Teacher talk prompts

1. Keep going. What else?

2. Keep talking. I think you are on to something here! Say more about that.

3. So, are you saying...? Is this what you mean?

4. This is what I think I heard you say. Do I have it right? Wow! I never thought about it like that before!

5. What might be another way of thinking about this? Who has another point of view?

6. Now let's look at this another way. What if...? Turn and talk with a partner about your thinking.

7. So, what's your plan? What do you think you'll do next?

8. Have you had this kind of problem before? What did you do then? I can't wait to see how you'll figure this out!

9. How did you figure that out? What exactly did you do?

10. What did you do that helped you the most? What did you do that helped you the least?

11. What did you learn about yourself as a ____ today? I'm not sure everyone knows this. Would you be willing to share?

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