Teaching purpose
Use a named pattern/source to make a cautious useful prediction and communicate a multimodal plan; consider actual listener feedback only with permission, without testing hearing or certifying an alarm.
Taught prerequisites: Days 6–8 separate sound-making actions, receiver knowledge and evidence type. Use actual ordinary notes if available; a model/report remains labelled.
Prepare: Source notes, large raised or tabletop visual card, blank plan. Optional soft paper cue only by agreement. No safety signal/evacuation application, device, recording or real venue facts required.
Partial opportunity codes: AC9S2H01, AC9S2U02, AC9S2I01, AC9S2I05, AC9S2I06; whole meanings and limits.
Suggested 35-minute script
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Choose a purpose · 3 min. Say, “How could a helper show a pretend task is ready?” Select a game, reading display or maker gallery. These scenarios are invented, not a local venue’s procedure.
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Find the pattern · 5 min. Point to a named prior tap/rub finding or literal note and use it for a bounded prediction. If only one note exists, say that; do not fabricate repeated success. Ask what a visible cue might add for someone who does not want to listen.
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Read the small real-world connection · 7 min. Read the short Queensland planning text. The government page’s general noise-planning idea is factual; the imagined gallery is not a real local site. Adult may replace it with one authorised dated school/council detail using the local-source card. Teach that science observations can inform a useful choice without turning a model into a legal/safety guarantee.
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Make or test the plan · 10 min. Choose a visible cue plus an optional gentle sound action, or a fully quiet route. Learner chooses message, placement and response mode. A willing partner can describe whether the visual message was clear, or a consenting adult can observe the selected simple cue. Actual feedback is recorded verbatim; if nobody tests, keep a prediction. Do not compare children’s hearing or require an audience response.
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Revise from evidence · 7 min. Compare the named source/prediction with any actual trial. Revise one element only if it helps the chosen question. Keep imagined comments marked imagined. Ask what the cue cannot establish, such as everyone noticing it, effectiveness in noise, or a certified warning system.
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Close · 3 min. Give a two-part useful message: the record/source behind the idea and what needs another check. A private drawing, AAC, adult-read message or small chosen audience is acceptable. Next teaching targets unsupported guarantees or missing source, not performance confidence.
Three useful context choices
Choose one; the three are alternatives, not a completion quota. Contexts and their supplied accounts are original fiction unless a particular factual source is named. Real results replace fictional values on actual routes.
1. Game pause card
Choose a symbol to show a pretend board game is paused. A soft paper cue may be proposed from a named note; no hearing test is needed. Whether a real partner understood the visible symbol is unknown until they willingly give feedback.
2. Reading display ready
Choose a quiet tabletop ready sign for an invented reading display. Use a named prior paper-label stand finding to predict placement; no library rule or real worker testimony is invented.
3. Maker gallery turn
Choose a visual turn card plus optional gentle tap for an invented maker gallery. The general Queensland noise-planning fact is sourced, but this gallery/noise level is fictional. Leave actual reach, volume, hearing and safety performance unknown.
Participation and evidence
The child can choose the question, arrangement, stopping point or communication. Offer own approved action, learner-directed adult action or complete source interpretation; these do not supply the same practical evidence. Quiet/private/AAC/signed/pointed/exact-scribed routes are available. Adult records operator, actual channels, supplied account/model, neutral support and scientific prompts separately. Guided comparison is appropriate; no fixed learning-style labels or prescribed outcome.
Notice, then teach
Criterion: Useful prediction names a prior pattern/source and limit; explains daily use without fabricated local claims; distinguishes chosen plan from actual feedback/test.
Next teaching: Point to the earlier note before prediction; replace always with a condition. Recheck with an unfamiliar quiet cue question and a different source, retaining untested status.
Child card · ordinary complete source choices · matching aid and full alternative · home · two optional extras.
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