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Free Daily Starters Elementary Grades 3–5 · 4–6 minutes

Poster Setup Problem

Work Habits · What's Missing

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One page for the student and one for the teacher, with the answer and what a strong response looks like. Print either or both.

A student kneels by a blank floor poster with cards, tape, and a glue stick nearby.

Victor kneels beside a poster spread flat on the floor. His class uses the poster to plan the first warm-up jobs. A helper left a message beside tape, cards, and a glue stick. The message says to add the blue cards, but not where. Four blank spaces sit in a row like parking spots. Victor needs one clear detail before anything gets stuck down.

Name the missing step in Victor's process.

  1. Read the message and look at the poster.
  2. Put the blue cards in the correct blank spaces.
  3. Stick the blue cards down neatly.

Think about it: What would go wrong if Victor stuck the cards down before checking the blank spaces?

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