Goal: distinguish C's imaginative story from D's functional sign and E's controlled reading strips by purpose and visible/text clues. Proposed codes: AC9EFLE03, AC9EFLY01, AC9EFLY03, AC9EFLA07. Prepare: C/D/E, STORY / INSTRUCTION / SHORT STRIP cards, Card 196.
- Oral/print · 3 min. Say spoken “paper map” as two words; adult reads the source titles.
- Read · 4 min. Read C's beginning and end plus D's whole sign; show E as a separate short strip without asking for unprepared decoding.
- Model · 5 min. Put C under STORY because Mira has a problem and ending; D under INSTRUCTION because it tells a visitor what to do; E under SHORT PRINT PRACTICE because its controlled sentence does not tell the story or provide full kit directions.
- Child try · 7 min. Child chooses library shelf, paper game or classroom-kit route on Card 196; sorts two or three source samples and cites a word, drawing or structure clue for each.
- Check · 4 min. Offer “The sign tells us what Mira did.” Child corrects: D gives directions, while C tells Mira's fictional events.
- Exit · 2 min. Record actual sample viewed/listened/read and why, not a blanket reading level.