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. The temperature data show....
Predictions:
- Based on the data patterns I see so far, I predict that...
- I predict that next month's temperatures will be...
- My prediction for next month is...
Comparisons:
- When I compared my local temperatures with data from Mexico, I noticed that...
- When I compared temperature data from breeding habitats and the overwintering habitat, I noticed that...
- The similarities [or differences] between my local temperatures and Mexico are…
Surprises and Discoveries:
- I discovered that...
- I was surprised by...
- I noticed something unusual about...
Hypotheses: (Possible Reasons for Data)
- A possible explanation for what the data showed this month is...
- A factor that affected this month's data might have been...
- I think this month's data was affected by...
Questions:
- I wonder why...
- I wonder how...
- How are monarchs affected by...
- How will the migration be affected by…
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