Proposed codes: AC9EFLA09, AC9EFLY04, AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY06, AC9EFLY07, AC9EFLY13.
Goal: Create a controlled variation, check that it has a clear referent, and listen to a user follow the ordered instructions.
Prepare: original card, box/bag tiles, safe offered bag and mat or paper model, blank three-step strip, one willing user or adult puppet.
- Retrieve · 3 min. Blend pack, moth, Quin, Get in mixed order. Note the exact spelling that needs review; do not re-teach everything indiscriminately.
- Adult request recall · 4 min. Ask what a maker says before using a shared tool. Model “Can I use it after you?” and an acceptable “Not yet.” The teacher offers a class bag for the variation; the print does not override a no.
- Model one controlled change · 5 min. Replace box with bag in first line: Get a bag. Read the whole first line and ask what it now refers to in Pack it. Set it on a mat. Keep capitals and stops.
- Create and read · 7 min. Learners assemble Get a bag. Pack it. Set it on a mat. or restore the box version. Have them read each line, then add a small original mark/object for a user. Any richer oral detail about what goes inside is adult-scribed separately and never scored as decoded print.
- User trial and revision · 4 min. A willing partner/teacher follows the child card with safe paper objects. Ask “Which step was clear? What would you change?” Child may keep a working version. Record whether the child composed, copied or repeated an adult model.
- Exit check · 2 min. Show Get a bag. and Pack it. without the object. Ask for an independent read and what it names. Record word reading and reference understanding separately.
Access routes: class-owned light bag or drawn symbol, large/tactile tiles, switch/digital sorting, adult placement under child's direction, quiet/private user, speech/AAC/sign/pointing. No child has to share a personal object or perform publicly.