Exemplary
Student:

• draws conclusions about characters and events independently, rejecting any conclusions that don't make good sense.
• can support all conclusions with evidence from the story and prior real life knowledge.
• answers all items correctly and may list more than one conclusion or more than one piece of evidence to support a conclusion

Competent
Student:

• uses logical thinking to draw conclusions.
• can support conclusions with story details with only occasional prompting.
• fills in at least three-quarters of the chart correctly.

Developing
Student:

• answers about half the items on the chart correctly.
• understands what a conclusion is, and knows that evidence for a conclusion is found in story details or illustrations.
• with prompting, student can sometimes give evidence from the story and real life that support conclusions and show logical thinking

Emerging
Student:

• understands that drawing a conclusion means figuring out something about the story.
• may answer with one or more correct conclusion but cannot support the answer with evidence from the story clues and real life