Coach: look at the exit check results and the paper practice. Go back over every item a student missed: read it together, have the student explain their thinking, then show the correct thinking. Use the reteach routine below for anyone who missed two or more. Students who got everything right take the stretch task.

🔄 Reteach it (missed two or more)

Use the chin trick: hand under the chin, say the word slowly, and count each chin drop. Then push one counter forward for each drop.

Start with compound words (cupcake, sunshine), which have very clear beats.

"sunshine": chin drops?
Answer: Two.
"cat": chin drops?
Answer: One.
"bas... ket": what word?
Answer: basket.

🚀 Stretch it (got everything right)

Find a word with four beats.
Answer: Examples: watermelon, caterpillar, alligator.
Say a word, then say it without its first beat: "cupcake" without "cup."
Answer: cake. Try: "sunshine" without "sun" (shine).