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.
I sleep in a crib.
I know babies sleep in cribs. I know babies drink bottles. I know babies can’t do these things yet.
I drink from a bottle.
I cannot walk or talk.
Who am I?
Must be a baby!
Put me on your feet.
I will keep you Both of these keep you warm and dry. warm, but only shoes keep
you dry.
I know you wear socks and shoes on your feet.
Wear me when it rains.
What do you wear, on your feet, when it rains?
You need me before you can mail a letter. Paste me on an envelope.
What am I?
What did you know in your head?
I am white. You need me every day. You drink me when you are thirsty. I can make a moustache.
Lots of things are white!
What am I?
You need a lot of things. AND, It makes a moustache!
What is white and you drink?
What did you know in your head?
What looks like a baby?
I look like a baby.
You can give me a name.
You can name dolls, not pictures.
Dolls? Pictures? Hmm…
Children like to play with me.
What am I?
Children play with dolls, not pictures.
What did you know in your head?
I grow on an ear. Cook me in hot oil. I will puff up and taste good. Some people microwave me.
What grows on an ear? Ear wax? Earrings? Corn??
What am I?
You wouldn’t cook or taste ear wax or earrings.
What did you know in your head?
I know corn will puff up and it is sometimes cooked in the microwave.