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|Reading Lesson: Drawing Conclusions |Grade Level: 2 |

|Lesson Summary: Students learn to use details in a story to draw conclusions. Advanced students write a conclusion they have drawn. Struggling students select the |

|best conclusion from three choices. |

|Lesson Objectives: |

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|The students will know… |

|that drawing conclusions is figuring out something that the writer does not say directly. |

|that readers use details in stories to make conclusions about the characters and events of the story. |

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|The students will be able to… |

|draw conclusions about the characters and events in a story. |

|identify details that support the conclusions they draw. |

|Learning Styles Targeted: |

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|Visual |

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|Auditory |

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|Kinesthetic/Tactile |

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|Pre-Assessment: |

|Tell students that you will be reading a story to them. Ask students to listen closely to the details of the story because you will be asking them some questions. |

|Read the pre-assessment story*, and initiate a class discussion with the following questions. |

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|Does the story say how the pot breaks? |

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|How do you think the pot breaks? Ask several students and write responses on the board. Have the students vote on what idea (conclusion) they think makes the most |

|sense. |

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|What details in the story support their ideas about the broken pot? After students discuss supporting details, have the students vote again on what idea |

|(conclusion) makes the most sense to them now. Take note of students who do not contribute to the discussion. |

|Whole-Class Instruction |

|Materials Needed: |

|guided practice pantomimes*; On Your Own worksheet* |

|Procedure: |

|Presentation |

|Tell students that writers do not always tell everything in their stories. Readers often figure out things from the details the writer gives. This is called |

|drawing conclusions. |

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|Explain that pantomimes are stories that are acted out without words. |

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|Guided Practice |

|Divide the stories, and ask volunteers to act out the guided practice pantomimes*. Tell the other students to watch carefully for details that will help them draw |

|conclusions. |

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|After each pantomime, ask students to draw conclusions about what the actor did, and give the supporting details that led them to the conclusion. Prompt students |

|with the questions “What were they doing?” and “Why do you think that’s what they were doing?” Ask if any other students have drawn different conclusions. Extra |

|questions about conclusions that could be drawn follow each pantomime. |

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|Be sure to give everyone a chance to share a conclusion and the details that led to the conclusion. |

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|Independent Practice |

|Give each student a copy of the On Your Own worksheet*, and have them work independently. |

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|Closing Activity |

|Remind students of the pre-assessment story. Tell them that the person telling the story looks more closely at the small animal prints in the dirt and finds out |

|that they are not cat prints. Have each student draw a conclusion about what really knocked over the plant. Tell students to write a short sentence about their |

|conclusion. Use these sentences as exit slips from class. |

|Advanced Learner |

|Materials Needed: |

|“The Painting of the Horse” from the On Your Own worksheet*, paper, and pencils |

|Procedure: |

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|Have students take turns reading paragraphs of the story. Then have each student draw a conclusion about the characters or events in the story and write it down. |

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|Tell students to take turns sharing their conclusions and the details that led them to make the conclusions. |

|Struggling Learner |

|Materials Needed: Show What You Know! worksheet* |

|Procedure: |

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|Hand each student a Show What You Know! worksheet*. |

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|Read the story to the students. Read the directions. Allow students to work independently, and check on their progress. When the students finish, review and |

|discuss their answers. |

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|Have the students complete the On Your Own worksheet*. |

*see supplemental resources

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