Proposed codes: AC9EFLA07, AC9EFLY01, AC9EFLY04, AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY06, AC9EFLY07.
Goal: Compare two dated real-plant records, use adult-spoken What/When/Where/How questions, and revise a controlled sentence only when evidence requires it.
Prepare: first and second actual observation records, approved view, adult script D, plant evidence card or text alternative, child line from Day 68, blank revision strip. If a second view is not possible, keep comparison not observed.
- Retrieve · 3 min. Reread It is a plant. or the actual verified child line. Ask where its capital letter and full stop are, then revisit one previously missed ng/ll/ss/has link.
- Second real view · 4 min. From the same safe position where possible, adult notes the date, view and one exact feature. Read the second script D only after looking. If the position or access route changed, name it. “Same, different or unclear” are all possible; do not assert growth from drawing size alone.
- Model questions · 5 min. Ask aloud “What did we see first? When? Where was our view? How do we know what we saw today?” Read any printed question labels for children; do not assess their decoding. Model pointing to the two source records before saying “same,” “different” or “unclear.”
- Compare and explain · 7 min. Children place two dated marks side by side, say/point to one exact feature in each and choose same/different/unclear with a reason. Accept “I cannot tell from this record.” If there is no second observation, mark source comparison not observed, not incorrect, and use two clearly fictional practice records for question language only.
- Revise the child line · 4 min. Reread Day 68 line. If its statement remains supported, keep it and say why. If a bud or pot claim was mistaken or no longer visible, choose a weaker true line such as It is a plant. Do not erase the original dated work. Child may dictate a richer comparison separately; adult labels it as adult-scribed vocabulary.
- Exit check · 2 min. Show the two records and the current child line. Ask “What in these records supports your line, and what is one question for another look?” Accept speech/AAC/sign/pointing; record source, support and exact question separately from decoding.
Access routes: two high-contrast dated records, tactile frames and objects, precise live adult description, private or chosen audience, AAC/sign/pointing/drawing/typing and child-directed scribe. A child can reason well about an unchanged or unclear observation; public speaking is optional.