Drawing Conclusion

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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 ToothIf 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

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.

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