# Teacher-held first-response checks · fresh paper cases

Keep this page and [separate key](TEACHER-KEY.md) 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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