Write a Conclusion
Grade 4 - Writing - On Level
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Which conclusion best finishes a piece about why the class should keep a weather station? Main idea: A weather station helps students collect data and notice patterns.
- The school should also build a new gym beside the weather station.
- A weather station helps students collect data and notice patterns.
- That is all I have to say about weather.
- Keeping a weather station would make daily weather data part of real classroom learning.
Which ending is too weak for a piece about how animal tracks help scientists?
- Animal tracks are valuable evidence because they show signs of wildlife even when the animal is gone.
- This final sentence connects back to the main idea.
- It sums up the important idea without adding an unrelated detail.
- Tracks are a thing and this is the end.
Which ending adds unrelated new information?
- Symbols, a key, and a compass rose make maps easier to understand.
- Map symbols turn a crowded place into information readers can follow.
- It leaves the reader with the big idea instead of a random extra fact.
- Some maps are folded and kept in car doors.
Why is this a strong conclusion: "Animal tracks are valuable evidence because they show signs of wildlife even when the animal is gone."
- Tracks are a thing and this is the end.
- It copies the opening word for word.
- It sums up the important idea without adding an unrelated detail.
- It introduces several new facts.
Which sentence copies the main idea too closely instead of concluding it?
- Symbols, a key, and a compass rose make maps easier to understand.
- Some maps are folded and kept in car doors.
- Map symbols turn a crowded place into information readers can follow.
- It leaves the reader with the big idea instead of a random extra fact.