Topic 1 Where is it? Did it move? — what needs James (0)

Proposed wording: Look at the ruler. A marble rolls from the start mark, where the ruler's zero is, to the stop mark. How far did the marble roll? Type the number of centimeters. (drawing ruler_marble_0_30)

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “ # Olivia, 1 Oct 2026 ("put images with the ruler in all questions"): q1, q6 and q8 drawn; the numbers leave the stems so the ruler is read (James, 30 Sep: cover the drawing — the item must need it) {"type": "text", "tag": "recall", "fig": "ruler_marble_0_30", "stem": "Look at the ruler. A marble rolls from the start mark, where the ruler's zero is, to the stop mark. How far did the marble roll? Type the number of centimeters.", "accept": ["30", "30 cm", "30cm", "30 centimeters", "30 centimeter", "30 centimetres"], "why": "The zero is at the start mark.<br>The stop mark reads 30 centimeters.<br>So the marble rolled 30 centimeters."},” → “ {"type": "text", "tag": "recall", "stem": "A toy plane rolls from the start mark, where the ruler's zero is, and stops at the 30 centimeter mark. How far did the plane move? Type the number of centimeters.", "accept": ["30", "30 cm", "30cm", "30 centimeters", "30 centimeter", "30 centimetres"], "why": "The zero is at the start mark.<br>The stop mark reads 30 centimeters.<br>So the plane moved 30 centimeters."},”

Lesson 5b (Measure how far it moved when the zero is not at the start) quiz, item 3 and Lesson 5b (Measure how far it moved when the zero is not at the start) quiz, item 4

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “"stem": "Look at the same ruler again. What is the reading at the stop mark?"” → “"stem": "What is the reading at the stop mark?"”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “ {"type": "text", "tag": "fluency", "fig": "ruler_box_8_20", "stem": "Look at the ruler. A box slides from the start mark to the stop mark. How far did the box slide? Type the number of centimeters.", "accept": ["12", "12 cm", "12cm", "12 centimeters", "12 centimeter", "12 centimetres"], "why": "The start mark is at 8 centimeters.<br>The stop mark is at 20 centimeters.<br>From 8 up to 20 is 12.<br>20 − 8 = 12<br>So the box slid 12 centimeters."},” → “ {"type": "text", "tag": "fluency", "stem": "A wind-up chick walks along a ruler from the 8 centimeter mark to the 20 centimeter mark. How far did it walk? Type the number of centimeters.", "accept": ["12", "12 cm", "12cm", "12 centimeters", "12 centimeter", "12 centimetres"], "why": "The start mark is at 8 centimeters.<br>The stop mark is at 20 centimeters.<br>From 8 up to 20 is 12.<br>20 − 8 = 12<br>So the chick walked 12 centimeters."},”

Proposed wording: Look at the meter stick. A toy boat slides from the start mark to the stop mark. How far did the boat slide? Type the number of centimeters. (drawing ruler_boat_30_75)

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “ {"type": "text", "tag": "fluency", "fig": "ruler_boat_30_75", "stem": "Look at the meter stick. A toy boat slides from the start mark to the stop mark. How far did the boat slide? Type the number of centimeters.", "accept": ["45", "45 cm", "45cm", "45 centimeters", "45 centimeter", "45 centimetres"], "why": "The start mark is at 30 centimeters.<br>The stop mark is at 75 centimeters.<br>From 30 up to 75 is 45.<br>75 − 30 = 45<br>So the boat slid 45 centimeters."},” → “ {"type": "text", "tag": "fluency", "stem": "A toy digger rolls along a meter stick from the 30 centimeter mark to the 75 centimeter mark. How far did it roll? Type the number of centimeters.", "accept": ["45", "45 cm", "45cm", "45 centimeters", "45 centimeter", "45 centimetres"], "why": "The start mark is at 30 centimeters.<br>The stop mark is at 75 centimeters.<br>From 30 up to 75 is 45.<br>75 − 30 = 45<br>So the digger rolled 45 centimeters."},”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “ # The pencil-case recall item was cut 1 Oct 2026 (Olivia: it tested "same spot" and "before and after", not the lesson; the quiz keeps 13 items) ” → “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "recall", "stem": "A pencil case is in the same spot on the shelf before and after school. Did it move?", "options": ["moved", "did not move"], "key": 1, "fb": ["Its position stayed the same.", "Its position stayed the same, so it did not move."], "why": "The pencil case's position stayed the same.<br>So it did not move."}, ”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “Is the skateboard's path straight or curved?"” → “Is its path straight or curved?"”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “Is the goldfish's path straight or curved?"” → “Is its path straight or curved?"”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “"stem": "A child jumps over a puddle. The dotted line shows the child's path. Is the child's path straight or curved?"” → “"stem": "Look at the dotted line behind the child. Is the child's path straight or curved?"”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “Is the elevator's path straight or curved?"” → “Is its path straight or curved?"”

Proposed wording: A child holds on to a bar that hangs from a zip line, and slides down through the air. The dotted line shows the child's path. Is the child's path straight or curved?

