
Literature
Literature
Compare authors
N/A
Features of texts.
to own
Retell events.
experiences
(connections to
self).
Writing Language
READING AND VIEWING LITERACY
Texts in Context
Interpreting, Analysing, Evaluating Texts
Identify familiar
texts/contexts
Writing Literature
Difference between imaginative and
informative texts.
Phrasing and fluency in predictable texts.
Use strategies to understand texts (read
and viewed).
Writing Literacy
Text Structure & Organisation
Expressing & Developing Ideas
Creating Literature
Texts in Context
Difference between written and oral
language.
Capital letters & full stops.
Sentence & Cause level grammar
Word level grammar
Vocabulary
Letters make words.
Record sight words, onset and rime to spell
words.
Retell familiar texts through performance,
illustration and image.
Create short texts.
Shared editing – meaning, spelling,
capitals and full-stops.
Produce some upper and lowercase
letters formations.
Language Variation &
Change
-English one of many
languages (even by
classmates/community)
Speaking & Listening Language
Language for
Expressing &
Interaction
Developing Ideas
-Formal/Informal
-Everyday
language
experience &
-Home vs. School
personal interests language.
vocabulary
-Expressing needs,
likes & dislikes.
Experiment & adapt
Sound & Letter
Knowledge
-Recognize
rhymes,
syllables
(spoken)
Literature & Context
N/A
Speaking & Listening Literature
Responding to
Examining
Literature
Literature
-Identify favorite
N/A
stories, authors &
illustrators.
-Share feelings
about events and
characters.
Interpreting, Analysing,
Evaluating Texts
Constructs texts using word
processing including images.
Texts and contexts in which they
are used.
Examining
Literature
-Replicate
rhythms & sounds
-Patterns
-Rhymes, poems
& songs from a
range of cultures.
S & L Literacy
Interacting with Others
-Listen/respond to texts
& classmates.
-Informal/structured
-Voice level, articulation,
and body language.
-Give short oral
presentations.