Write a Conclusion
Grade 4 - Writing - Building Confidence
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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.
- A weather station helps students collect data and notice patterns.
- The school should also build a new gym beside the weather station.
- 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 why garden signs help visitors?
- This final sentence connects back to the main idea.
- It connects the details back to the paragraph's main point.
- Those are some facts about signs.
- Signs explain plant names, purposes, and pollinator connections.
Which ending adds unrelated new information?
- The art room needs more green markers.
- With clear signs, the garden can teach visitors even when no student guide is nearby.
- It connects the details back to the paragraph's main point.
- Signs explain plant names, purposes, and pollinator connections.
Why is this a strong conclusion: "Keeping a weather station would make daily weather data part of real classroom learning."
- It restates the opinion and reminds the reader why it matters.
- It copies the opening word for word.
- It ignores the main idea.
- It introduces several new facts.
Which sentence copies the main idea too closely instead of concluding it?
- When the kite finally rose, Jon knew the repair had been worth the extra patience.
- Then it was over.
- Jon patches the kite and tries again after it catches on a branch.
- It gives the story a sense of ending and shows what the moment means.