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “"stem": "A child holds on to a bar that hangs from a zip line, and slides down through the air. The dotted line shows the child's path. Is the child's path straight or curved?"” → “"stem": "Look at the dotted line behind the child on the zip line. Is the child's path straight or curved?"”

grade3/topic01_build/content/figures.py: “ for dx, dy in ((-12, -12), (0, -17), (12, -12)): body += line(232 + dx * 0.4, fl - 4, 232 + dx, fl - 4 + dy, 2.2, color=BLUE) # blue splash (Olivia, 1 Oct 2026) for dx in (-8, 0, 8): body += circle(232 + dx * 1.6, fl - 22 - abs(dx) * 0.4, 2, BLUE, 0.8) # three blue drops above the splash” → “ for dx, dy in ((-10, -10), (0, -14), (10, -10)): body += line(232 + dx * 0.4, fl - 4, 232 + dx, fl - 4 + dy, 1.2, color=MID)”

Proposed wording: One fan blade is red, with a dot at its tip. The dotted line shows where the dot went as the fan turned. Is the dot's path straight or curved? (one red blade, a dot at its tip, the circle through the dot)

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "fluency", "fig": "path_circle_ceiling_fan", "stem": "One fan blade is red, with a dot at its tip. The dotted line shows where the dot went as the fan turned. Is the dot's path straight or curved?", "options": ["straight", "curved"], "key": 1, "fb": ["Look again: the dot's path bends all the way around, so it is curved.", "The dot's path bends all the way around and comes back to where it began."], "why": "The dot on the blade's tip goes all the way around.<br>Its path bends.<br>A path that bends is curved."},” → “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "fluency", "fig": "path_circle_ceiling_fan", "stem": "Look at the dotted line behind the tip of one fan blade. Is its path straight or curved?", "options": ["straight", "curved"], "key": 1, "fb": ["Look again: the path bends all the way around, so it is curved.", "The path bends all the way around and comes back to where it began."], "why": "The blade tip's path bends all the way around.<br>A path that bends is curved."},”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “"stem": "The dotted line shows the path the rocket took as it blasted off. Is the rocket's path straight or curved?"” → “"stem": "Look at the dotted line under the rocket. Is its path straight or curved?"”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01_lessons_b.py: “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "fluency", "stem": "A hamster runs along its tube. The line the hamster goes along is called its ___.", # Olivia, 1 Oct 2026: the recall item's own frame, as an MCQ first "options": ["position", "path", "direction"], "key": 1,” → “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "fluency", "stem": "A hamster runs along its tube. What do we call the line the hamster goes along?", "options": ["a position", "a path", "a direction"], "key": 1,”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “ # The ladder item (does this description name a landmark?) was cut 1 Oct 2026 (Olivia, PR-q2: the same move as the spoon item above) ” → “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "fluency", "stem": "\"The ladder is leaning over there.\" Does this description name a landmark?", "options": ["yes", "no"], "key": 1, "fb": ["\"Over there\" is not an object anyone can see.", "\"Over there\" is not an object anyone can see."], "why": "Leaning over there, against what?<br>No object is named.<br>So there is no landmark."}, ”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “"stem": "\"The bucket is four steps to the left of the sandbox.\" Which object is the landmark?"” → “"stem": "\"The bucket is four steps to the left of the sandbox.\" Which part of the sentence tells you the landmark?"”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “"stem": "In the morning a watering can was by the shed. In the afternoon the same can is by the gate. Did the can move?"” → “"stem": "In the morning a watering can stood by the shed, and in the afternoon the same can stands by the gate. Did the can move?"”

Proposed wording: Look at the ruler. A toy train rolls from the start mark, where the ruler's zero is, to the stop mark. How far did the train roll? Type the number of centimeters. (drawing ruler_train_0_27)

