{"id":"ind-tch-family-newsletter-week","audience":"teachers","category":"writing-emails","technique":"format","title":"Write a weekly class update families can read in 20 seconds","free":false,"task":"You send a weekly update to families. Write exactly 3 lines starting with \"This week:\", \"Ask your child:\" and \"Coming up:\", in that order, under 60 words, plain text, no bullets. \"Ask your child\" must be one question a parent could ask at dinner, and \"Coming up\" must use the rescheduled test date. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your weekly notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"WEEKLY NOTES - Ms. Harlan, Grade 2, Room 8 - week of Nov 3\n\nWhat we did:\n- Science: learned the 3 states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) by melting ice and watching a kettle steam.\n- Math: adding two-digit numbers with regrouping.\n- Reading: started \"Frog and Toad\" chapters; talked about what makes a good friend.\n\nComing up:\n- Math test on two-digit addition, Thursday Nov 13.\n  UPDATE: moved to Monday Nov 17 because of the assembly.\n- Library day is Wednesday; bring books back.\n- Picture retakes Nov 20.\n\nClassroom notes:\n- Two students have had trouble with regrouping; I'm pulling them for small group (don't put in newsletter).\n- Need more tissues!","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"mistakes":[{"title":"No fixed shape","why":"The AI writes a cheerful newsletter with headings and bullet lists.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 lines: This week:, Ask your child:, Coming up:. No bullets.\"","checks":["r0","maxBullets","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 60 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 20 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"No conversation starter","why":"The AI lists topics, so parents don't know what to ask.","fix":"Add: \"Ask your child: one question a parent could ask at dinner.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Using the old test date","why":"Nov 13 appears first; the update moves it.","fix":"Add: \"The math test is Monday Nov 17.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Shows the 3 labels","patterns":["this week:","ask your child:","coming up:"]},{"label":"Asks for a dinner question","patterns":["question","dinner","ask your child"]},{"label":"Uses the new test date","patterns":["nov(ember)? 17","moved","update","reschedul"]},{"label":"Rules out bullets","patterns":["no bullets","no (dashes|lists)","3 lines"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Busy parents read updates in seconds. Give the AI the exact 3 lines, what each one does, and the current date.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly 3 lines in order starting with 'This week:', 'Ask your child:' and 'Coming up:', with no bullets, greeting or sign-off","The Ask your child line is a single question about something from this week (for example, the states of matter, regrouping, or what makes a good friend)","Coming up gives the math test as Monday Nov 17 (never Nov 13), and nothing mentions the small-group students"]}