SubjectNest resource library

Development draft · local review needed

Day 41 — Which record tells us what really happened?Foundation Science · T1 W9–10 · Day 41 lesson

Prepare this lesson

Foundation / Science / Term 1 / Weeks 09 10

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.

Download full sequence

Teacher copy: This page may include teaching prompts or answer keys. Answer keys in this public library can be viewed by anyone. Give learners a clean prompt, use checks as formative evidence, and change a case locally when prior access matters.

Learner choices

Goal: identify source/date/access and separate an actual dated Science record from a fictional story result. Proposed codes: AC9SFH01, AC9SFI03. Prepare: one approved real earlier log if present, fictional Notebook N, source-gate, Card 41.

  1. Source boundary · 3 min. Offer an actual school-approved dated log privately; if unavailable mark REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE. Do not expose named child work to peers.
  2. Read · 4 min. Read Notebook N in full with FICTIONAL label and, separately, the actual log's exact source/date/action/result if one exists.
  3. Model · 5 min. Teacher puts STORY RESULT under MODEL and genuine dated action/result under ACTUAL; an adult description stays ADULT REPORT, not the child's own direct sense.
  4. Child try · 7 min. Card 41 routes ask child to sort source labels, name one supported statement from their actual source or one drawn/story statement from N, and one unknown. Adult records exact words/support.
  5. Check · 4 min. Offer “The story's tile stopped at the middle in our room.” Child corrects to “the author writes that” and names missing real event.
  6. Exit · 2 min. Choose an actual record for Day 42 or keep MODEL ONLY.