Lesson 13Good Readers:

Draw Conclusions

Expectations:1. Listen carefully2. Work hard3. Be responsible

Review:

Synonyms are words that mean the same thing. Authors use synonyms to make their writing exciting.

Good readers identify metaphors, similes, personification and exaggerations.

Spelling: r-controlled 'i'

Girl dirt shirt

Think: what happened to the 'a' sound in words that had 'ar'?

Spelling: 'r' controlled 'i' Just like with the 'ar' sound, the r makes the short vowel sound stretch out.

bit bird

sit sir

Spelling: 'r' controlled 'i'The boy is digging a hole in the ______.

The ______ will fly away to look for food.

You have to ______ the food so it won't burn.

I have two older brothers, I am the _____ child.

Good Readers

Determine

purpose

Predict

Ask questions

Draw conclusions

Read for a purpose

Think about author's choices

Make connections

Good Readers: Draw Conclusions

This must mean that...

Good readers can understand more than what the author actually says.

Based on this,I am guessing

that...

Good Readers: Draw Conclusions

Clues from The author

What you Already know About the topic

Drawing a conclusion

Good Readers: Draw Conclusions

Ask yourself questions as you read.

Think about what the author tells you.

Think about what you know and what you've seen in your life.

Make a conclusion based on what you thought about.

Good Readers: Draw Conclusions

Ways we infer or draw conclusions:

We look at the faces people make, how they say something, and the way they hold their body to figure out how people are feeling.

Good Readers: Draw Conclusions

“I think ….”

“This must mean that …”

“Based on this, I’m guessing that …”

“I predict … because …”

“I think that happened because…”

Good Readers: Draw Conclusions

Let's read this poem and see if we can make a conclusion about what it is about!

It's a Dirty Job by: Arden Davidson

I don't like to make sweeping statements,but dirt is the scum of the earth.I hate it! I hate it! I've hated all dirtsince the moment of my fateful birth.

Good Readers: Personification

I try really hard to get rid of it all,from the crumbs to the sand to the litter.Whether inside or outside, I brush it away;and it makes my heart go patter-pitter.

But most of the time I just stand in the corner, very anxious to fight the good fight.

Good Readers: Draw Conclusions

If I had my way, all the dirt in this worldwould just 'poof', disappear overnight!

Of course, then I wouldn't have much to do.I'd be bored as a fellow can get.Unless some old, daredevil witch came alongand used me as her personal jet!

WHAT AM I?

Good Readers: Draw Conclusions

Clues in text What we already know

Conclusions

THE FARMER AND HIS SONS By: AesopA rich old farmer, who felt that he had not many more days to live, called his sons to his bedside.

"My sons," he said, "heed what I have to say to you. Do not on any account part with the estate that has belonged to our family for so many generations. Somewhere on it is hidden a rich treasure. I do not know the exact spot, but it is there, and you will surely find it. Spare no energy and leave no spot unturned in your search."

No hidden gold did they find; but at harvest time when they had settled their accounts and had pocketed a rich profit far greater than that of any of their neighbors, they understood that the treasure their father had told them about was the wealth of a bountiful crop, and that in their industry had they found the treasure.

Industry is itself a treasure.

THE FARMER AND HIS SONS By: AesopThe father died, and no sooner was he in his grave than the sons set to work digging with all their might, turning up every foot of ground with their spades, and going over the whole farm two or three times.

THE FARMER AND HIS SONS By: Aesop

No hidden gold did they find; but at harvest time when they had settled their accounts and had pocketed a rich profit far greater than that of any of their neighbors, they understood that the treasure their father had told them about was the wealth of a bountiful crop, and that in their industry had they found the treasure.

Industry is itself a treasure.

Good Listener

Eyes are watching.

Ears are listening.

Lips are closed.

Hands are still.

Feet are quiet.

Read Aloud:

Listen for clues to help draw conclusions.

Book:Magic Tree House #6 Afternoon on the Amazon

By: Mary Pope Osborne

Chapter 7: Freeze!

Assignment:

1. Use your mouse to circle the correct 'ir' word.http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/bossy_R/bossy_ir/bossy_r_29.html

2. Practice drawing conclusions by guessing the objects these poems are about.http://www.angelfire.com/md/byme/guesswhat/holdingittogether.html http://www.angelfire.com/md/byme/guesswhat/sittingpretty.html

A, B, C,D, E, Second grade is the place to be.

F, G, H, I, J, We do our best every day.

K, L, M, N, O, Reading, writing, watch us grow.

P, Q, R, S, T, Becoming authors, watch and see.

U, V, W, X, Y, It's our goal to try, try, try.

We finish with the letter Z,

School is cool. We all agree.

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