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “ {"type": "text", "tag": "fluency", "fig": "ruler_train_0_27", "stem": "Look at the ruler. A toy train rolls from the start mark, where the ruler's zero is, to the stop mark. How far did the train roll? Type the number of centimeters.", # drawn 1 Oct 2026 (Olivia, PR-q8) "accept": ["27", "27 cm", "27cm", "27 centimeters", "27 centimeter", "27 centimetres"], "why": "The zero is at the start mark.<br>The stop mark reads 27 centimeters.<br>So the train rolled 27 centimeters."},” → “ {"type": "text", "tag": "fluency", "stem": "A wind-up frog hops from the start mark, where the ruler's zero is, and stops at the 27 centimeter mark. How far did the frog hop? Type the number of centimeters.", "accept": ["27", "27 cm", "27cm", "27 centimeters", "27 centimeter", "27 centimetres"], "why": "The zero is at the start mark.<br>The stop mark reads 27 centimeters.<br>So the frog hopped 27 centimeters."},”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "fluency", "fig": "path_circle_merrygoround", "stem": "A child rides a merry-go-round. The dotted line shows where the child's seat went. Is the seat's path straight or curved?", # 1 Oct 2026 (Olivia, PR-q9): the pony at the fair replaced by a drawn merry-go-round "options": ["straight", "curved"], "key": 1, "fb": ["Look again: the seat's path bends all the way around, so it is curved.", "Around and around: the seat's path bends all the way around and comes back to where it began."], "why": "The seat's path bends all the way around the merry-go-round.<br>A path that bends is curved."},” → “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "fluency", "stem": "A pony walks around and around the ring at the fair. Is its path straight or curved?", "options": ["straight", "curved"], "key": 1, "fb": ["Look again: the pony's path bends all the way around the ring, so it is curved.", "Around and around the ring: the pony's path bends all the way around and comes back to where it began."], "why": "The pony's path bends all the way around the ring.<br>A path that bends is curved."},”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “"stem": "How far something is from a landmark is called its ___ from the landmark."” → “"stem": "How far something is from a landmark is called its ___."”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “ # The typed "direction" item was cut 1 Oct 2026 (Olivia, PR-q13; S35: nine letters at grade 3); L03's quiz keeps the recall ” → “ {"type": "text", "tag": "term", "stem": "Which way something is from a landmark is called its ___.", "accept": ["direction", "the direction", "its direction", "a direction", "direcshun", "directon", "dirction", "derection"], "why": "Which way something is from a landmark is called its direction."}, ”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “ {"type": "text", "tag": "term", "stem": "To say what will happen next, before it happens, is to ___. Type the word.", "accept": ["predict", "to predict", "predicts", "predicting", "predicted", "predic", "predickt", "pridict", "predit", "perdict", "predect"], "why": "To say what will happen next, before it happens, is to predict.<br>A pattern lets you predict."},” → “ {"type": "text", "tag": "term", "stem": "To say what happens next, before it happens, is to ___. Type the word.", "accept": ["predict", "to predict", "predicts", "predicting", "predicted", "predic", "predickt", "pridict", "predit", "perdict", "predect"], "why": "To say what happens next, before it happens, is to predict.<br>A pattern lets you predict."},”

the summary script, beat 5 (the text in G3T01.py; the live video's AUDIO edit by id is written in handoff/G3T01/videos/FEEDBACK_OLIVIA_2026-10-01.md, not sent)

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “ {"say": "A description with no landmark does not tell you where to look. \"The ball is over there\" tells you nothing.", "screen": "[bubble: the ball is over there; chip NO LANDMARK]"}, # Olivia, 1 Oct 2026: the subject spoken” → “ {"say": "A description with no landmark does not tell you where to look. \"Over there\" tells you nothing.", "screen": "[bubble: over there; chip NO LANDMARK]"},”

grade3/topic01_build/content/G3T01.py: “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "video", "fig": "ruler_car_0_40_q", "stem": "Look at the ruler. The ruler's zero sits at the start mark. How far did the toy car move?", # drawn 1 Oct 2026 (Olivia, SUMMARY-v3) "options": ["0 centimeters", "4 centimeters", "40 centimeters"], "key": 2, "fb": ["Zero is where the toy car started, not how far it went.", "The stop mark lines up with 40, not 4.", "Zero at the start mark, 40 at the stop mark: the toy car moved 40 centimeters."], "why": "Put the ruler's zero at the start mark, then read the stop mark.<br>The stop mark lines up with 40, so the toy car moved 40 centimeters."}]” → “ {"type": "mcq", "tag": "video", "stem": "The ruler's zero sits at the start mark. The stop mark is at 40. How far did the car move?", "options": ["0 centimeters", "4 centimeters", "40 centimeters"], "key": 2, "fb": ["Zero is where the car started, not how far it went.", "The stop mark reads 40, not 4.", "Zero at the start mark, 40 at the stop mark: the car moved 40 centimeters."], "why": "Put the ruler's zero at the start mark, then read the stop mark.<br>The stop mark reads 40, so the car moved 40 centimeters."}]”

the drawing window_ball_three_steps_right (Lesson 3 (Say how far and which way) quiz items 2 to 5)

Proposed wording: Footprints start under the window's middle and the arrowhead touches the ball; chips LEFT and RIGHT at the drawing's bottom corners; alt text, blind comment and image brief say so.

grade3/topic01_build/content/figures.py: “def window_ball_three_steps_right(): body = floor_strip(480) + window(40, 60, 70) body += footprints(78, 200, 200, 200, 3) + ball(222, FLOOR) return svg(480, 250, body, "A window on the left wall; footprints lead along the floor from below the window to a ball", blind="three footprints going to the right from the window to the ball") ” → “def window_ball_three_steps_right(): """Olivia L03-q3 / q4 (29 Sep 2026): the footprints start under the window's middle and the arrow touches the ball; LEFT and RIGHT chips""" body = floor_strip(480) + window(40, 60, 70) body += footprints(75, 200, 210, 200, 3) + ball(222, FLOOR) body += chip(40, 232, "LEFT") + chip(440, 232, "RIGHT") return svg(480, 250, body, "A window on the left wall; footprints lead along the floor from below the window's middle to a ball, the arrowhead touching the ball; a LEFT chip at the bottom left corner and a RIGHT chip at the bottom right corner", blind="three footprints going to the right from under the window's middle to the ball, the arrowhead touching the ball; chip LEFT at the bottom left corner, chip RIGHT at the bottom right corner") ”