First preserve the response, actual range, mode, access adjustment, mathematical hint and whether physical marks/moves were directed by the child. Labels describe evidence at this time. No summed score, speed/neatness/motor/speech criterion, reporting-scale substitution, fixed ability type or whole-Year 1 verdict.
E supported answers and alternatives
The exact original mark field contains 28 objects. Fourteen true pairs count 2 through 28; another supported equal-group account covering the same 28 once can be valid. Four groups of seven, for example, may be justified with number knowledge, although the initially taught sequences are 2/5/10. Do not demand a strategy the child has not been taught. A correct one-by-one total supplies quantity/coverage evidence but does not by itself demonstrate the equal-group skip-count target.
For the own twos sequence, any clearly stated start and successive two-object increases with matching chosen representation are valid. Examples in the key only could start 3 then 5,7,9 or start 2 then 4,6,8. Accept object/shape/symbol forms, selected numerals and openly scribed explanation. An accurate continuation of someone else’s example is different from the child’s own creation. Mathematical grouping/rule choice remains the child’s; adult physical marking is named.
F supported answers and alternatives
The exact new field contains 110 objects. Eleven audited tens count 10 through 110; twenty-two fives or fifty-five pairs also cover 110. Different valid complete accounts are accepted. The number of groups is not the object total. A smaller or stopped collection is useful partial range, not independent 110 evidence.
Given successive 20,30,50 with a stated ten-object addition, the first break is 30 to 50: it adds 20 rather than 10. Replace third 50 with 40, giving 20,30,40; next would 50. Alternatively insert 40 between 30 and 50 and explicitly describe 50 as a later fourth stage. The key accepts that supported interpretation. Arbitrary alternative rules do not repair the stated rule, although other rules can be valid in the separate own creation.
Own sequence: child states an increase of 2,5 or 10 and creates consistent stages in a selected form; different starts/layouts are accepted. Record recognition, continuation and creation separately. A label prediction and an actually made/represented next stage are different observations.
Descriptive component rubric and same-day teaching
| Dimension | Independently observed evidence | With prompts / not yet observed: next offer |
|---|---|---|
| Group unit and coverage | Child chooses/establishes equal membership, verifies units and includes every object once. | New small counted/not-counted collection; audit one group before making further groups. If access blocked observation, change format rather than label the mathematics incorrect. |
| Cumulative count and unit meaning | Each skip count matches actual units; last count names all included objects, distinct from group count. | Connect one pair/five/ten to its member count, then two groups; move a completed-group pointer once per step on a new set. |
| Sequence recognition/continuation/creation | Child recognises a stated quantitative change, continues it and creates a new own consistent example; representations/labels agree. | Compare two different stages, add the specified unit, then ask for a new third/own creation. Do not replace the goal with an ABAB repeating pattern. Preserve which of the three actions was actually observed. |
| Checking and explanation | Child points to a unit, count transition or correspondence to justify/repair; decision and actual change distinguished. | One neutral “which group/step shows that?” with a new case, then fade. Record any concept hint; a prediction is not a performed change. |
Apply each dimension independently, noting actual range/support. A child can explain a total yet need sequence creation, or make a sequence yet need complete grouping coverage. Read-aloud/scribing/large or tactile access is named separately from choosing a mathematical answer. A supplied correct adult grouping cannot be credited as the child’s independent partitioning.
New recheck and next lesson
Use offline teacher/RECHECKS.md only after a different teaching example. Retain first evidence and later revision separately. An accurate smaller set supports a new larger opportunity, not an immediate whole-range promotion. Schedule a fresh observation of the absent component on the same day or next suitable offer. The current Queensland AP/MC/WW/EX/BA folio standard is a separate school-reporting resource, not a conversion table for these four descriptions.
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