Keep this page and separate key out of teaching display until the first independent response on each date. These are low-stakes formative model-reasoning checks, not an actual living-thing observation, report grade, diagnostic label or year-level mastery claim. Read exactly; permit neutral repetition, large print, fixed broad tactile shape equivalents, sign, AAC, drawing or child-directed scribing. Record exact first response and access/support. Do not supply a feature or counterexample during the response. All names and subjects below are invented.
Day 145 · fresh Case AF
Read-aloud source: “This is FICTIONAL PAPER CASE AF, an invented page, not photographs. The invented author labels F1 and F2 plant drawings and F3 and F4 animal mask drawings. F1 has a large leaf outline with a SMOOTH WIDE BORDER 72. F2 has a large leaf outline with a THREE-TOOTH ZIGZAG 83 along one edge. F3 has an animal-mask outside edge with a three-tooth zigzag too. F4 has a smooth wide outside edge. The author writes, ‘Every drawing with a zigzag outside edge is an animal mask drawing.’”
Ask without a cue: “Which drawings have the zigzag edge? Which have the smooth edge? Does the author's every rule work on this invented page? Show one drawing that helps you decide. Tell me what this paper cannot show about real plants or animals.”
Accessible exact geometry: Four fixed large rectangles F1–F4, each with one raised outside-border shape; F1/F4 broad smooth curve; F2/F3 three broad secured zigzag teeth. Author category labels must be read before the claim. No loose tiny teeth. This version is still a fictional tactile diagram, not real biology.
Capture: first sort; named conflicting drawing and author label; revised bounded claim; source boundary; exact adult reread/assistance; child words. Mark REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE unless a separately logged approved real inquiry occurred. Do not score speed, eye contact, spoken language or hand use.
Day 150 · fresh Case AG
Read-aloud source: “This is FICTIONAL PAPER CASE AG, another invented page. The invented author labels V1 and V3 plant drawings and V2 and V4 animal puppet drawings. V1 shows one broad leaf shape with FOUR LARGE SPOTS 96. V2 shows a puppet body with FOUR LARGE SPOTS 96. V3 shows an unspotted broad leaf. V4's body is covered by a large paper flap, so its spots are NOT VISIBLE UNDER FLAP 54. The author writes, ‘Every drawing with four large spots is an animal puppet drawing.’”
Ask without a cue: “State one rule using the visible spots. Place V1–V4 in seen, not seen in this view, or unclear/not viewed. Does the author's every rule work on the page? What safer statement can you make? What would you need to ask or view before claiming something about distinct real plants and animals?”
Accessible exact geometry: Four fixed large panels V1–V4. V1 leaf and V2 body each have four broad raised circles; V3 leaf has a plain surface; V4 body outline has one broad secured opaque flap over its interior. Read the author labels and flap status. Touch is optional. A covered model panel is not evidence of a real organism's absence of spots.
Capture: named visible-feature rule; V1/V2 seen, V3 not seen in this full fictional view, V4 unclear under flap; V1 counterexample to the author's label claim; cautious revised paper statement; proposed approved distinct actual sources with dates/provenance; exact first response and neutral supports. Paper-only is REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE.
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