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Practise phonics and letter sounds with this free, editable Foundation lesson. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, covering objectives such as: recognise and name all upper- and lower-case letters. Created with Chalkie.ai and fully customisable for your class.
This Foundation reading and comprehension lesson is ready to present in class. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, covering objectives such as: identify some familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and present for free.
Help your Foundation students build writing and drawing skills with this editable lesson. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, covering objectives such as: create short texts to explore, record and report ideas using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge. Sign up free to Chalkie.ai to adapt this for your class.
An Australian Curriculum-aligned Foundation lesson covering speaking and listening, including objectives such as: listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations. Fully editable on Chalkie.ai. Sign up free to customise.
The first year of English is about cracking the code: naming letters and their sounds, joining in with familiar stories, having a go at early writing, and learning to listen and speak in a group. These Foundation English lessons cover phonics and letter sounds, reading and comprehension, writing and drawing, and speaking and listening, each as a ready-to-present slide deck.
All four topics are aligned to the Australian Curriculum v9.0 for Foundation, drawing on the language, literature and literacy strands, and each deck lists the objectives it covers. That makes it simple to slot a lesson into your literacy block or use one as the explicit-teaching portion of a reading rotation.
Teachers present the slides on the board, but most adapt them in Chalkie first: swap the shared text, adjust the letters to match your phonics sequence, or add extra practice slides for students who need them. Planning Foundation English lessons this way is far quicker than starting from a blank deck.
Students recognise and name all upper- and lower-case letters, building the letter knowledge that underpins early reading and spelling.
View lessonsStudents identify familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used, responding to stories and print encountered at school and at home.
View lessonsStudents create short texts to explore, record and report ideas, combining familiar words, drawings and their beginning writing knowledge.
View lessonsStudents listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations.
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