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Great Math
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Adapted from Teaching Numeracy,

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cut out the questions in the
following slides and display
in a pocket chart.

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 Bridge
Questions

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Using the text structure, what do you
think we will be learning about
today? What makes you say that?

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W h a t d o yo u r e m e m b e r
about (title of today’s lesson)?
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If you had to guess, what do you think the
answer will be, approximately? How do
you know? Does this sound reasonable?
If not, what will you do about that?

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What is this similar to?
What makes you say that?
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W h a t a re yo u r g ive n s i n t h e
problem? What do you need to
find out? How do you know that?

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How is (today’s lesson) the same
as yesterday’s lesson? How is it
different?
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How might you picture that?

Explain.

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Why do you think that?

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W h a t p a t t e r n s d o yo u
notice? Explain.

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What do you predict will be the
most important information
from this passage? Why?
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During Lesson (DL)
Questions
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How are you solving the
problem? Why?

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How did you know to try
that strategy?
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W h a t co u l d yo u d o
differently?

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Does what you are doing so far
make sense? How do you know? If it
doesn’t, what will you do next? Why?
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Why did you choose that
strategy? Explain.

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Does what you are doing so far
align with your estimate? Why?
Why not?
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What other strategies do you
know that you can use? How do
you know that will also work?

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How is your procedure different
than (name of another student)
strategy?
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Do you notice anything that could trip
you up in the problem? What is it? What
are you going to do about it? Why?

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How do you know (name of

other student) is right? Explain.
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Can you show me a part of the text
where you have a question? What
were you wondering when you read
this part?

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What patterns do you notice?

Explain.
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Can you show me a part where you
were confused? What was confusing
about it?

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Debrief (DB)
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Ca n yo u s h o w me a p a r t
where you were confused?
What was confusing about it?

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Does this answer make sense?

Why do you think that?
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What strategy will not work
in this instance? How do you
know?

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At what point did you get off
track? What did you do about
it?
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Will this work all the time?
Some of the time? Never?
How do you know this?

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Will this process work for every

number? Why? or Why not?
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What is another example
that might work? How do
you know that?

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From today’s lesson, what might
you be learning about tomorrow?
What makes you say that?
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How might you explain that

to a younger child?

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How did your thinking change?

Explain.
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What do you now understand

that you didn’t before?

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What do you see that is new to

you? Provide an example.
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How is this similar to..... ? How

is it different?

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W h a t s t ra t e g y wo u l d yo u
prefer? Why?
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