# Two fresh public formative checks · learner copy

These low-stakes prompts guide next teaching. Keep the [educator key](teacher/KEY-AND-NEXT.md) away from first responses. Offer broad fixed A circle/B striped-square cards with words, raised equivalents, AAC, pointing, neutral reader/scribe or pass. Neither check requires sound, voice, instrument, timing, a real scene or an audience. Optional approved sound may follow the independent response and is observed separately.

## Check U · read the new key

**Day 75.** [U A4 SVG](check/fresh-u.svg) · [U A4 PDF](check/fresh-u.pdf) · [exact text/tactile route](print/TEXT-ALTERNATIVES.md). An unfamiliar five-place score reads **A B B A B**. A is the round key and B the striped-square key. Show all five source labels, then mark **every gap between neighbouring places where the source label changes**. There are four gaps to inspect. The task asks about the source key, not pitch, volume or whether these tones were heard.

**Save first:** full five-card reading, every chosen boundary, explanation and response route. Do not draw the boundaries for the child before saving.

## Check V · one ending contrast

**Day 80.** [V A4 SVG](check/fresh-v.svg) · [V A4 PDF](check/fresh-v.pdf) · [exact text/tactile route](print/TEXT-ALTERNATIVES.md). Make a new four-place source plan for a short ending: **places 1, 2 and 3 use A**; **place 4 uses B, just once**. Put one source card at each place. Mark the gap where the source changes and show or tell a musical reason for an ending contrast. You may invent your own reason; there is no prescribed feeling. The sheet does not show a completed score.

**Save first:** full four-card score, one chosen change boundary, intention and route. A paper ending cannot prove a child heard, performed or shared the sound.