25 minutes · AC9MFST01 partial practice · educator review pending
Success: The child can repeat the given question, distinguish three exclusive answers, accept a pass and prepare a one-card-per-received-response collection without treating an absent card as a choice.
Prepare: invented two-view illustration or exact description, three C/W/P choice cards, private folded-card or covered-envelope route, fictional P3 C3/W0/P2, three category mats. Do not collect identifiable class data today.
- Retrieve, 3 min. Show yesterday's P2 display and ask what one mark stands for. Expect one received response, not two pictures in the P category.
- Model the collection rule, 5 min. Read the exact class question. Present C, W and P with the same drawing/description. Say, “One volunteer chooses one card. Passing is okay. We do not guess a pass or ask why.” Model a private choice with a demonstration card; remove it. Show that two marks from one person are not two valid responses.
- Guided rehearsal, 9 min. Learners draw and sort the five fictional P3 cards. Keep the W mat labelled but empty. Ask, “How many W cards were in this complete practice bag?” Zero. Contrast with a child who passes in a real survey: we know no W choice from that person, not that they chose another category. Count classified total five.
- Fresh independent check, 5 min. Offer one P practice card and ask the child to put it in exactly one category, then show how many marks it makes. Ask where an unreturned/unclear real answer would go. Key: one P mark; no guessed C/W/P mark; unclear response is counted separately until clarified.
- Close, 3 min. Ask learners to state a fair sentence for tomorrow: “We will count only the choices we receive.” Teacher prepares enough anonymous cards/envelopes for all who wish to reply. Do not promise a fixed result.
If a learner says empty W means no class member likes W: Point back to the fictional complete bag and the upcoming unknown class responses. Access and record: word/shape/tactile options, private AAC/sign/pointing, adult placement directed by child. Keep public charts free of names; note mathematical rule, not an individual preference.