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Day 178 · Is there a small local pattern?Foundation Science · T4 W35–36 · Day 178 lesson

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Foundation / Science / Term 4 / Weeks 35 36

Part of the full lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Optional practice · Check guide · Aids and text routes.

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Teacher copy: This page may include teaching prompts or answer keys. Answer keys in this public library can be viewed by anyone. Give learners a clean prompt, use checks as formative evidence, and change a case locally when prior access matters.

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Goal/codes: Identify a guided pattern only from sufficient comparable observations; SFI03, SFI05.

Prepare: Useful actual rows if available; otherwise NOTE (one reported try) plus original two-row pattern source below. No forced repeats.

  1. Choose · 3 min. “Do these notes show something alike?” Child chooses available shared rows; if only one exists, that one is useful and no repeat-pattern claim is made.

  2. Source · 4 min. If local comparable rows are absent, use this complete original PAD-PAIR-36 · FICTIONAL MODEL: “Same folded cloth E; same named visible side; two welcomed single gentle presses, each viewed as hand left; both reports: pressed side lower than before, released above pressed but below before. No measured force or broad material claim.” Do not suggest it happened locally.

  3. Find · 7 min. Child points/signs/describes the shared qualitative relation or a difference/uncertainty. Enough comparable rows for the claim matters; no fixed count, AB design or all-soft-material rule.

  4. Represent · 5 min. Use a provided broad two-row space or short shared phrases. Keep source/access/time and guidance. Drawing a taller outline is a representation, not physical return evidence.

  5. Tell · 4 min. Child chooses “in these notes…” or “in our available tries…” and explains one bounded idea to a willing adult, or rehearses privately with status clear.

  6. Next · 2 min. Keep a useful pattern/question/uncertainty. If rows differ in time/action/form, describe that rather than forcing a pattern.

Teacher keeps: one useful shared source/stage phrase or sketch, relevant individual idea/response and support; actual direct/report/model status. Add missing facts only if needed for the claim. Do not fabricate a prior prediction, physical trial or willing audience.