Year 3 English · Term 1 · Weeks 07–08 · Days 31–40

Same board, different jobs

Day 37 · Same board, different jobs

Complete source

Original pretend board guide pair. Maker note: “Mark the empty starting square START. Leave the finishing square without a mark until the group chooses its name.” Player note: “Begin on the square marked START. Ask what the finishing square will be called.” The finishing name has not been chosen.

Invitation

Explain one maker/player difference, or make a new guide for one job.

Full sequence

Read the complete source, or give it in the usual communication route. Let the child just listen first if wanted.

Explain one maker/player difference, or make a new guide for one job. The source can stay beside the response.

Ask What does this reader need to do? Record exact words/help only if wanted; keep the outcome private.

Adult possible reasoning · keep separate from own words

The maker is asked to label and wait; the player is asked to use the supplied mark and ask about the missing name.

Access and limits

Optional short paper/oral/sign/AAC/drawing/type/exact-scribing activity. No purchase, printer, device, returned work or personal disclosure required. Stop, split, repeat or change the route.

No final name, winning rule or actual group agreement is supplied.