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Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Need: names of plant parts. Signals: first, next, finally. Definition phrase: a type of tool. Procedure begins: gather the paper.
• Primary check: Need: meaning of habitat. Signals: both, unlike. Definition phrase: for example, a spoon. Procedure begins: fold the paper.
• An adult may read every direction and answer choice aloud; learners may respond by speaking, pointing or drawing.

Learn the idea

A useful how-to text places prerequisite actions before actions that depend on them. You need the paper before folding or drawing, but the supplied directions control the task.

Trace the stated order and find its first action. Check that later actions do not need missing materials.

Example to read or listen to: Need: names of plant parts. Signals: first, next, finally. Definition phrase: a type of tool. Procedure begins: gather the paper. The answer is gather the paper. The relevant input states: Procedure begins: gather the paper. This fits gather the paper. A useful how-to text places prerequisite actions before actions that depend on them. You need the paper before folding or drawing, but the supplied directions control the task. Do not assume every procedure uses the same order.

1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
2. Trace the stated order and find its first action. Check that later actions do not need missing materials.
3. Check the worked solution: gather the paper. The relevant input states: Procedure begins: gather the paper. This fits gather the paper. A useful how-to text places prerequisite actions before actions that depend on them. You need the paper before folding or drawing, but the supplied directions control the task. Do not assume every procedure uses the same order.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

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Take it further

Optional extra practice: Write a short how-to guide for making a paper name card. Supplied process: gather paper, fold it, write a name, display it. Use time words, define name card as a folded paper sign, and draw a labeled diagram of the fold. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: A useful how-to text places prerequisite actions before actions that depend on them. You need the paper before folding or drawing, but the supplied directions control the task.

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