Try the words aloud or silently. What changes? Choose words that fit the job.
Before you begin
The complete matched C source travels with this offer; an adult can read it. It is ordinary taught material, not an unseen case.
First adult words
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Try two ways of inviting someone to a pretend puppet show. Use the supplied lines if a family member does not want to role-play.
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Read the matched fictional source together. Ask which reader or character the child wants to help. Use the child direction: ‘Try the words aloud or silently. What changes? Choose words that fit the job.’
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Offer scrap paper, objects, pointing, speech/sign or exact dictation. Stop after one useful small piece; no class workbook or internet is required.
Later adult words
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Invite the child to show one part and explain it using the source. If useful, ask the supplied reader question or reread the relevant source detail.
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Notice whether a child relates a specific word to force and the reader’s purpose. Accept justified differences; do not grade personality or one supposed ‘correct’ emotional reaction.
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If you supply a word, answer, model or pen work, say so in a note. Keep the piece private unless you and the child choose a permitted reader. This offer is not an independent assessment by itself.
Optional extra
Return to the second matched ordinary source C06 for the same day's purpose, introducing its full source first. Do not quietly switch to a different day or held case.
Time
5–15 minutes suggested, unpiloted; stop, shorten or resume.