Drawing Conclusions Authors don’t always come right out and tell you everything in a story....

Drawing Conclusions

• Authors don’t always come right out and tell you everything in a story.

• Sometimes you are given clues. Like a detective, you have to use the words and pictures to figure out the story!

Read the clues. Click on the correct picture.

Let’s practice.

I sleep in a crib.

I drink from a bottle.

I cannot walk or talk.

Who am I?

Put me on your feet.

I will keep you warm and dry.

Wear me when it rains.

What am I?

I grow on an ear.

Cook me in hot oil.

I will puff up and taste good.

What am I?

You need me before you can mail a letter. Paste me on an envelope.

What am I?

I am white.

You need me every day.

You drink me when you are thirsty.

What am I?

I look like a baby.

You can give me a name.

Children like to play with me.

What am I?

What was the caterpillar doing

while in the chrysalis?

A. Eating more leaves

B. Walking on a branch

C. Changing into a butterfly

Why does the butterfly have to wait before he can fly after

he comes out of the chrysalis?

A. He’s not hungry yet.

B. He doesn’t know how to fly.

C. His wings have to dry off and unfold first.

Why is it good for butterflies that they

taste bad?

A. Other animals think they are pretty.

B. Other animals won’t eat them since they taste bad.

C. They like to drink nectar.

You are now a pro. at drawing conclusions!