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Draw Conclusions - Print - Fiction Resources

 * K-2**
 *  //[|Arthur Loses a Friend] //, by Marc Brown This is a good book for teaching drawing conclusions, because Arthur comes to the wrong conclusion about his friend. It’s also a good lesson about friendships.
 *  //Horton Hatches the Egg//**//,//** by Dr. Seuss. 978-0-394-80077-6 Students make predictions about what will hatch from the egg that Horton is tending and draw conclusions about why the hatchling looked more like Horton than the bird.
 * //[|Chicken Sunday]//, by Patricia Polacco, In this story, the merchant makes a mistake and draws the wrong conclusions about the children. Therefore, this leads to a great discussion about how and why the merchant came to the wrong conclusion about the childern. [|Links]

**3-5**
 * //Meet the Gecko //, by Wendelin Van Draanen. This book can be used to teach multiple topics including cause and effect and drawing conclusions in grades 3-5. It is about a superhero gecko, so it will hold student's interest. [|Lesson Plan]


 * 6-8**
 * // Bluford Series, // Anne Schraff, Paul Langon, D.M. Blackwell, copyright 2009. A series of seventeen books which address topics relevant to real-life experiences of young adolescent students. Each individual novel’s plot is detailed with topics and situations to utilize for teaching students how to make predictions, draw conclusions, and make inferences.
 * // Forged by fire ////, //Sharon Draper, copyright 1998. This novel addresses topics relevant to real-life experiences of children of today’s time. The plot is detailed with situations to utilize for teaching students how to make predictions, draw conclusions, and make inferences. [|Sharon Draper]


 * E1-E4**