RI.K.8 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson
Using RI.K.8 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students identify thereasons an author gives to support points in a text.
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How to teach Author’s Purpose
Using RI.K.8 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
Understanding the reason why an author wrote an informational text supports your students’ comprehension as they read. This lesson gives them the opportunity to match the text to an author’s purpose.
This RI.K.8 Kindergarten Common Core Lessonincludes RI.K.8 Worksheets, RI.K.8 Activities, RI.K.8 Assessment, and RI.K.8 Poster. Each Common Core Lessonsincludes Common Core Worksheets, Activities, Assessment, and Poster that you can usefor teaching and assessing the standard.
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If you are using this lesson, your students are probably learning about author’s purpose.
Use this Author’s Purpose Activity as an additional resource for your students.
Introduce this activity by listening to the Have Fun Teaching Author’s Purpose Song. Next, create an anchor chart with your students with the different reasons why authors write. Then, students complete sort individually or with a partner. Finally, students continue their practice with the provided worksheets.
Be sure to check out more Author’s Purpose Resources and the entire Kindergarten Common Core Workbook.
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