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Texas Gateway: Drawing Conclusions on the Sufficiency and Strength of Research

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The activities in this lesson will help you focus on the important features of arguments, especially on the writer (or the source) and the evidence the writer provides. That way, you can more accurately decide if an argument is valid and...
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Read Works: Drawing Conclusions 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit on drawing conclusions through which students learn how to recognize the difference between implicit information and drawing conclusions. Students also learn to draw conclusions in...
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Read Works: Kindergarten: Three Lesson Unit: Drawing Conclusions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Three lessons designed to introduce young learners and beginning readers to the concept of drawing conclusions based on actions performed in a charades game, on verbal cues given in a guessing game, and...
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Read Works: Drawing Conclusions Kindergarten Unit: Verbal Cues

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan asking students to use verbal cues in the form of yes/no questions to guess an item inside a bag. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....
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Read Works: Grade 2: Four Lesson Unit: Drawing Conclusions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify the difference between explicit information and conclusions and to make text-to-self and text-to-text connections. Lessons are based on the provided text "The...
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Read Works: Fourth Grade: One Lesson Unit: Drawing Conclusions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are guided through a lesson to understand the difference between explicit information and conclusions drawn from a text. With free login, users have access to passages used in this lesson.
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Read Works: Space Vacation

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about tourists paying for vacation trips to the space station with astronauts. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Birth of a Mighty River

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the Amazon River and its origins. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Robo Helpers

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about new robots that learn to walk like humans. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Texas Gateway: Annotate and Analyze a Paired Passage: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will read and annotate a pair of texts to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence.
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Texas Gateway: Annotate and Analyze a Paired Passage: Practice 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will read and annotate a pair of texts to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence.
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Texas Gateway: Synthesize Ideas and Details in Several Texts (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will practice making connections between ideas on the same topic. Some of the ideas will differ from each other, so we will learn how to identify and synthesize important details and draw conclusions. W.9-10.7 Research
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Texas Gateway: Analyze Various Texts With Similar Themes (English I Reading)

For Students 9th Standards
You will learn how to make inferences and draw conclusions about similar themes in various texts by finding supporting evidence within the texts.
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Read Works: In the Night

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage offers students the opportunity to conclude what type of animal is prowling in the night. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce...
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Read Works: Caught in a Lie

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the story of a girl who was caught in a lie. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Texas Gateway: Distinguishing Between Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on distinguishing between inductive and deductive reasoning. Sometimes it's difficult to separate these two types of reasoning because we often use them together; drawing conclusions in inductive reasoning is likely...
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Read Works: Bringing Books to Life

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how children's books become movies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Why Learn Chinese

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about why some third-graders are learning to speak Mandarin. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Great Wall Great Jump

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about daredevil skateboarder Danny Way and his attempt to jump the Great Wall of China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Great Lakes

For Teachers 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about environmental issues causing problems for the Great Lakes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Rain Forest Rescue

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the Amazon rain forest and how Brazil is trying to protect it. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Spiders and a Balanced Diet

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how spiders choose to eat a balanced diet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Star Spangled Relic

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how on important historical relic was found. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Green Machines

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about low-cost laptop computers improving education for children in need around the world. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.