Curriculum

• Paper and pencil
• Optional: one short piece of the child’s own writing already on paper; otherwise create one in step 1

1. Step 1. 1. Use one sentence of the child’s own writing, or invite an invented animal sentence. The child chooses and writes the words. Offer spelling help. If handwriting blocks expression, use the explicitly scribed fallback.
2. Step 2. 2. Ask the child to reread aloud, helping with decoding as needed. Ask: Does that bit make sense? Is a word missing, or is anything unclear to a reader? Ask what they intended. If you find a missing word or unclear part, let the child locate it with your guidance. If none exists, do not invent an error; record detection as not observed.
3. Step 3. 3. Ask one specific detail question: Where did the animal go? or What did it look like? For other writing, ask: Can you tell me more about that? The child chooses a useful detail and adds it in writing. Repair any real missing word together as needed.
4. Step 4. 4. Reread the before and after versions aloud. Ask: What did your change help me understand? Accept a simple explanation. Keep the original readable and note what help you gave. A detail change can succeed even when no missing-word detection occurred.
5. Quick check. Observe the child reread their own writing aloud with help, respond to a detail question, make a written improvement, and explain what became clearer. If a real missing word or unclear part occurs, note whether the child spots it with guidance. If not, record detection as not observed, not failed or demonstrated. Supported revision today does not establish independent self-evaluation or all source criteria.

Worked example. Adult model only, not the child's task: Before: 'It ran.' Ask: Which animal do you mean, and where did it run? The writer chooses: 'The rabbit ran under the bench.' The first sentence has no missing word, but 'It' is unclear without context. The change names the animal and adds a place. Separately, 'The rabbit under the bench' could need 'ran' if that was the writer's intended action. Do not call a complete, clear sentence wrong.

Optional challenge. For Responding to Writing Feedback, return to the child’s own writing. Ask for feedback about one unclear part or useful detail. Let the child explain why they accept or decline the suggestion, then make a useful written change if one is needed and reread. Do not require changes to already-clear writing just to fill a quota.

What to notice. Keep before and after words plus one parent note: question asked, child’s response, rereading help, and written change. Record any missing word or unclear part the child located, or detection not observed. Mark adult-scribed words and other support. This session shows guided revision, not full source coverage or independent writing self-evaluation. No name or recording is needed.