What do you wonder? What ideas do you have? What information will help? What would you like to try? | Good questions to promote mathematical thinking | How did you find that out? Why do you think that? What made you decide to do it that way? How could you prove it? Do you agree or disagree? |
What does this look like? Show your idea using….? How can you represent that using words, symbols, numbers? Is there a way to record what you have found that might help us see more patterns? | What’s the same / different? What do you know already about..? Can you see a pattern? What does this remind you of? What are some examples of……? | What do you notice? What have you discovered? Does it always happen? What would happen if….? |
Investigating
Representing
Connecting
Generalising
Explaining and justifying
Investigating
Representing
Connecting
Generalising
Explaining and Justifying