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 data collected so far. My graph shows....
Predictions
- Based on the patterns I see so far, I predict that...
- This year, I expect to see the data reveal...
- My prediction for this year's first sighting date is...
Comparisons
- There are similarities [or differences] between...
- When I compared data from two years I noticed that...
- The timing of first sightings ranged from ____ (earliest) to ____ (latest).
Surprises and Discoveries
- I discovered that...
- I was surprised by...
- I noticed something unusual about...
Hypotheses (Possible reasons to explain what was observed)
- A possible explanation for different arrival dates is...
- Some factors that I think affected the first sighting dates are...
- I think the differences I found were caused by...
Questions
- I wonder why...
- I wonder how...
- I wonder if migration is affected by...
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