Question Stems Cards

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Question Stems Cards: A portrait A4 page titled 'Question Stems Cards' with dashed cut lines creating multiple rectangular cards in a 3x4 grid; each card has a coloured border, large bold question-stem text with an ellipsis placeholder (e.g. 'What is ...?', 'Can you explain ...?', 'What is the main idea of ...?') and a simple icon (question mark, magnifying glass, lightbulb, scales, target, directional arrows, thought bubble, puzzle piece, clipboard, speech bubble, clock, bar chart). Text is la...
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This resource is an A4 printable of colourful, icon-coded question-stem cards designed to prompt student talk, written responses and deeper thinking. Each card contains a short, reusable sentence starter (e.g. 'What is ...?', 'Why do you think ...?', 'What evidence supports ...?') suitable for comprehension, discussion or reasoning tasks. Use it to scaffold student questions, structure partner talk and model how to answer and justify responses.

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