{"id":"ind-par-conference-questions","audience":"parents","category":"meetings","technique":"grounding","title":"Prep three questions for a parent-teacher conference","free":false,"task":"Your parent-teacher conference is only 15 minutes. Write exactly 3 numbered questions, each under 15 words and each tied to a specific grade or comment from the progress report, plain text. Put the lowest grade's question first, ask about what you can do at home in at least one of them, and don't ask about anything the report already explains. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The progress report (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PROGRESS REPORT - Grade 5 - Willowbrook Elementary (fictional)\nStudent: Jada Thompson | Teacher: Mrs. Okafor | Conference: Thursday 4:15 PM (15 min)\n\nReading: B+ - \"Reads widely. Summaries are strong. Working on citing evidence from the text.\"\nMath: C- - \"Struggles with multi-step word problems. Fractions improved after the October unit.\"\nScience: A - \"Excellent lab partner. Asks great questions.\"\nWriting: B - \"Ideas are strong; needs to proofread for punctuation.\"\nBehavior: \"Sometimes talks during independent work.\"\n\nTeacher note at bottom: \"Math intervention group meets Tues/Thu, Jada was added Nov 1.\"\n\nMy notes:\n- Jada says math is \"boring.\"\n- I already know about the intervention group (it's on the report).","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":50},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"No fixed count","why":"The AI gives 8-10 questions grouped by subject with tips.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered questions, nothing else.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 50 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each question under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Not prioritizing","why":"The AI follows the report order, so math, the biggest concern, lands second.","fix":"Add: \"Question 1 is about math, the lowest grade.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Generic questions","why":"\"How is she doing socially?\" isn't tied to anything on the report.","fix":"Add: \"Tie each question to a comment, and ask what we can do at home.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Asking what's answered","why":"The AI asks whether there's extra math help, which the report already says.","fix":"Add: \"Don't ask about the intervention group; it's on the report.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets the number of questions","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,20}questions?"]},{"label":"Puts math first","patterns":["math first","lowest grade","first.{0,20}math","c-"]},{"label":"Asks about home","patterns":["at home","home","help her"]},{"label":"Skips answered topics","patterns":["already (know|says|explains)","intervention","skip"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Fifteen minutes goes fast. Tell the AI how many questions, what comes first, and what you already know.","rubricLabels":["The first question is about math (the C-, multi-step word problems), the lowest grade","Each question ties to a specific grade or comment from the report (such as multi-step word problems, citing evidence, proofreading punctuation, or talking during independent work), and at least one asks what she can do at home","No question asks about things the report already explains (like whether there's a math intervention group or when it meets), and nothing appears besides the 3 questions"]}