LOGO WITH TEXT
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • Categories
  • Malaysia
Menu
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • Categories
  • Malaysia
Search
Home Book

How To Use Sentence Stems (Plus 60+ Examples for Every Subject) [Latest 2022]

Planetic Net by Planetic Net
December 11, 2022
in Book, Courage, Data, Ebook, Facebook, Hand, Hearing, History, Information, Language, Language arts, Mind, Opinion, Port, Science, Sense, Skill, Social, Student, Tea, Teacher, Thought, Time, Uncategorized, Verb, Writing
501
0
sentence stems feature

sentence stems feature

422
SHARES
1.1k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsappShare on TelegramShare on EmailShare on Wechat
Contents hide
1 How To Use Sentence Stems
2 Language Arts Sentence Stems
3 Social Studies Sentence Stems
4 Science Sentence Stems
5 Math Sentence Stems
6 Discussion Sentence Stems
6.1 How do you use sentence stems? Come share your thoughts and ask for advice in the WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook.
6.2 Plus, 40 Must-Have Anchor Charts for Teaching Writing of All Kinds.

Some students have no trouble expressing their thoughts, whether verbally or in writing. Others, though, need some help to get started. Sentence stems—sometimes called sentence starters, sentence frames, or thinking stems—help them do just that. Here’s how they work.

How To Use Sentence Stems

Provide all students with a list of sentence stems they can use during discussions or when they’re writing. For fluent writers or speakers, these stems may not be necessary, but they’re always helpful to have on hand. You can give kids a handout, or post an anchor chart for them to refer back to.

Be sure to model them for kids, showing how to fill in the blanks. Practice both out loud and in writing, providing your own example and then asking for their take. It’s OK if they simply fill in the blanks when they first start using these stems. But over time, students should use them more as a jumping-off point, to delve deeper into the topic.

Tip: Don’t require sentence stems if students don’t need them. Some kids will do just fine having a discussion on their own, or getting started on a writing assignment. But encourage others to use them as much as they need to. Eventually, these stems will become automatic, giving students tools to help them become better communicators.

Language Arts Sentence Stems

  • The author used this technique because …
  • The narrator is reliable/unreliable because …
  • Characters in this story started out … but changed to …

Characters in this story started out ... but changed to ...

  • The theme of this story is … which is shown by …
  • This story reminds me of …
  • If could change the end of this story, I would …
  • I liked/disliked this character because …
  • This story made me feel … when …
  • [Character] and [character] are alike/different because …
  • My favorite part was …
  • The author wants us to believe …

  • Based on this text …
  • The author proves their point by saying …
  • I didn’t understand why …
  • When I read … what I pictured in my head was …

Social Studies Sentence Stems

  • These events are alike/different because …

These events are alike/different because ...

  • If this happened today …
  • If I lived then, I would have …
  • This happened because …
  • The effects of this were …
  • I agree/disagree with … because …

I agree/disagree with ... because ...

  • I was surprised to learn …
  • I don’t understand why …
  • History repeated itself when …
  • I feel inspired by …

 Science Sentence Stems

  • The data shows …
  • This experiment proved … because …
  • I believe … will happen because …
  • I expect to see …

I expect to see ...

  • The cause of this is …
  • The effect of this is …
  • I was surprised when …
  • We can find out by …
  • We could change the outcome by …
  • I discovered …
  • The pattern I observed was …

The pattern I observed was ...

  • My results show …
  • I predict … because …
  • The experiment was a success/failure because …
  • What if …

Math Sentence Stems

  • To solve this problem, I need to …
  • The important information is …
  • I can check my work by …
  • Another way to solve this problem is …

Another way to solve this problem is ...

  • First I … Then I … Finally I …
  • I found the answer by …
  • This problem reminded me of …
  • I can use this skill in real life when …
  • I got the wrong answer because …
  • This solution makes/doesn’t make sense because …

This solution makes/doesn't make sense because ...

Discussion Sentence Stems

  • When you said … I felt …
  • I used to think … Now I think …
  • I feel … when …

I feel ... when ...

