1. Lesson 13 Good Readers: Draw Conclusions Expectations: 1. Listen carefully 2. Work hard 3. Be responsible

2. 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.

3. Spelling: r-controlled 'i' Girldirtshirt Think: what happened to the 'a' sound in words that had 'ar'?

4. Spelling: 'r' controlled 'i' Just like with the 'ar' sound, the r makes the short vowel sound stretch out. bit bird sit sir

5. 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.

6. Good Readers Determine purpose Predict Ask questions Draw conclusions Read for a purpose Think about author's choices Make connections

7. 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...

8. Good Readers: Draw Conclusions Clues from The author What you Already know About the topic Drawing a conclusion

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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…”

12. 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 dirt since the moment of my fateful birth.

13. 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.

14. Good Readers: Draw Conclusions If I had my way, all the dirt in this world would 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 along and used me as her personal jet! WHAT AM I?

15. Good Readers: Draw Conclusions Clues in text What we already know Conclusions

16. THE FARMER AND HIS SONS By: Aesop A 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.

17. THE FARMER AND HIS SONS By: Aesop The 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.

18. 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.

19. Good Listener Eyes are watching. Ears are listening. Lips are closed. Hands are still. Feet are quiet.

20. 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!

21. Assignment: 1. Use your mouse to circle the correct 'ir' word. http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/b ossy_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/guessw hat/holdingittogether.html http://www.angelfire.com/md/byme/guessw hat/sittingpretty.html http://www.angelfire.com/md/byme/guessw hat/sittingpretty.html

22. 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. Class Moto