Strategies+for+Implementing+Sentence+Frame+Activities

__**Strategies for Implementing Sentence Frame Activities**__

The most important thing to remember about using math sentence frames is that you want your students to speak effectively about mathematics. Effective use of the academic language of mathematics involves speaking both logically (the mathematics is correct) and academically (use of the proper math vocabulary). Students need opportunities to speak logically, in complete sentences, and in proper mathematical contexts if they are to learn the academic language of mathematics.

The following is an example of how a sentence frame activity can be implemented:

Step 1: Show the students the first sentence frame and ask them to read the sentence. Step 2: Ask if anyone has any questions about the sentence. Are there any words that the students don't know or understand? Step 3: Model speaking the sentence frame for your students. Ask them if they agree that your sentence is true. Step 4: Ask the students to fill in the sentence frame with their own numbers, mathematical expressions, equations, or words that they believe will make their sentence true. Step 5: Ask each student to share their sentence frame (by speaking the sentence orally) with a partner or table group to check for accuracy. Step 6: Have each table group repeat chorally when each student speaks their sentence frame.

Another example of how a sentence frame activity can be implemented is for the teacher to engage the student in a call and response activity where the teacher speaks a series of sentence frames and the class responds chorraly after each sentence.

Example:

__2x__ and __3x__ are like terms. (class repeats) __-5y__ and __2y__ are like terms. (class repeats) __2c__ and __7c__ are like terms. (class repeats) __-3x__ and __5y__ are not like terms. (class repeats) __-4y__ and __-10z__ are not like terms. (class repeats)