  • We are alike/different because …
  • I respect your opinion, but I disagree because …
  • From my point of view …
  • What I’m hearing you say is …

What I'm hearing you say is ...

  • If that happened to me, I would …
  • What if we …
  • I need some help with …

How do you use sentence stems? Come share your thoughts and ask for advice in the WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook.

Plus, 40 Must-Have Anchor Charts for Teaching Writing of All Kinds.

Sentence stems help students get started with writing or group discussions. You can use them for any subject, at any age.

Previous Post

How Poverty And Homelessness Affect The American Public Education System [Latest 2022]

Next Post

nytimes.com [Latest 2022]

Related Posts

AdobeStock scaled
Boston

Judge dismisses parents’ lawsuit over popular reading curricula [Latest 2022]

by Planetic Net
May 31, 2025
What are Learning Styles
Time

nytimes.com [Latest 2022]

by Planetic Net
May 30, 2025
AdobeStock scaled
Charter school

Dystopian Teacher Tales: The La Jollan Educational Missionary Society [Latest 2022]

by Planetic Net
May 30, 2025
Treasure Island San Francisco x
Chough

SF Planned to Improve Treasure Island’s Transit. Trump Took Back the Funds [Latest 2022]

by Planetic Net
May 30, 2025
AI SONGS cjlw facebookJumbo
Time

nytimes.com [Latest 2022]

by Planetic Net
May 29, 2025
AdobeStock scaled
Daily Dispatch

The Daily Digest: May 29, 2025 [Latest 2022]

by Planetic Net
May 29, 2025
blooms taxonomy verbs
Backward design

100+ Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking [Latest 2022]

by Planetic Net
May 29, 2025
AdobeStock scaled
Child development

Instructional Coaching: Job-Embedded professional learning and compensation [Latest 2022]

by Planetic Net
May 29, 2025
Next Post
fire safety grades

nytimes.com [Latest 2022]

Management Software Reports For Employee Training

Essential Employee Training Management Software Reports To Track (And How They Can Help You Achieve Business Outcomes) [Latest 2022]

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

AdobeStock scaled

Judge dismisses parents’ lawsuit over popular reading curricula [Latest 2022]

May 31, 2025
What are Learning Styles

nytimes.com [Latest 2022]

May 30, 2025
AdobeStock scaled

Dystopian Teacher Tales: The La Jollan Educational Missionary Society [Latest 2022]

May 30, 2025
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
gettyimages custom e a d a b e d d a a x

Is Your House at Risk of a Wildfire? This Online Tool Could Tell You

0
indicators of authentic mobile learningc

9 Indicators Of Authentic Mobile Learning

0
Books to Read to Comfort After a Tragedy

Books to Read With Kids After a Tragedy

0
GettyImages

Generating Leads With An Authoring Tool Listing In The eLearning Industry Directory

0
AdobeStock scaled

Judge dismisses parents’ lawsuit over popular reading curricula [Latest 2022]

May 31, 2025
What are Learning Styles

nytimes.com [Latest 2022]

May 30, 2025
AdobeStock scaled

Dystopian Teacher Tales: The La Jollan Educational Missionary Society [Latest 2022]

May 30, 2025
Treasure Island San Francisco x

SF Planned to Improve Treasure Island’s Transit. Trump Took Back the Funds [Latest 2022]

May 30, 2025
LOGO WITH TEXT
Planetic.net | Education is a free website that has been designed to help students and a one stop hub for students seeking for information on scholarship, education, school and university tips and updates on different issues relating to education.
About Us

Useful links

  • Technology
  • Tool
  • Computer
  • Science
  • Robotics
  • Malaysia
  • Leadership

Quick Link

  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Other

  • Main site
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Health & Fitness
  • Travel
  • App

© 2022 Planetic.net. All rights reserved.

Newsletter

WANT MORE?

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE LATEST UPDATES AND NEWS, PLUS SOME EXCLUSIVE TIPS!