1. Could you explain _____ in another way?

2. Can you draw a diagram or model to represent your thinking?

3. Is there anything that you don’t understand about ___________?

4. What do you understand now that you didn’t before?

5. What mathematical connections did you make?

6. What are your conjectures about what will happen?

7. What patterns do you notice?

8. What do you predict will happen
next?

9. How do you know what you know?

10. Do you disagree with any part of the problem?
Why?

11. Can you prove your thinking?

12. Can you convince us of your thinking?

13. What did you notice about….?

14. Are there any estimations that you can make
about….?