Target/codes: sort nine picture cards by a visible flower symbol, count and compare without inferring unseen biology; AC9MFST01, AC9MFN03. Prepare: P162 5 with a symbol, 4 with none drawn; two full-word labels.
- Question · 3 min. Read: “How many cards show a flower symbol?” Have the child point to the actual symbol on one card; say “not drawn” for the other category.
- Model · 4 min. Sort two sample cards and state the rule: a visible ink mark, not a guess about the pictured plant. Model moving one card per count word.
- Guide · 5 min. Child places the other seven cards. Ask whether a blank picture shows a flower elsewhere in the world; the only safe answer is about this drawing.
- Independent route · 7 min. Use Day 162 A/B/C in a fictional garden page, book index or puppet sign design. Count both groups and say which has more cards.
- Evidence check · 4 min. Reverse card positions without changing marks. Ask if any category changes; capture child reason and whether they track each card once.
- Exit · 2 min. Child names the feature visible in the first group. If “no flowers grow there” appears, return to “not drawn on the card”.