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Drawing Conclusions

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Activity Type: Reintroduce
Activity Form: Standard
Grade: K, 1, 2, 3
Group Size: Small Group, Large Group, Whole Class
Length: 15 minutes
Materials:
Goal: Students will draw conclusions and make predictions from a partially read text read aloud by the teacher.
Items: Setting, Characters, Plot, Solution

What to do

  1. Choose a text to read aloud to students and read only the ending (last chapter in a novel or last few pages in a picture book).
  2. Have students identify the setting, characters (main and supporting), possible problems and solutions to the story.
  3. This activity can be done orally in a large or small group, or you may have students write out their predictions or conclusions and then come together in small or large groups to discuss.


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About this activity

This activity was taken from Linda Hoyt's Revisit-Reflect-Retell-Strategies-Comprehension book.

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