# Day 3 — Bend, twist and follow the pieces

## Teaching purpose

Explore different physical actions on known paper and classify by action and source, without inferring a new material from changed form or piece count.

**Taught prerequisites:** Day 2 introduced a matched comparison; retain a brief before/action/after record. If action and result are merged, use two separate label positions first.

**Prepare:** Large fresh paper pieces, adult-prepared wide paper strips, tray for a few large pieces, pencil. No sharp cutting, small fragments, brittle materials, cords, tying or paper near face. A gentle tear is optional; stop if it resists.

**Partial opportunity codes:** AC9S2U03, AC9S2I02, AC9S2I03, AC9S2I04, AC9S2I06; [whole meanings and limits](CROSSWALK.html).

## Suggested 35-minute script

1. **Invite · 3 min.** Say, “A maker can choose a bend, a twist or large pieces. Which question interests you?” Bring the source-labelled paper and distinguish the material from its action word.

2. **Prediction · 5 min.** Choose one action and say what might change based on a retained note or a clearly identified supplied example. Do not show the selected context’s result before an actual prediction. If using fiction, collect the prediction before reading its after sentence.

3. **Model safe procedure · 7 min.** Adult gently bends a spare, gives a short wide paper strip a small tabletop twist, and shows two prepared large pieces with documented common origin. A child does not need to tear. Say, “Prepared pieces tell us their origin; they do not show you saw the tear.” No stretching result is claimed; later Weeks 5–6 offers a separate suitable-material opportunity.

4. **Chosen action and record · 10 min.** Perform one approved action, direct it or read the chosen account. Follow the same labelled piece; keep large pieces in the tray if a real tear occurs. Draw before/action/after or arrange labels. If an accidental tear occurs during a twist, name both events and stop rather than relabel it as a pure twist.

5. **Sort and compare · 7 min.** Put records under action headings, then source/material headings. Equal piece counts do not mean equal size or mass. Ask which observation could answer the learner’s question and what needs a further check. A supplied image of a torn object cannot establish its composition from colour.

6. **Close · 3 min.** Ask for a useful action word and the known material. If pieces are called new materials, connect each to the original. Optional extension compares a named second material under matched relevant conditions after adult suitability review.

## Three useful context choices

Choose one; the three are alternatives, not a completion quota. Contexts and their supplied accounts are original fiction unless a particular factual source is named. Real results replace fictional values on actual routes.

### 1. Paper sculpture

Choose a curve or a gentle tabletop twist for an imaginary sculpture. Invented account: a known paper strip is twisted; a crease remains when laid flat. It remains the paper identified at the start. No force or strength measurement is supplied.

### 2. Ticket tray

Arrange large paper tickets for a pretend puppet show. Invented account: a helper tears one known large paper rectangle into two unequal large pieces and keeps both. Both originate from that sheet; no equal-size or mass record exists.

### 3. Puzzle maker

Choose a bent-paper clue for an invented puzzle. Invented account: a helper curves a strip and sees a shorter left-to-right tabletop outline. The account does not report the full straightened length. Ask what another view or suitable measure could tell.

## Participation and evidence

The child can choose the question, arrangement, stopping point or communication. Offer own approved action, learner-directed adult action or complete source interpretation; these do not supply the same practical evidence. Quiet/private/AAC/signed/pointed/exact-scribed routes are available. Adult records operator, actual channels, supplied account/model, neutral support and scientific prompts separately. Guided comparison is appropriate; no fixed learning-style labels or prescribed outcome.

## Notice, then teach

**Criterion:** Correctly associates action/form and known material; retains source of prepared pieces, distinguishes viewed span from full length and does not claim all U03 actions were tested.

**Next teaching:** Trace pieces to their same labelled whole or show a curve from two viewpoints. Recheck an unfamiliar roll after feedback; appearance alone is not a composition test.

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