N18 · The art index lookup
A small start: Keep the checked action and the unknown answer separate.
Complete supplied source
Original fiction. Art shelf record says Etta checked the material index for the entry called Broad Blue Paper. The source contains no answer from the index and no note saying whether Etta found the entry. Etta has suggested a bigger material heading; it is not made.
Choose your way
Tell it, sign, use AAC, point to the words, make broad marks or direct a helper. Two reachable paper spaces are enough if wanted. Start with one clue, keep it private, rest, pass or stop. A helper can read dates or source names neutrally and write the child’s exact chosen words; record any supplied idea separately. These are choices, not fixed learning styles or diagnostic labels.
Grown-up help · teach, model and another useful step
Teacher invitation: Read the checked action and proposed heading aloud if wanted. Invite a clear known-action/unknown-result account, then one reasonable source question.
One worked possibility, after an own attempt or if wanted: Etta checked the material index. Found/not found and understanding are not recorded. Bigger heading is suggested/unmade. “Nobody checked” and “Etta definitely found it” both go beyond this source.
What stays unknown: The lookup result and any benefit from a bigger heading remain unknown.
Next teaching: Offer an invented shelf-description note that says paper is stored on the lower shelf. Ask whether that source proves Etta’s lookup result; it can add a location clue without proving the earlier action’s outcome.
Keep a useful trace if needed: chosen source/question, exact child meaning, actual helper reading/writing/moving/operation, content help and one useful next step. Missing or unoffered evidence is not a failure; a fictional action is not the child’s performance. There is no length, handwriting, speed or public-sharing requirement.
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