Drawing
Conclusions
Detective
Your Title
What do you know about the selection?
What do you know from your own life?
How is this related to the selection?
Draw a conclusion.
To draw a conclusion from a
selection look for supporting
details and combine the details
with what you know. To help
ask yourself the following:
I conclude that ……………..
because the paragraph said
that ………………………
and I know that …………………..
Shark Tooth
If you held a tooth from a shark that
lived 5 million years ago, it would
cover nearly all your hand. If you held
a tooth from a modern great white
shark, it would fit in the palm of your
hand.
Why do you think the very old shark’s
tooth is so much larger than the
modern shark tooth?
Draw a Conclusion
1. What do you know from the selection?
* older shark teeth cover your hand
* modern shark teeth fit in the palm of your hand
2. What do you know from your own life and how is
this related to the selection?
* smaller animals have smaller teeth
3. Draw a conclusion.
* older sharks have bigger teeth so are larger
animals
Samson liked to lie on the
windowsill. He especially liked to lie
there on a sunny day. The sunlight felt
good on his body. But if Samson saw a
mouse, he could move like lightening.
He would chase down the mouse like a
mighty hunter.
Is Samson a person? If not, what is he?
Draw a Conclusion
1. What do you know from the selection?
* Samson likes to lie in the sun.
* He chases mice.
2. What do you know from your own life and how is
this related to the selection?
* Cats like to lie in the sun and chase mice.
3. Draw a conclusion.
* Samson is a cat.
Winslow watched his father
cutting grass. The job was taking
forever. Winslow felt impatient. His
father told him that they would go
fishing that afternoon. But his
father said that they would fish
after the grass was cut.
Why is Winslow feeling impatient?
Draw a Conclusion
1. What do you know from the selection?
Winslow’s father told him they would go
fishing after he cut the grass.
2. What do you know from your own life and how is
this related to the selection?
When we wait to do something we want
to do it can seen like a long time.
3. Draw a conclusion.
Winslow is impatient because he doesn’t
want to wait to go fishing.
The harpsichord is the cousin of the
piano. The harpsichord makes a rich sound,
like a piano. However, it is different from the
piano. The player cannot make the music
loud or soft as easily as on a piano. Loudness
and softness make the music more
interesting. After pianos were invented,
harpsichords were nearly forgotten for more
than a century.
Why were harpsichords forgotten after the
piano was invented?
Draw a Conclusion
1. What do you know from the selection?
A piano makes soft and loud music that is interesting
and a harpsichord can not do these things.
2. What do you know from your own life and how is
this related to the selection?
We like to listen to music only if it is interesting to us.
3. Draw a conclusion.
Harpsichords were forgotten because pianos made
better music that was more interesting,
Ricardo’s four-year-old brother,
Manuel, got a set of water color paints.
They were a birthday present. Manuel
had a lot of fun painting in his room.
Then Manuel heard his mother coming
up the steps. He hid under his desk.
Manuel’s mother screamed, “What
happened to these walls?”
What happened to the walls?
Draw a Conclusion
1. What do you know from the selection?
Manuel is four. He got a set of water color paints. He
had a lot of fun painting his room.
2. What do you know from your own life and how is
this related to the selection?
Four year olds paint things they shouldn’t.
3. Draw a conclusion.
Manuel painted on the walls with his watercolors,
There was a grasshopper and an ant.
During the summer the ant worked hard all
day long. She was very tired, but happy, at the
end of each day. The ant knew she would
have food and a warm home during the
winter. The grasshopper didn’t do any work at
all. Instead, he played guitar under a shady
tree.
What will happen to the grasshopper when
winter comes?
Draw a Conclusion
1. What do you know from the selection?
The ant worked hard all day collecting food for the
winter. The grasshopper did not work.
2. What do you know from your own life and how is
this related to the selection?
Food the ant and grasshopper eat in the winter will be
gone during the winter.
3. Draw a conclusion.
When winter comes, the grasshopper will be hungry
and cold.
The night before the speech,
Harrison stayed up all night. He
practiced his speech in front of a
mirror. He knew he would never be
able to sleep.
Why couldn’t Harrison sleep the
night before his speech?
Draw a Conclusion
1. What do you know from the selection?
Harrison stayed up all night. He practiced his
speech. He knew he wouldn’t sleep.
2. What do you know from your own life and how is it
related to the selection?
Giving a speech can make you nervous.
3. Draw a conclusion.
Harrison was so nervous that he couldn’t sleep.
Lets Review the Steps to Drawing
Conclusions
What do you know from the selection?
What do you know from your own life?
How is this related to the selection?
Draw a conclusion.