Early Stage One

Kinder

Spelling Scope and

Sequence

A. Communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing

and representing*

ENe-5A
Demonstrates developing
skills in using letters,
simple sound blends and
some sight words to
represent known words
when

NSW Syllabus
ENe-4A demonstrates developing skills and strategies
to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts
on familiar topics in different media and technologies

Literacy Continuum
Phonics

Phonemic Awareness

Spelling (Writing)

Cluster One
Cluster 1
Cluster 3
o Identifies one letter that
o Repeats familiar rhyming
o Writes a recognisable
is the same in two words.
verses, chants and jingles.
sentence, words may not
[Best Start]
o Notices that some words
be spelled correctly, some
o segment simple words into separate sounds
o Identifies some letter
evidence of sentence
rhyme in verses, chants
(phonemes)
punctuation.
names, e.g. first letter of
and jingles.
o say the first and end sound in a word
o
Vocalises words to
own
name.
o
Beginning
to
identify
o recognise words that begin with the same sound
approximate spelling.
words that start with the
Cluster 2
(eg pat, pin) or a given sound (eg clap when you
o
Begins to develop a
same
initial
sound.
o Identifies two or more
hear a word beginning with m)
simple writing vocabulary,
letters that are the same Cluster 2
o blend two or three sounds to make a word
including some high
o Identifies rhyming words
in words. [Best Start]
o know the names of the letters of the alphabet
frequency words and
o
Identifies
some
letters
on some occasions. [Best
o say the most common sounds for all the lower
words of personal
Start]
that are the same in more
case letters
significance.
o Identifies words that
than one context. [Best
o recognise that the same letter may be printed in
Start]
start with the same
upper and lower case
Cluster 4
o
Names some letters in a
initial sound on some
o identify most of the sounds and name all letters in
o Writes one or more simple
occasions. [Best Start]
given word. [Best Start]
a given word
sentences; some words
o Says the word when
o Says one of the sounds
o blend up to three sounds, eg to form vc (eg at)
spelled correctly, most
teacher models
for letters in a given word.
and cvc (eg sit) spoken and written words
letters formed correctly
onset/rime, e.g. teacher
[Best Start]
o use knowledge of letters and sounds (including in
and evidence of sentence
says mmmm/at, child
initial, medial and final positions) to decode words o Writes approximate letters
punctuation.
says mat.
for some sounds.
o Attempts to spell high
o Segments spoken
Cluster 3
frequency words that
multisyllabic words into
o
Identifies
all
letters
that
Ene-5A demonstrates developing skills in using letters,
have been taught.
syllables, e.g. ba/na/na
are the same in more
simple sound blends and some sight words to represent
when clapping.
than one context. [Best
known words when spelling
Cluster 3
Start]
o Consistently identifies
o Names most letters in a
o identify patterns in words leading to the
words that rhyme. [Best
given word. [Best Start]
identification of word families
Start]
o Says some of the sounds
o know that letters are used to represent sounds
for letters in a given word. o Consistently identifies
when writing words
words that start with the
[Best Start]
same initial sound. [Best
o Blends up to three sounds
Start]
in words when reading.
o Provides a word starting
o Writes letters to
with a given sound.
correspond with single
o Orally blends two and
letter sounds.

Based on PM Words, K-6 Spelling document & NSW English Syllabus for Australian Curriculum

Yearly Overview
High Frequency Words
Phonological
am
in
a
an
is
after
and
it
be
at
mum
by
boy
on
cold
big
of
do
but
play
I
can
sad
give
dad
see
go
get
up
good
girl
us
happy
has
wind
have
yes
he
A
C
F
H
all
car
for
her
away
catch
here
come
G
home
B
goes
back
D
going
I
bad
day
Im
bed
down
into
book
Additional words from concepts will be included
e.g. animals- pet, dog, spider, duck bird
Phonological Words
ad- Dad, sad, bad
ed - bed, red, fed
id- led, hid, did
ag- bag, rag, wag
eg- leg, beg, peg
ig- big, pig, dig
am- jam, ham, ram
en- ten, men, hen
in win, pin, bin
an-can, ran, fan
et- get, wet, pet
ip- lip, sip, hip
ap- tap, gap, map
it- hit, sit, fit
at-cat, fat, hat, sat
Etymological Knowledge
Abbreviations such as
TV (television: tele-far
phone ( telephone: phone- sound

Visual
kick
like
lived
little
love
me
my
name
new
nice
no
old
put
L
look

Morphemic
rain
she
so
sunny
the
to
we
with
you

are
had
said
saw
was
went

O
over

S
school
some

R
ran

T
them
they
this
too

og- dog, jog, log

op- mop, top, hop, stop
ot- hot, not, got

Based on PM Words, K-6 Spelling document & NSW English Syllabus for Australian Curriculum

un- sun, fun, run

up- cup, pup
ut- nut, cut, but

W
way
where

th- three, there, with

sh- shop, wish, shut
ch- chain, catch, chin

Early Stage One

ENe-5A

Spelling

ENe-9B
Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary
Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar,
punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts

Demonstrates developing skills in using letters, simple sound

blends and some sight words to represent known words when
spelling

Week

Term One

Term Two

I
am
mum
is
dad
here
a
big
little
in
Revision

-at
cat
fat
rat

my
day
us
ran
over
where
are
they
put
if
into
can
some
Im
new
has
with
this
play
said
Revision

Term Three
-et
get
wet
pet
-un
sun
fun
run
-ag
bag
rag
wag
-am
jam
ham
ram
-ot
hot
not
got

of
an
yes
nice
stop
so
girl
happy
give
kick
do
name
wind
was
had
by
saw
have
good
rain
Revision

Based on PM Words, K-6 Spelling document & NSW English Syllabus for Australian Curriculum

-og
dog
jog
log-en
ten
men
hen
-up
cup
pup

-op
mop
hop
top
-ug
hug
mug
rug

Term Four
no
not
much
out
house
bed
love
away
home

-ch
chain
catch
chin

shop
hat
fish
will
from
Revision
words from
writing

Revision
th, sh, ch

Revision
words from
writing

Early Stage One

ENe-5A

Spelling

ENe-9B
Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary
Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar,
punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts

Demonstrates developing skills in using letters, simple sound

blends and some sight words to represent known words when
spelling

Week
6

10

Term One
the
we
go
to
come
and
see
like
she
up
on
went
look
at
me
school
he
going
down
it
Revision

Term Two

Term Three

-it
hit
sit
fit

for
you
goes
back

-ed
bed
red
fed

-an
can
ran
fan

way
them
mother
her

- ad
dad
sad
bad

-in
win
pin
bin

get
book
too

-ut
nut
cut
but

-ap
tap
gap
map

all
got

-eg
leg
beg
peg

-ip
lip
sip
hip

Revision

--ig
big
pig
dig

be
live
old
boy
after
cold
sunny
mad
duck
bird
ball
house
glad
girls
boys
sun
lot
lunch
made
then
Revision

Based on PM Words, K-6 Spelling document & NSW English Syllabus for Australian Curriculum

Term Four

-id
lid
hid
did

Revision
words from
writing

-th
three
there
with

Revision
words from
writing

Revision
words from
writing
Christmas
Words
-sh
shop
wish
shut

Revision
words from
writing
Christmas
Words
Revision
words from
writing
Christmas
Words