Author’s Purpose of Informational Text Worksheet
This author’s purpose of informational text worksheet asks 3rd graders to decide which question each short nonfiction text was written to answer. An answer key is included, so it is easy no-prep practice for close reading.
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Every nonfiction book, article, and how-to page was written for a reason, and learning to name that reason is the heart of this author’s purpose of informational text worksheet. Third graders who can say what an author set out to answer, explain, or describe read nonfiction with a plan instead of drifting through it. That skill shows up everywhere — in science articles, in social studies chapters, and in the passages on every state reading test.
This informational text purpose worksheet gives students four short nonfiction texts about bees, beavers, sunflowers, and rain. Each text is followed by three questions, and only one of them is the question that text actually answers. Students read closely, rule out the two questions the text never touches, and fill in the bubble beside the right one. Because all three choices stay on topic, the page cannot be skimmed — it has to be read.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- Answer key
- 4 short informational texts with 12 multiple-choice questions
There are three reasons this author’s purpose of informational text worksheet builds real comprehension. First, the wrong choices are always about the same topic, so a student has to weigh evidence instead of matching a keyword. Second, the texts are short enough to reread, which is exactly the habit close reading asks for. Third, the answer key turns the page into instant feedback, so a child can check their thinking right away and a teacher can grade a whole class in a minute.
Try reading one text aloud and asking students to invent a fourth question the author did not answer, then talk about why it does not fit. Hunt for purpose in the wild by opening a cereal box, a park sign, or a library book and asking what the writer wanted readers to know. Pair the page with a writing prompt: give students a question and ask them to write the short nonfiction paragraph that answers it. Morning work, small-group stations, homework, and reading intervention folders all work well.
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