Teaching purpose
Sort and order available observations in a provided table, preserve an unknown, compare with prediction/another report with guidance, and apply a bounded pattern to a useful new idea.
Taught prerequisites: Days 1–3 supply real or labelled-fiction records. If no actual records were retained, use the complete ordinary accounts; never invent class results or peer observations.
Prepare: Blank two-record table, retained notes with source labels, clean scrap paper for optional useful placement. A table/spoken heading route needs no new manipulation.
Partial opportunity codes: AC9S2U03, AC9S2H01, AC9S2I01, AC9S2I04, AC9S2I05, AC9S2I06; whole meanings and limits.
Suggested 35-minute script
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Find a question · 3 min. Ask which display, ticket or organiser question the learner wants the table to help answer. Use an actual note if present; otherwise label the entire account made-up.
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Read a whole note · 5 min. Read action, starting conditions and result before placing anything in a cell. Model with an unrelated note: a known paper corner was folded, a crease was reported, no width was measured. Put not measured in the width cell; it is different from zero.
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Teach the organiser · 7 min. Show two columns for two selected records and rows for material/action, conditions, finding and source/unknown. Adult reads headings or makes tactile separators. Explain that a table joins details from the same record; it should not turn “not measured” into a nearby number.
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Organise and use · 10 min. Choose a context and two available records. The learner decides where each detail belongs and how to show a limited similarity/difference. A scribe reads back exact entries. For an optional real check, predict one suitable placement from a named prior note, then record its own result separately.
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Fairness and next question · 7 min. With guidance ask, “Do the conditions match? What would you check next?” Compare with one willing other actual note only if it exists; otherwise name the supplied fictional comparison. Keep a contrary record. A table with one relevant note supports a description and next question, not an invented repeat pattern.
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Close · 3 min. Make a useful short message: a named record, what it says, what remains unknown. Revise an unsupported always. Offer a new check after reteaching only the missing distinction; no table-completion quota.
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. Art shelf planner
Invented records: paper label A was folded and stood on a level table; matched B was folded and fell. Force/crease details were not measured. Keep both outcomes; a cause is unknown. Predict cautiously for a third comparable label rather than announce success.
2. Sorting-game organiser
Invented record A: same-source paper changed from flat to a folded pocket, tabletop width 6 to 3 equal paper units. Record B: same starting width 6, planned fold, no after note. Keep B unknown. Choose a next observation without copying A’s 3.
3. Puppet-ticket helper
Invented records: known paper sheet A was torn into two large pieces; sheet B was left untouched. Neither mass was measured. Sort by action and known origin; two pieces are not evidence of doubled material mass or two new materials.
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: Table retains record/action/finding/source and unknown; guided comparison is bounded; prediction names evidence rather than guarantee.
Next teaching: Place one complete note beneath the matching headings. Contrast missing with a measured no-change. Recheck on a new two-note example with one genuine unknown.
Child card · ordinary complete source choices · matching aid and full alternative · home · two optional extras.
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