Use these sentence starters to help students describe patterns, make predictions, find comparisons, share surprises and discoveries, formulate hypotheses, and ask questions.
Patterns:
- I noticed a pattern when I looked at the data. The pattern is...
- I see a pattern in the migration data collected so far. My graph shows....
Predictions:
- Based on the patterns I see in the data collected so far, I predict that...
- Next week I think the data will show that...
- By next month, I expect to see the data reveal...
- I predict that this year's migration will show...
- Here's my prediction for...
Comparisons:
- When I compared _____, I noticed that...
- When I compared this year's data with last year's, I noticed that...
- The difference between...
- There are similarities between...
Surprises, Discoveries, Unexpected Findings:
- I discovered that...
- I was surprised by...
- I did not expect...
- This week I learned...
- I noticed something unusual about...
Hypotheses: (Possible Reasons for Data)
- A possible explanation for what the data showed this week is...
- One reason for this week's data might be...
- A factor that affected this week's data might have been...
- I think this week's data was affected by...
Questions:
- I wonder why...
- I wonder how...
- How are monarchs affected by...
- How will the migration change if...
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