Reasons and Evidence Activity
In this reasons and evidence activity, 3rd to 5th grade students sort sports cards to match each point with its reasons and evidence. Answer key included.
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Finding Reasons and Evidence
This reasons and evidence activity helps students see how a writer or speaker supports a point. A reason tells why the point is true, and evidence is a fact, an example or an expert’s words that back up the reason. Students who can tell the two apart read more closely, judge an argument fairly and write stronger opinion pieces of their own.
How to Play the Sorting Game
Cut out the 20 sports cards: four Point cards and sixteen support cards. Each point, such as “Every student should learn how to swim,” has two reasons and two pieces of evidence hidden among the cards. Students place a Point card at the top of the Point Mat, find the four cards that go with it, and decide which are reasons and which are evidence before laying them in the boxes. Then they record the card numbers on the Point Log. This reasons and evidence activity works for partners, small groups or a reading center, and it is a strong supporting evidence activity for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. A 4th Grade practice worksheet asks students to label eight sentences as reasons or evidence and then write one more of their own.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page
- How to Use page with simple steps
- 20 sports-themed point, reason and evidence cards
- Point Mat for sorting
- Point Log recording sheet
- 4th Grade practice worksheet
- Answer keys for the Point Log and the practice page
Why This Activity Helps Kids
- Sorting real cards makes the difference between a reason and evidence easy to see.
- Every card belongs to exactly one point, so students must read carefully.
- Sports topics give students points they care about and want to argue.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Ask students to write one more piece of evidence for a point, have groups race to finish a mat, or hunt for a point, a reason and evidence in a book or article you are reading as a class.
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