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Day 1 — What does the source actually show?Year 4 English · T1 W1–2 · Day 1 lesson

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Year 4 / English / Term 1 / Weeks 01 02

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Goal: distinguish a source-supported model detail from a claim about real life. Materials: Card A, source-to-sentence record.

  1. Notice, 3: Say “I see a drawing of a courtyard.” Ask whether the drawing is a real observation. Key: no, an invented model. Tell children this before showing claims.
  2. Model, 5: Read Card A aloud once, then point to “three benches”. “I can write: ‘The model shows three benches.’ The card supports that. I cannot write: ‘Our school has three benches.’ I have not checked our school.”
  3. Guide, 7: Learners read or hear Card A and sort: “model has two paths” supported; “many people use the model courtyard every day” unsupported; “one path runs beside shelter” supported. Require the exact source line or accessible equivalent.
  4. Try, 7: Each learner completes one source-to-sentence record with a supported detail and a limit. Choose speech, AAC, dictation or writing. Peer checks the card, not the speaker's confidence.
  5. Check, 3: “Does Card A tell us how hot the place feels?” Key: no. If child says yes because shelter implies coolness, label that as inference needing evidence and reread the limit sentence.