1. What does this graph tell you?
How many more are in this group than the other? How many people do not have a partner? (to be asked with bar graphs)
What word(s) would you use to tell how much of the circle is red…blue? (to be asked with circle graphs)
Which group looks bigger…smaller? (to be used with the blob representation)
What does this graph NOT tell us?
Will it tell us about everyone’s favorite ___________?
Would it tell us about my mother’s favorite ____________?
What else would it not tell us?

2. How are these alike…different…the same?
Why do these belong here? Why doesn’t this belong?
Is there anything that doesn’t belong here?
What else could you add to this group? If you were going to make something that went in this group, how would you make it?
What name could you give this group?
What if I asked you to sort the things in this group in another way? How would you do it?
Look at this group. How do you think these things were sorted? What was their rule?
Which group has the most? How can you tell without counting?
Which group has the least? How can you tell without counting?

3. Do you think this would roll? slide? stack?
How could you cut this paper to make another shape?
What shape could you make out of these shapes?
What would happen if I dropped this…and it broke? What would it look like?
What would happen if I cut off an end of this? What would it look like?
Can you think of another name for this?
Can you make a square…a triangle…a rectangle with pipe cleaners? How about a ball…a box…or a cone?

4. How is this shape like this one…how is it different?
What would happen if I moved this shape here?
Why isn’t this shape a ___________? Why is it a ___________?
What if I turned this shape? What if I flipped it? What would it look like if I slid it from your paper to my paper?
Where have you seen this shape before?
Can you find something like this at home?
Could you make a picture out of shapes? What is your favorite shape and why?

5. How are these alike? How are they different?
Do you see a pattern? Tell me about it.
What comes next?
How can we remember this? How could we make a picture that would help us? Could we use numbers? How?
How could we make this same pattern with unifix cubes...tiles...squashed marbles?
How could you change your pattern? What would you do first…second…third?
What do you think will happen next? Why do you think so?
How did this change? When did it change? Did something happen that made it change?
What happens over and over again?
How can you read this pattern? Can you think of another way?
What would happen to the pattern if I changed this…?

6. How many more are in this group?
Is there another way to show __________?
Can you show me another way to make ___________?
What number comes after _________? before __________?
How is this number different than _____________?
What would happen if I put 10 more with this number? 10 less?
What if I cover some of these __________? How many are hidden?
You have told me that 5 and 6 are parts of 11? Are there different numbers that are part of 11?

7. Do you think there are more than 10 in this set…less than 10…or about 10?
Estimate how many there are in __________?
Count backwards from ______. Count forwards from ______.
How many different ways can I make __________?
How can I make this number with as few place value blocks as possible?
Tell me about 25 using as many different words as possible.
About how many are there in my hand?