1. In Conclusion
Drawing Conclusions

2. A conclusion is a sensible
decision you reach based on
details or facts in a story or
article.

3. When you draw a conclusion,
you use what you already
know.

4. Reading comprehension is
the ability to read a story,
understand story details,
make connections among
story details,
and draw conclusions.
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5. Drawing a Conclusion
The smell of peanuts and cotton
candy filled the air. I heard clapping.
I even heard loud bellows that
sounded like elephants. I knew a
circus was going on.

6. Use what you already know
and the details (smell of
peanuts and cotton candy,
clapping, loud bellows) of the
story to draw a conclusion.

7. Sarah waited nervously. She knew
the nurse would call her next. She
looked at the models of healthy
teeth. She hoped her own teeth
would be healthy.
Where is Sarah?

8. What do I already know?
I know I get nervous when I wait at the
dentist office.
I know I would see models for healthy
teeth at the dentist office.
I know there is a nurse at the dentist
office.

9. What did the story tell me?
Sarah is waiting nervously.
She is looking at the models of
healthy teeth.
She hopes her teeth will be healthy.

10. In Conclusion
I think Sarah must be at the dentist
office for a checkup.

11. Read this paragraph.
One day pa said that as soon as he had
finished planting the crops, they would all go
to town. Laura, Mary, and Carrie could go too.
They were old enough now.
Laura and Mary were very excited. The next
day they tried to play going to town.They
could not do it very well because they were
not sure what a town was like. They had
never even seen a store.
Why are Laura and Mary so excited?

12. What do I already know?
What did I learn from
the story?

13. Using what you know and
what you learn in the story,
you can draw conclusions
about the story.

14. Resources
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