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Day 7 — Make a key for what was actually seenFoundation Science · T1 W1–2 · Day 7 lesson

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Foundation / Science / Term 1 / Weeks 01 02

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Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Optional practice · Check guide.

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Goal: link a mark/word to a dated visible feature on an approved local object, distinguishing DIRECT, ADULT REPORT and DRAWING SHOWS. Proposed codes: AC9SFI02, AC9SFI03, AC9SFI05. Prepare: approved real broad object, D key, representation record, Card 7.

  1. Source · 3 min. Record date/object/source and access. If no safe real source, use C and mark DRAWING SHOWS only.
  2. Inspect · 4 min. Child notices a straight or curved edge in real source using direct accessible route, or hears a report labelled adult description.
  3. Model · 5 min. Put the chosen straight/curve mark with DIRECT only after the child actually accesses that real feature; attribute adult description as ADULT REPORT. Explain ? means not checked, not false. This key is not an official safety symbol.
  4. Child try · 7 min. Child chooses book display, art tray or paper travel sign route on Card 7; draws/selects one mark and gives exact real feature/source/date or “drawing shows” for C.
  5. Check · 4 min. Offer a curved mark beside an actual straight-only edge. Child compares source and fixes the mark or says which feature was not yet checked.
  6. Exit · 2 min. Child tells a consenting adult or private record what their chosen symbol means and what it does not tell.