# Route and reason mat · complete text alternative

The [printable mat](route-and-reason.pdf) is optional. This Markdown version can be enlarged, copied to a screen reader, transcribed to Braille or used with AAC. Read every field aloud if helpful. The printed page is black on white, with no colour-only meaning.

## 1. Make a fictional route

- **Start:** Name or draw the starting place: ______.
- **Landmark / turn:** Name or draw the landmark and action: ______.
- **End:** Name or draw the end place: ______.
- **My route words or symbols:** ______.
- **A reader paused at:** ______.
- **I changed this clue:** ______.

Move a paper token between the three places. A learner can put tactile labels on three cards in order, select AAC symbols, dictate a route, or draw one. The map is fictional and never asks for a home or real school location. For a solo route, the learner can hide the map, hear/read the directions, then test with a token.

## 2. Explain a count to a reader

- **First: tens / ones.** Show or say the original groups: ______.
- **After: tens / ones.** Show or say the new groups: ______.
- **What changed?** ______.
- **Why did the whole stay the same (or change)?** ______.

Use counters, paper tags, words, drawings or AAC. Adult can record a dictated explanation, noting that it was dictated. This is a blank planning aid; do not put held-out assessment numbers or teacher answer words on a learner copy.

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