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Ten optional 6–8 minute follow-ups · English Days 161–170Foundation English · T4 W33–34 · Optional Practice

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Choose one after the core lesson if useful; after the held check on Days 165/170. Each day has two worked examples from different everyday domains that rehearse the same English target. Adult reads rich words; child print remains at taught point. These are examples and practice, not new test scores, required homework or a claim that the fictional scenes happened.

Day Worked swap A Worked swap B Look for / teacher move
161 Paper seaweed drawing: three long fronds are visible; “it lives in deep water” is not shown. Answer: report fronds, leave habitat unknown. Toy-tree sketch: two branching lines and four broad oval leaves are visible; “birds live here” is not shown. Answer: describe marks only. Child points to a source clue and labels an inference; offer real observation only if actually safe and recorded.
162 Library exhibit card: drawing has two rounded leaves; caption “two rounded leaves are drawn” is supported. Answer: image supplies shape, caption supplies words/count. Art-wall sketch: drawing has one thick visible stem; caption “this plant grows fast” is unsupported. Answer: change to “one thick stem is drawn”. Cover picture, then caption, and ask what information is lost each time.
163 Transport museum model: a drawing of a paper bus has two large wheels; title “Paper bus”, source “drawing”, sentence “Two wheels are drawn.” Answer: not a real vehicle observation. Cooking pretend: a paper spoon drawing has one broad handle; title/source/sentence can describe visible marks without food claims. Answer: caption what is drawn. Child organises title, source and one true sentence; ask where a capital and stop belong.
164 Sports poster: first “many balls”, revision “four paper-ball outlines are drawn”. Answer: count and source sharpen meaning. Toy zoo sign: first “big animal”, revision “the drawing has one long tail”. Answer: visible detail, no behaviour or species claim. Keep first and revised words and child choice; adult does not replace child's voice with polished copy.
165 After check only, paper leaf card: a new teacher drawing has two round leaves; make a title, source and exact caption. Answer: “Two round leaves are drawn.” After check only, book-display model: compare one pointed leaf outline to one round leaf outline, then ask what real texture remains unknown. Answer: tactile appearance of a real leaf not shown. Fresh practice source differs from check; do not reveal held case before first record.
166 Toy ticket bridge: fictional thin paper sags in one report while thick card stays flat with the same broad disk. Answer: retell only this report; real result may differ. Book-jacket model: fictional tissue cover tears with one large paper tile while card cover stays whole. Answer: same tile and gap support a bounded comparison. Child keeps first/material change/result and flags “reported” versus “happened here”.
167 Paper banner: “This strip is always best” exceeds one fictional hanging trial; “this strip stayed whole in our story's one test” fits. Answer: the bounded sentence. Model boat shelter: “the thicker sheet looks nice” is not evidence it kept a paper token dry; “the record says this sheet stayed whole” is source evidence. Answer: source line over appearance. Child links claim to recorded detail; reject certainty without new trials.
168 Garden-sign canopy: ask “Would the card stay whole under two broad paper disks over the same gap?” Answer: checkable new load; still unknown. Paper bus shade: ask “Would tissue tear over a shorter gap with the same disk?” Answer: checkable changed gap; no result yet. Child states SAME / CHANGE / CHECK. Adult does not invent an outcome.
169 Library label: vague “it worked”, revision “in our story, the card strip stayed whole under one broad disk”. Answer: source and condition clear. Maker display: vague “tissue is bad”, revision “in this one report, tissue tore under the disk across this gap”. Answer: bounded and respectful wording. Save first/revised, mark adult-supplied spelling, ask what next test is needed.
170 After check only, paper parcel cover: adult invents a new one-load fictional comparison; child places claim, result and unknown in separate boxes. Answer: only one trial supports “this trial”. After check only, toy theatre backdrop: adult invents two broad strips with one same paper disk; child asks what a second disk might do. Answer: unanswered question, not result. New objects only; the held source remains private until completed.

Family option: A five-minute adult-read drawing or paper-object story is enough. Ask “What can you point to?” or “What part of the report says that?” A family may pass; no plant collection, real roof test, purchase, printing, photo, upload or private life detail is required. Original SubjectNest practice © 2026 NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd, CC BY 4.0.