1. Drawing Conclusions Detective

3. To draw a conclusion from a selection look for supporting details and combine the details with what you know. To help ask yourself the following: I conclude that …………….. because the paragraph said that ……………………… and I know that …………………..

4. Shark Tooth If you held a tooth from a shark that lived 5 million years ago, it would cover nearly all your hand. If you held a tooth from a modern great white shark, it would fit in the palm of your hand. Why do you think the very old shark’s tooth is so much larger than the modern shark tooth?