👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will apply instructions for a sorting machine using the examples and practice below.

Vocabulary
instruction, input

Teaching Notes

• Read together first, then let students answer independently. Ask students to point to the word or sentence that supports an answer.
• Teach the rule, discuss the worked example, and cover answers during practice.
• Use incorrect responses to identify which part of the rule needs another example.
• Allow approximately 25–35 minutes, including discussion and independent practice.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Big Idea
Read for meaning. Identify the topic, connect details, and use evidence to answer questions.

Read

Imagine a machine that sorts cards. It follows this rule: put red cards in Box A and blue cards in Box B. A green card arrives. The rule does not tell the machine what to do with it.

Vocabulary and Definition

• — a direction for doing something
• — information or material given to a system

Words to Learn

instruction, input

Sentences to Fill In

1. The term for a direction for doing something is ____.
2. The term for information or material given to a system is ____.

Think & Respond Q&A

1. Where does a red card go under the first rule?
2. Where does a blue card go?
3. State the main idea in one sentence.
4. Name a detail that supports that idea.
5. Explain one word using the passage.

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

Read the passage aloud twice. On the first reading, solve unfamiliar words. On the second, group words into meaningful phrases. Then close the text and retell its central idea. Reopen it to check accuracy.

Reflection

• Explain one thing you learned.
• Write two new examples and read them to a partner.