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Reading Skill: Drawing Conclusions Drawing conclusions requires
the students to read a passage
and then to make inferences
based on the information that
they read. The conclusions
Complete the table by checking the correct conclusion. that the students draw are not
openly stated in the passage.
The students must instead
Clue Conclusion reach their conclusions by
reading carefully.
1. “Now, how can we get enough people □ Many people will want to run in the

to help?” Mary said. “We can have a marathon.

cleanup called the Ten Trees Hill □ There is too much garbage for a few

Marathon.” people to clean up.

2. Jack and Jill explained the project and □ The families think it is a good idea to

the games to everyone. Two other clean up the park.

families decided to join them. □ The families already know about the

project and the games.

3. By lunchtime, more families had □ There is no more garbage left in the

joined the cleanup. They had filled park.

fifteen bags with garbage and even □ The families help to pull weeds from

more bags with weeds. the ground.

Unit 6 | The Real Story of Jack and Jill