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NATIONAL BOARD Component Sentence Starters

Here are a few sentence starters that are guaranteed to ensure you're putting evidence (examples) into your writing. BE SPECIFIC!

Analyze/Reflective:

Because I know ___, I __ (planned, provided, organized, taught…), which shows___.
In order to ___, I ___.
I chose ___ because ___.
There are several reasons why ___.
This influenced student-learning ___.
The ___ on his paper showed me that he did not understand ___, so I ___.
Because ___, therefore___.
The rationale behind my decision to ___ was ___.
This was significant because ___.

This impacted my students by ___.
Upon reflection ____.
After observation ___.
This comment tells me ___.
It is important for me to realize ___.
This is significant because___.
This activity prompted me to _____.
Note that I now believe _____.
These comments indicate ____.
This could be more effective if ____.
Continuing to reflect on ____.
I focused on ____ because _____.
To promote (extend, refine, etc.) thinking _____.
I now have greater awareness _____.
"I realized that ..."
"The impact of this artifact ..."
"The evidence of this collaboration was ..."
"The intent of my questions was ..."
"This helped me to refocus on ..."