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 in the data collected 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:
- When I compared my 2 years data, ________________ and ______________, I noticed that...
- When I compared this year's first sighting date with multiple other years, I noticed that...
- There are similarities [or differences] between...
Surprises and Discoveries:
- I discovered that...
- I was surprised by...
- I noticed something unusual about...
Hypotheses: (Possible Reasons for Differences in First Sighting Dates)
- A possible explanation for different date is...
- Some factors that affected the first sighting date have been...
- I think the data describing first sighting in different places was affected by...
Questions:
- I wonder why...
- I wonder how...
- How is migration affected by...
- How will migration pattern change if...
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