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    The document provides sentence stems for students to use in language-rich classroom discussions. It separates the stems into categories for different purposes: accessing prior knowledge, sharing ideas, elaborating on ideas, justifying ideas, and summarizing learning. The stems are adapted for different grade levels, with simpler stems provided for kindergarten and newcomers that focus on observation, description, and storytelling. The stems are designed to help students participate meaningfully in classroom conversations.

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    The document provides sentence stems for students to use in language-rich classroom discussions. It separates the stems into categories for different purposes: accessing prior knowledge, sharing ideas, elaborating on ideas, justifying ideas, and summarizing learning. The stems are adapted for different grade levels, with simpler stems provided for kindergarten and newcomers that focus on observation, description, and storytelling. The stems are designed to help students participate meaningfully in classroom conversations.

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    The document provides sentence stems for students to use in language-rich classroom discussions. It separates the stems into categories for different purposes: accessing prior knowledge, sharing ideas, elaborating on ideas, justifying ideas, and summarizing learning. The stems are adapted for different grade levels, with simpler stems provided for kindergarten and newcomers that focus on observation, description, and storytelling. The stems are designed to help students participate meaningfully in classroom conversations.

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    Sentence Stems

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    The document provides sentence stems for students to use in language-rich classroom discussions. It separates the stems into categories for different purposes: accessing prior knowledge, sharing ideas, elaborating on ideas, justifying ideas, and summarizing learning. The stems are adapted for different grade levels, with simpler stems provided for kindergarten and newcomers that focus on observation, description, and storytelling. The stems are designed to help students participate meaningfully in classroom conversations.

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    Sentence Stems

    Adapted from 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom by John Seidlitz and Bill Perryman

    Purpose Stem
    Accessing Prior  I already know…
    Knowledge  ___________ reminds me of…
     My experience with…
     I would like to know more about…
     I would compare __________ to __________ because…
     Discussing __________ made me consider…

    Sharing  I feel…
     In my opinion…
     I predict that…
     I agree/disagree that…
     My view on the matter is ____________ because…
     My initial reaction is ____________ because…

    Elaborating  _______________ is important because…


     I chose ____________ because…
     The answer might also be __________ because…
     I would agree or disagree with __________ because…
     Another reason could be…
     I would add _______________ because…

    Justifying  I think ___________ because…


     I agree/disagree with ___________ because…..
     ______________ proves that …
     Another idea might be ___________ because…
     I was thinking that ___________ should be…
     ____________ supports the idea that…

    Summarizing  I learned…
     Today I realized…
     I still wonder…
     The most significant thing I learned today was…
     I would summarize my learning by saying…
     My initial thought was _________ and now I am thinking
    _________ because…
    Sentence Stems- Kindergarten and Newcomers
    Adapted from 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom by John Seidlitz and Bill Perryman

    Purpose Stem
    Accessing Prior  I already know…
    Knowledge  ___________ reminds me of…
     I want to know…
     __________ and _________ are the same because…
     This word might mean…

    Sharing  I feel…
     In my opinion…
     I predict that…
     I agree/disagree that…

    Elaborating/Justifying  _______________ is important because…


     I chose ____________ because…
     The answer might also be __________ because…
     I would agree or disagree with __________ because…
     I would add _________ because…

    Simple Story Telling  I see…


     I hear…
     I observe…
     ___________ has…
     ___________ is…
     The picture shows…
     The first thing that happened was…Then…Finally…

    Summarizing  I learned…
     I still wonder…
     One thing I learned today was…
     I used to think…but now I know…

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