Sentence Frames - Varying Thinking Stems

Cognate

______________________ occurs more/less frequently than __________________________. ocurre, con más/menos frequencia
Analyze & Interpret

______________________ is/is not important because _______________________________. es/no es importante

The information from ________________________ tells me that _______________________. información, informe

Based upon ____________, I believe___________ is more/less important than _________. basado/ a en, es más/menos importante

After a careful analysis of ____________ I can state with certainty that ______________. análisis, con certeza

I analyze/interpret the information to mean______________ due to _________________. información, interpreto, analizo

Cognate
_____________________________________ is an example of ___________________________. ejemplo

I use ______________________________________ when I _______________________________. uso

Apply

I used ___________________________________ to determine that ______________________. determinar

When I solve this problem, I need to know _______________ and _____________________. problema

A possible result of __________________________________ is ___________________________. posible, resultado

____________________________________________ is another instance where this applies. instancia, aplica

Cognate

The cause of ____________________is/ was _________________ because __________________. causa

The effect of _________________ is/was _________________ because _____________________. efecto

Cause & Effect

There are/were many causes for ____________________ including ______________________. causas incluyendo

There are/were many effects of __________________________ including _________________. efectos incluyendo

causas efectos
The cause(s) of _________ was/were __________, and the effect(s) was/were ___________.

causa significativa/efecto
The most significant cause of ____ is/was ____ and the most significant effect is/was ____. significativo

Cognate
Compare Classify & Categorize

_________________ is similar to/different from ________________ because ________________. similar, diferente

The difference between ___________________ and __________________ is ________________. diferencia

The characteristics of _________________ are similar to/different from ___________________. caracteristicas, similares

One distinction between __________________ and ___________________ is ________________. distinción entre

similar, distinto
While __________________ and _________________ are similar, ___________________ is distinct.
en esta circunstancia, está
In this circumstance, it is clear that ________________ and ______________ are comparable. claro que, comparable

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Sentence Frames - Varying Thinking Stems
Cognate

I can create ____________________________________ with ____________________________________. crear

I would use _____________________________________________ to ______________________________. usaría

Create Develop

I could demonstrate this by_______________________________________________________________. mostrar

A different way to design_____________________________________ is ___________________________. diferente, diseñar

With what I know, I could create a ________________________________________________________. crear

The way I would explain this to another kid is _______________________________________________. explicar

Cognate
I conclude _________________________ is correct/incorrect because __________________________. concluyo, correcto/incorrecto

I imagined _________________________, but now I think _______________________________________. imaginé

Draw Conclusions

One conclusion I can make is ____________________________ because ________________________. conclusión

With this new information, I can now state _________________________________________________. información

Basado en, la reflexión,

Based on my reflection, I conclude ________________________ because ______________________. concluyo

_______________________ is significant/reasonable in this case because ______________________. significativo, en este caso,

razonamiento

Cognate
It is my opinion that _______________________ is a good/bad idea because____________________. opinión, idea

My evaluation is that ______________________ is important because __________________________. evaluación, importante

Evaluate

In my opinion, I believe that ____________________________ because__________________________. opinión

The importance of _____________________________________ is _________________________________. importancia

As my evaluation of ________________________ concluded it is evident that ___________________. evaluación, concluido,

evidente
After careful analysis, I can say that __________________ has value because _________________. análisis, tiene valor

Cognate

While there are exceptions, I can generally say this information tells us that __________________. generalmente

Frequently_________________ is/are ______________ because they are/it has___________________. frecuentemente

Generalize

De acuerdo con el [texto,

According to [the text/information], you can generally say _________________________________.
información], generalmente
Most of the time _______________________. I believe that because ___________________________.

You can generally say the more/less___________________, the more/less ______________________. generalmente

I believe, based upon ________________________, that generally ______________________________. basado/ a en, generalmente

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Sentence Frames - Varying Thinking Stems
Cognate
The book/text says ___________________________, so I think ___________________________________. texto

It appears that _______________________________ because ___________________________________. aparece

La evidencia que, informa,

One piece of evidence that informs my decision is _________________________________________. decisión
Infer

The text stated _____________________________, which is why I think ___________________________. texto

Although not explicitly stated, I can infer _________________________because_________________. explícitamente, puedo inferir

The evidence indicates _______________________________because____________________________. evidencia, indica

Cognate

This reminds me of ________________________________________________________________________.

Make Connections

Another example of __________________________________ is _________________________________. otro, ejemplo

____________________________________ is similar to this because ______________________________. similar

_______________________________________ reminds me of ____________________________________.

The main connection between _____________________ and ________________ is _______________. conexión/relación

_____________ and _____________ are related in at least two ways, ___________ and ___________. relacionados

Cognate
I predict/estimate ___________________ because__________________ is/are_____________________. predigo

I think ____________________ will repeat because ___________________ is/are ___________________. repito

Predict Estimate

I predict/estimate ____________________. My reasons for this include__________________________. predigo , las razones, incluyen

In my opinion, _______________________ will happen next because ___________________________. en mi opinión

predigo
In light of _____________________________________, I predict __________________________________.
en consideración a/al, texto,
In consideration of the text/information given, I believe ____________________________will occur.
información

Cognate
_______________________________ happened before/after ___________________________________.
Sequence / Order

The order of events begins/terminates with _________________________________________________. orden de eventos, termina

vital, proceso
A vital step in the process is __________________________ because ____________________________.
considerando que, sorpresa,
Considering ________________________, it is not a surprise that ______________________ occurred. occurió

It would be important to ____________________________ before/after _________________________. importante

If all the steps are complete, _____________________________________________________ will occur. completos, ocurrirá

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 Sentence Frames - Varying Thinking Stems

Cognate

It’s important to remember ________________________________________________________________. importante

Three important points, ideas, or actions are _______________________________________________. tres, ideas importantes, acciones
Summarize

​It is essential to know ______________________________________________________________________. esencial

The most important part is ___________________________ because ____________________________. parte más importante

After _______________________________, I now understand ___________________________________.

The most significant thing I learned today is ________________________________________________. significante

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