RI. 4.1

RI.4.1 Lesson 10

Drawing inferences or conclusions from the non-fiction text.

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to infer or draw conclusions?

• To make an opinion about the story

• To make a guess about the story

• To judge the story

• To rewrite the ending of a story

Multiple Select

How do we make an inference?

• Look back in the story

• Look for clues in the story

• Think about experiences you have had

• Think about what you know

Write down 3 things you notice from this picture.

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​Get out a sheet of paper!

Write down 3 things you notice from this picture.

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​Get out a sheet of paper!

Write down 3 things you notice from this picture.

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​Get out a sheet of paper!

Write down 3 things you notice from this picture.

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​Get out a sheet of paper!

Magnetic Reading pgs 178-183

Open Ended

Why are maps so important, and how do people create them?

Draw

Can you draw a map from our classroom to Mr. Parkman's office?

Multiple Choice

The map you just created, who would find it most useful?

• A student in trouble

• A new teacher

• A new student

• Mr. Parkman

"Marie Maps the Sea"

We will read to learn how a woman named Marie Tharp created a map of the sea floor.

Multiple Choice

What does the word "intrigued" mean in paragraph 3?

• To guess

• To explore the sea floor

• curious about something

• Scared or worried of something

Multiple Choice

What was ONE of the questions that arose in Tharp's college class?

• "What was under all that water?"

• "How much of the Earth is water?"

• "What is the largest ocean on Earth?"

• "How deep was the ocean?"

Multiple Choice

How did Tharp feel about all the questions being asked in her class?

• She knew all the answers

• It upset her that she didn't know the answers

• She became curious and asked her dad

• She was intrigued

Multiple Choice

What is "geology"?

• The study of locations

• The study of life and species

• The study of Earth's surface

• The study of maps

Multiple Choice

Why wasn't Tharp allowed on the research ships at her job in New York?

• She got sea-sick

• She was afraid of the ocean

• Women were not allowed to be out on the ships

• Students were the only ones allowed on the research ships

Multiple Choice

After studying through some books and papers in her office, what did Tharp create?

• a 3-D view of the ocean floor

• A 3-D view of the Earth

• A map to hidden treasure

• a 3-D view of the research ship she was not allowed on

BACK TO READING!

Multiple Choice

What year was the first map of the ocean floor completed?

• 1920

• 1948

• 1957

• 1912

Multiple Choice

What does the circle show on the illustration at the top of page 181?

• Where the ocean is the deepest

• It shows a long rift through the Atlantic Ocean

• Where the Pacific Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean

• Where there are mountains on the sea floor

Multiple Choice

What was Alfred Wegener's idea?

• Mountains and valleys cover the ocean floor

• Satellites can measure the continents moving every year

• The continents move over time

• Volcanoes cover the ocean floor.

Multiple Choice

How did Tharp's map prove Wegener's idea?

• The map showed cracks where plates have moved

• The map showed magma on the ocean floor

• The map showed large mountains and volcanoes

• The map showed different depths of ocean

Why is it important to infer throughout a story?

​Not all important stuff is directly told to us in a story.

So, we got to fill in the blanks sometimes and take what we know and clues from the story to fill in those blanks.

Look at the chart on page 182...let's try it!