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It's A Mystery!

It's A Mystery!. Drawing Conclusions. Credits: The first 8 slides were taken from mrscarosclass.com. Drawing Conclusions:. When you draw a conclusion you use 2 things:. What you know in your head. and. What you’ve read in the story.

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It's A Mystery!

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  1. It's A Mystery! Drawing Conclusions Credits: The first 8 slides were taken from mrscarosclass.com.

  2. Drawing Conclusions: When you draw a conclusion you use 2 things: What you know in your head. and What you’ve read in the story. A conclusion is the decision you come to when you put these two together.

  3. For Example: I sleep in a crib. I drink from a bottle. I cannot walk or talk. Who am I? I know babies sleep in cribs. I know babies drink bottles. I know babies can’t do these things yet. Must be a baby!

  4. Let's Try Again! Put me on your feet. I will keep you warm and dry. Wear me when it rains. I know you wear socks and shoes on your feet. Both of these keep you warm, but only shoes keep you dry. What do you wear, on your feet, when it rains? rainboots!

  5. Your Turn!!! You need me before you can mail a letter. Paste me on an envelope. What am I? You need a postman, an envelope, and a stamp to mail a letter! Only one of these would be pasted onto an envelope! What did you know in your head?

  6. And Again!!! I am white. You need me every day. You drink me when you are thirsty. I can make a moustache. What am I? I know!!! Lots of things are white! You need a lot of things. What is white and you drink? AND, It makes a moustache! What did you know in your head?

  7. You are AWESOME! I look like a baby. You can give me a name. Children like to play with me. What am I? What looks like a baby? I know!!! Dolls? Pictures? Hmm… Children play with dolls, not pictures. You can name dolls, not pictures. What did you know in your head?

  8. Last Time!!! I grow on an ear. Cook me in hot oil. I will puff up and taste good. Some people microwave me. What am I? I know!!! What grows on an ear? Ear wax? Earrings? Corn?? You wouldn’t cook or taste ear wax or earrings. I know corn will puff up and it is sometimes cooked in the microwave. What did you know in your head?

  9. But Why? • Why do we need to draw conclusions when we read? • Writer’s won’t tell you everything. • You need to be able to figure things out on your own. • Writers give you hints or clues that help you “read between the lines” but you still need to figure out or infer what they are meaning.

  10. Huh…Infer? • What does it mean to “infer” something? • When you “infer” something, or make an inference you… • Use the clues and what you already know to give you a deeper understanding of what you are reading • Go beyond the surface details to see other meanings

  11. How about an example? Suppose you are sitting in your car stopped at a red signal light. You hear screeching tires, then a loud crash and breaking glass. You see nothing, but you might conclude that there has been a car accident. We all know the sounds of screeching tires and a crash. We know that these sounds almost always mean a car accident. But there could be some other reason, and therefore another explanation, for the sounds. Perhaps it was not an accident involving two moving vehicles. Maybe an angry driver rammed a parked car. Or maybe someone played the sound of a car crash from a recording. Drawing conclusions means choosing the most likely explanation or statement from the facts you already know and it is fundamental to understanding what you read.

  12. Okay, now what? • How do you draw conclusions? • Think about what details you read in the story, and what those details mean. • Look beyond the surface of the story or “read between the lines.” • Once you draw a conclusion, ask yourself if it is reasonable?

  13. Reasonable? What does it mean to be “reasonable”? Reasonable means that something is with in reason, common sense, or not too extreme.

  14. Reasonable versus Unreasonable • Which is reasonable? • Two scoops of ice cream or 25 scoops of ice cream? • A $500 birthday present or a $50 birthday present? • 20 minutes of reading a night or 2 hours or reading a night? • Building igloos in the desert or building igloos in the Arctic? • Wearing a swimsuit water skiing, or wearing a swim suit snow skiing?

  15. Reasonable versus Unreasonable • Statement: Most ducks have light, hollow bones. What do we KNOW about ducks? What can we CONCLUDE about ducks? • Conclusions: • Ducks have a hard time floating. • Ducks are too heavy to fly. • Ducks can float very well. • Which conclusion is reasonable? • Ducks can float very well.

  16. Reasonable versus Unreasonable • Statement: The Titanic speed on through the darkness after iceberg warnings were received. What do we KNOW about speeding? About darkness? And about icebergs? What can we CONCLUDE about this statement? • Conclusions: • The Titanic was poorly made. • The iceberg moved very quickly. • The captain paid no attention to the warning. • Which conclusion is reasonable? • The captain paid no attention to the warning.

  17. Summary Add a short summary to the bottom of your Cornell notes. Remember that the summary should restate the MOST important ideas from your notes…think if you only had 1 minute to study for the test, what would you need to know?

  18. Practice Drawing Conclusions • Directions for the Game: • Roles: Recorder, Referee, Buzz Master, Materials Manager: You will rotate rolls after each series of questions. • Read along as I read the selection aloud. • Read along as I read each question aloud. • For each question, • a. Decide if the correct answer is a,b,c, or d. • b. Write the answer on your board, and write HOW you know it is the correct answer. • c. Gently press the buzzer. • d. Wait to be called on before revealing your answer. • HINT: Discuss the answers quietly…you don’t want to give away the answer!!

  19. More Practice Drawing Conclusions What do we know from looking at the picture? What can we conclude based on what we see? What is our evidence or details from the picture that support our conclusion?

  20. More Practice Drawing Conclusions What do we know from looking at the picture? What can we conclude based on what we see? What is our evidence or details from the picture that support our conclusion?

  21. Even MORE Practice Drawing Conclusions • Read the selection titled “Midnight Hero.” • After reading, think about this… • What do we know about What can we conclude about • Kate’s actions? those actions?

  22. Even MORE Practice Drawing Conclusions • 3. Answer the following question: • Based on the selection, what conclusion could you draw about Kate’s actions? Provide two details/examples from the selection to support your conclusion. • Steps: • Pick one conclusion from our T-Chart and add it to the box that says “conclusion.” • Find two details from the text to support or explain your conclusion. • Using the constructed response outline, write a constructed response answer. Ask a teacher to read through it before writing a final draft. • Write a final draft of your answer in your notebook.

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