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Australian Curriculum v9 · English crosswalkYear 3 English · T1 W3–4 · Curriculum Crosswalk

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These are partial links to ten 25-minute sessions. They do not imply full content-description coverage, an achievement-standard decision, a prescribed teaching order or automatic state/territory adoption. Adult-read comprehension is not independent reading evidence.

Official source: ACARA curriculum workbook, retrieved 2026-09-29; original XLSX SHA-256 db446882d2c00cf7c085a03e250e2442fda6c44011fc114680c46c1dc7a822c3. Description wording is exact apart from whitespace normalisation. Workbook source rows permit an audit.

Official code Workbook row Level Exact official content description Taught opportunity and limit
AC9E3LA03 386 Year 3 describe how texts across the curriculum use different language features and structures relevant to their purpose Days 13 and 16 compare an instruction with an explanation; not a full survey of curriculum texts.
AC9E3LA04 389 Year 3 understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of the stages of written texts, grouping related information together Day 18 groups starting label and change/check into related idea paragraphs; a brief composition sample.
AC9E3LA05 393 Year 3 identify the purpose of layout features in print and digital texts and the words used for navigation Days 13 and 15 use headings/labels to find or repair information; print focus, no digital navigation claim.
AC9E3LA07 401 Year 3 understand how verbs represent different processes for doing, feeling, thinking, saying and relating Days 12 and 17 compare doing and relating verbs in route/explanation sentences; other verb processes need later teaching.
AC9E3LA08 406 Year 3 understand that verbs are anchored in time through tense Day 17 contrasts past report and present instruction; short tense encounter.
AC9E3LA09 409 Year 3 identify how images extend the meaning of a text Day 18 checks whether a labelled diagram extends meaning and agrees with the words; one visual form only.
AC9E3LA10 412 Year 3 extend topic-specific and technical vocabulary and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts Days 12 and 16 clarify route and stock-card words, including exchange in this context; small vocabulary sample.
AC9E3LE03 433 Year 3 discuss how an author uses language and illustrations to portray characters and settings in texts, and explore how the settings and events influence the mood of the narrative Day 11 discusses the story's feeling clue and setting diagram; limited language/visual discussion, not a literature range.
AC9E3LY01 446 Year 3 recognise how texts can be created for similar purposes but different audiences Days 14 and 19 revise for a second reader and an absent classmate; familiar audiences only.
AC9E3LY02 450 Year 3 use interaction skills to contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas Days 11, 14 and 19 make space for questions and responsive talk, including AAC; no formal interaction judgement.
AC9E3LY03 456 Year 3 identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts through their use of language features and/or images Days 13 and 20 name information-text purpose and the visitor audience; not all persuasive/imaginative types.
AC9E3LY05 463 Year 3 use comprehension strategies when listening and viewing to build literal and inferred meaning, and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features Days 11, 13, 16 and fresh checks use literal/inferred meaning after adult read-aloud; never scored as independent decoding.
AC9E3LY06 471 Year 3 plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words Days 12–15 edit short directions; Days 17–20 plan, compose and revise a short explanation; no full genre coverage.
AC9E3LY07 479 Year 3 plan, create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations to inform, express opinions or tell stories, using a clear structure, details to elaborate ideas, topic-specific and precise vocabulary, visual features, and appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume Day 19 rehearses and gives a brief audience-specific oral/AAC or multimodal explanation; one occasion only.
AC9E3LY09 486 Year 3 understand how to apply knowledge of phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter) relationships, syllables, and blending and segmenting to fluently read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter patterns Day 14 applies taught letter/syllable patterns to longer moving/making and fresh transfer where appropriate; teacher audits prerequisites.
AC9E3LY10 489 Year 3 understand how to apply knowledge of common base words, prefixes, suffixes and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word to read and comprehend new multimorphemic words Daily prefix/suffix/base work and fresh Day 15/20 words sample application; generalisations need wider teaching.

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