I created these ACCOUNTABLE TALK starters and stems posters for my science class because I could not find all of the discussion questions and statements that I needed specific to science to use in my units! This product has 34 total conversation starters which consist of a mix of questions/prompts and statements to get your students talking, debating and participating which increases student engagement. Forget writing them on poster paper every year! Simply print from your computer on colored or white card stock paper or increase in size and print at your local copy store! You can even laminate them and use them for bulletin boards or displays! Stick a magnet or tape to the back to make them interchangeable to use only the ones that you want!

Use them for:
Bulletin boards (print on colored paper)
Displays
Print them out for their binders (change the settings to print 6+ per page)
When students don't know how to respond or are stuck
Group and class discussions

Sample Questions:
What is your hypothesis?
Can you explain your answer in a different way?
What evidence do you have?
Where else have you seen this?
Who do you disagree with and why?
Why does that make sense to you?
Can you give me another example?

Sample Statements:
I predict…
This makes sense because…
I have also seen this…
My evidence is…
This reminds me of…
While I agree with that idea, I…
A question I have is…
I don’t know what you mean by…
I want to add to what … said …
I can connect this to…