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Day 31 · Pick the notebook for your questionYear 2 Science · T1 W7–8 · Teacher · Teacher / Day 31

Child start: “Choose a sky question. Which notes would help? Keep a question you cannot answer yet.”

Useful finish: A two-question notebook cover saying what records belong inside. Prerequisite: Revisit named object/source/reference from Days 11–12 and question/timescale from 17. Do not assume recall. Prepare: Four large ordinary record cards, paper and a pencil. No clock reading prerequisite: adult reads time labels. Selected opportunities: U01/H01/I01/I04/I06.

Complete model: All four cards are original fictional record descriptions. M1: named Moon at frame-left, early afternoon on model day 2, thin lit part. M2: same named Moon, same frame, later that afternoon at frame-centre, thin lit part. M3: named Moon appearance drawing “near-full”, model day 15; no same-frame position given. M4: planned day 16 entry, no action attempted. One cover asks “Where was the Moon against this frame that afternoon?”; another asks “How did its lit appearance look across later dates?” M1/M2 answer the first comparison; M1/M3 can contribute appearance information across dates but are not a complete cycle. M4 supplies neither a finding nor zero.

Run:2 min choose which question interests the child;3 min model matching one card to a question with its source/date/reference;7 min one route;3 min ask which record supports a sentence and what remains open. For extension add a willing reader4 min, repair a label3 min and a new child question3 min. Keep first idea before explaining its revision.

Route1 — Build two pockets: Place or direct the four cards under the two question headings. A card can be relevant to both questions if it supplies both fields; explain rather than force one category. Keep M4 as a separate planned entry. Route2 — Be the recorder's interviewer: Child asks a helper “Which day? Which question? Which frame?” and repairs one incomplete notebook cover. Adult reads exact facts, not classification. Route3 — Make a question menu: Draw/dictate two question choices for a pretend museum visitor; put one relevant source underneath each and an open-question area.

Notice/next: Meaning includes question–field–time fit and source/plan distinction. If all notes go into one answer, contrast position with appearance headings using M1/M3. If no distinction missing, ask which later record is needed; no monthly pattern is inferred yet. A-first becomes eligible after this ordinary teaching, subject to actual exposure. Home H01; contexts C01–02; extra X01.

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Ordinary example C01 · Another example C02 · Home H01 · Project X01 · Read-aloud · Paper and picture aids · Sky Desk

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