Choose one card with your educator. You may speak, point, draw, sign, type, use AAC or direct an adult to move paper for you. You may choose a quiet route. Say which parts you saw or tried and which you only predict. Use the blank print mat or text mat. There are no answer keys on this page.
Day 1 · Folded sleeve
You have a flat paper rectangle and a folded paper sleeve. Predict: what might happen when the sleeve opens? Try: open/fold once if you want. Tell: what changed in shape? What material is each piece made of?
Day 2 · Twisted label
Look at two same-size paper strips. Leave A flat; twist B gently once. Draw or label what each looks like. What action was different? What would you keep the same for a fair comparison?
Day 3 · Four action cards
Sort these captions: folded paper, paper twisted once, paper torn into two pieces, paper untouched. Which show an action that changed shape? Choose one caption and underline the word that tells you the action.
Day 4 · Paper pocket
Look at a flat paper square and a pocket folded from similar paper. Predict whether one light paper note could sit inside. If your teacher tests it, record what happened here: ______. What does this one test leave unknown?
Day 5 · New band
Predict what bending a paper band into a loop may change. If you or your adult bends it, show before → after and describe what you observed. Did your prediction match? What is the band made of now?
Day 6 · Paper flap
Watch a still paper flap. Predict what a gentle flick may do. If a demonstration happens, mark what you saw: __ and, only if you chose to listen, what you heard: ____. If no demonstration happened, write model only.
Day 7 · Tap and rub
Same paper card; two actions: gentle tap and gentle rub. Predict a difference. With agreement, test or watch. Mark action / movement / sound reported for each. You may write not heard. What did you keep the same?
Day 8 · Invented practice notes
These are made-up notes for sorting, not observations from your class:
- A: flap moved; someone reported a rustle.
- B: card stayed still; no sound was reported.
- C: card moved; the listener wrote “not heard”.
Put A, B and C on a movement seen / sound reported table. Which note would you want to check again? Why?
Day 9 · Accessible signal
In an invented library, a worker wants a quiet way to show that books are ready. Use a labelled observation from Day 7 or the invented Day 8 notes to make a careful prediction. Draw or name one gentle paper sound action and one visible signal. What would you need to test before saying either worked for another person?
Day 10 · New paper cover
Predict what a gentle tap might do to a loose paper cover on a box. If a safe demonstration happens, record the action, any movement and any sound you choose to report. Compare with your prediction. Give one question for another trial. A drawing alone is a prediction task.
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