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Day 33 — What happened to this one mark?Foundation Science · T1 W7–8 · Day 33 lesson

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Foundation / Science / Term 1 / Weeks 07 08

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 · Optional practice · Check guide.

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Goal: observe or attribute one actual approved dry-wipe result and compare it with a prior prediction. Proposed codes: AC9SFU03, AC9SFI02, AC9SFI03, AC9SFI04. Prepare: preflighted practice surface A and dried large mark, broad dry cloth, wipe-log, Card 33.

  1. Source gate · 3 min. Adult checks dry mark, surface, cloth, access, local date and approval immediately before action; stop if unsuitable.
  2. Before · 4 min. Child states prediction before the adult wipes and describes mark before if directly seen or attributes adult report.
  3. Model · 5 min. Use fictional Model W language cards to separate “I predict”, “I saw”, “the adult reported” and “the drawing shows”. W gives no local result.
  4. Child try · 7 min. Adult makes one gentle dry pass on A. Child directly views or hears neutral adult description; record exact after-mark (unchanged/lighter/gone/smeared/other/cannot tell), source/date/action/access. No actual try: REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE.
  5. Compare · 4 min. Child compares prediction with actual only if result exists. “This exact mark looked lighter in this try” is bounded; “all paper marks erase” is unsupported.
  6. Exit · 2 min. Save the first actual record even if surprising, or retain NOT TESTED for a later safe try.