Print only the card for today. These are original drawings described in words and invented scenes unless your teacher clearly says an approved real observation is happening. A drawing can suggest a question; it does not prove a real animal found water or that a real plant grew. Use the A4 aid or its selectable text. You can point, speak, sign, use AAC, arrange word cards, draw or ask an adult to write your words. No home plant, pet or outdoor trip is needed.
Day 1 · Herb and bird
Source: A drawn herb is in a school garden bed. A drawn bird is beside a tree. Prompt: Pick one living thing, one need and a place feature that could help. What would you have to check in real life?
My response: Living thing _ · need _ · place feature _ · still need to check _.
Day 2 · Two pots
Source: Fictional Pot A has a herb drawing with open air, a water-drop mark and a sunny window mark. Pot B is only an outline with no extra marks. Prompt: Name a feature shown for Pot A. What is unknown for Pot B?
My response: I can see _ · I would check _.
Day 3 · Bird near a tree
Source: A drawn bird is on a tree branch. No water or food is drawn. Prompt: What need might the tree help with? Name one need the drawing does not show being met.
My response: It might help with _ · the picture cannot tell me _.
Day 4 · Same need, different place
Source: A cared-for herb pot and a bird at a tree are fictional. Prompt: Pick one need both living things have. Explain how the two places might help in different ways.
My response: Both need _ · the pot might _ · the tree/place might ____.
Day 5 · New rabbit-place check
Source: A fictional rabbit-enclosure drawing shows a roofed corner, an open side and one bowl; the bowl's contents are not shown. Prompt: Name two rabbit needs. Which might the picture show support for? Which need remains uncertain? Do not assume the bowl contains water.
My response: Needs _ and _ · I can see _ · I cannot tell _.
Day 6 · Earlier and later shade
Source: Two invented drawings of one post: the earlier drawing shows shade on the left; the later drawing shows shade on the right. Prompt: Put them in order, describe what changed in the drawings, and ask one question for another day. Never look at the Sun.
My response: Earlier _ · later _ · I wonder ____.
Day 7 · A wet-day choice
Source: Invented Scene D shows a dry path. Invented Scene W shows rain marks on a path. Prompt: If Scene W were our school weather, what school-approved change could we make to an outdoor drawing activity? Which clue led you to choose it?
My response: If _ , we could _ because I see ____.
Day 8 · Three dates, one imagined plant
Source: Three fictional school-plant sketches: 11 March—small bud; 25 March—open flower; 12 April—seed head. These dates do not describe a real local season. Prompt: Put the sketches in date order. Describe one change. What would you need to observe to know whether a nearby plant does this?
My response: First _ · then _ · later _ · I would check _.
Day 9 · Seen, predicted or unknown?
Source statements: A. “Scene W shows rain marks on a path.” B. “I think tomorrow may be wet.” C. “Every garden path is wet every morning.” D. “The later post drawing has shade on the right.” Prompt: Place each in shown in this source / prediction / not shown. Change one over-certain sentence into a careful question or possibility.
My response: Shown _ · prediction _ · not shown _ · careful version _.
Day 10 · New two-date story
Source: Two new fictional drawings of one unnamed garden plant: 8 June—four leaves, no visible flower; 22 June—four leaves and one open flower. The place and weather are not supplied. Prompt: Order the drawings, describe one change, say what you might look for next, and name one thing these drawings cannot tell you.
My response: First _ · changed _ · next I might look for _ · cannot tell _.
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