# Day 13 — Put changes in order

**Purpose/codes:** Collect and organise records into an annotated timeline; K01/S02/S03/S07. **Prepare:** O13 three cards, wide paper strip or dictated sequence. **Child start:** “Put these clues in order. Add what happened beside each one.”

1. **Invite:** Read O13 complete INVENTED Brook Hall records: a 1998 note reports a bare reading corner; a 2006 note reports volunteers adding a shelf; a 2019 note reports that the shelf was moved to make room for a wider doorway. All three refer to the same hall. No details about volunteers' backgrounds or actual access success are supplied.
2. **Model:** Place dates in increasing order. Attach the source/event words to each mark. Say “This is an ordered strip. Its spaces are not a measured number of years.” Do not use equal-spaced ticks while claiming a numerical scale.
3. **Guide:** Each child orders the three records and explains one earlier/later relationship with its note. Invite a title and source labels. Keep an undated note separate if a child invents an extension; unknown date cannot be slotted as known.
4. **Choose:** Use one mechanism and retain the child's annotations. Paper/AAC order is sufficient; walking a line is optional and locally suitable.
5. **Check:** Ask “Which note comes before the shelf was moved? How do you know?” Ensure the child cites the 2006 event/date rather than merely left/right.
6. **Next:** For a reversed pair, model unrelated 1995/2010 event cards using year labels, then retry new dates. For unannotated dates, add one event/source label before giving another complete case.

**Routes:** (a) **Fold-out strip:** fold three panels and attach source/event labels in order. (b) **Spoken museum tour:** sequence three props or empty cards and narrate earlier/later with dates; a scribe writes only the child's words. (c) **Order repair:** teacher presents O13 in 2019/1998/2006 order; child directs swaps and explains the correction. There is no automatic timer.

**Observation:** Correct source-attached order and one supported comparison, not timeline decoration. A visual strip and a narrated list both preserve order.

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