Math Talk Sentence Frames

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This resource is a set of Math Talk Sentence Frames.

You can highlight one of the sentences every week and encourage your students to use this phrase whenever able and appropriate.

Print these pages out on legal-sized paper and mount on construction paper. Laminate for durability.

Many of these sentence frames are appropriate for Language Arts Lessons as well.

In the classroom

Use sentence starters to agree, disagree, or build on a classmate's math explanation.
Ask a classmate to justify or re-explain their mathematical reasoning using a provided frame.

Print on legal-sized paper and laminate, as the creator recommends, for durability as a long-term wall display.
Introduce one sentence frame per week and model it during math discussions before expecting independent use, per the creator's suggested routine.
Reuse the same frames during language arts discussions, since the creator notes they transfer beyond math.

Academic discourse language use — students use sentence starters (e.g., 'I agree because...', 'Could you explain that another way?') to engage in structured math discussions.
Justification and explanation — students practice explaining their reasoning aloud using frames like 'Can you show me how you got that answer?'

Good to know

Yes -- the creator notes many of the frames are also appropriate for language arts lessons, extending their use beyond the math-talk framing.

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