Both place-value mat (A4 PDF) and text-purpose mat (A4 PDF) are original A4, high-contrast, low-ink print aids. They print in grayscale. An image or PDF may not expose every label in all screen-reader/print workflows; use this page as the full text route. Do not rely on colour or the drawing alone. An adult can make raised columns with tape or three trays, and a learner can direct placement without handling materials.
Place-value mat
Visual description: white portrait page, thick black title, three large side-by-side boxes marked Hundreds (100 each), Tens (10 each), Ones (1 each). There is a long number-sentence box and a space for another representation. No numbers or quantities are prefilled.
Copyable text:
Build it. Say it. Show it another way.
Number: ___ Name: ___ Date:
HUNDREDS (100 each):
TENS (10 each):
ONES (1 each):
My number sentence: ___ + ___ + ___ = ___
Another way to show the same total: ___
Object route: three bowls or tactile trays in left-to-right order; one hundred-sheet is a large textured square, ten-strip a ridged strip, one a loose counter. Say every label and total aloud. A learner may use a device or partner to move an item.
Story or information text purpose mat
Visual description: white portrait page with two bordered columns. Left has a simple open-book drawing labelled Story and spaces Who? Where? Problem? Try? Result?. Right has a line drawing of a list page labelled Information / How to and spaces Question? Need? Steps? Saw? Ask again?. Bottom asks for a text clue. The drawings are decorative cues; the words carry the categories.
Copyable text:
What is this text helping me do?
Name: ___ Text title:
STORY: Who? ___ Where? ___ Problem? ___ Try? ___ Result?
INFORMATION / HOW TO: Question? ___ Need? ___ Steps? ___ Saw? ___ Ask again? ___
How do I know? Point to a word, line, heading or picture. I noticed: ___
Tactile route: use two trays or two paper sections with raised dividing line. A small book-shaped card stands for story; a card with three raised horizontal lines stands for information. Read category names as each card is placed. A child may respond with objects, speech, AAC or dictation.
Paper-test record strip
Copy onto scrap paper for integrated Week 1:
My question: ___ My prediction (a guess before trying):
What I changed: ___ What I kept the same:
Trial 1 flat: ___ Trial 1 ridged:
Trial 2 flat: ___ Trial 2 ridged:
What I observed: ___ What may limit this result: ___ What I would try next: ___
Route and source record
Copy onto scrap paper for integrated Week 2:
Place name (verified): ___ Source and date: ___ Permission/limits:
I saw directly: ___ The source says: ___ I still wonder:
Map start: ___ Destination: ___ Landmark 1: ___ Landmark 2: ___
My reader got stuck at: ___ I revised: ___ How I know my claim: ___
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