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Day 122 · A choice is not a reasonFoundation HASS · T3 W25–26 · Day 122 lesson

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Foundation / Hass / Term 3 / Weeks 25 26

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Learner choices

Target/codes: Sort A's counted choices from reasons it does not record; AC9HSFS01, AC9HSFS02 and AC9HSFS04 partial, AC9HSFK03 fictional concept rehearsal only.

  1. Settle/purpose · 3 min. Put CHOSE and WHY cards apart. Remind learners that their own preference is not being collected.
  2. Read source · 4 min. Reread A; point to three book/two table tokens and the missing reason field.
  3. Model inquiry · 5 min. Ask “Did more of these five choose nook?” Yes. Ask “Did all choose because they wanted silence?” No source says why.
  4. Child response · 7 min. Child sorts four statements into A SAYS or NOT TOLD and forms a respectful question a named visitor might choose to answer.
  5. Check/respond · 4 min. If “quiet nook” is read as “all chose quiet,” separate the feature's label from each person's motive.
  6. Exit · 2 min. Tomorrow Ada gives one reason, not the group's reason.

Next move: Use blank reason circles under each anonymous token to show absence without inventing answers. See routes and swaps.