This Informational Text Graphic Organizer Worksheet gives 4th graders one landscape page to record genre, author's purpose, key vocabulary, and important facts from any nonfiction text — a reusable, no-prep way to build stronger reading comprehension.

This characters voice and point of view worksheet gives 4th graders four short stories to sort into first person and third person, with text-evidence lines. Answer key included for fast, no-prep reading practice.

Using this Evidence Olympics Authors Purpose Activity, students try to earn a gold medal during Evidence Olympics by reading a passage and finding evidence to support an author's point.

Using this Reasons and Evidence Activity, students identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.

Using thisAuthor's Purpose Song, students will remember the three reasons why author's write using this catchy animated song.

Using this Guess Who Point of View Activity, students identify their partner's "secret narrator" as the partner reads a text card.

Using Comparing Points of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

The Who's Talking Now Worksheet gives 4th graders three short stories about one windy morning, told by three different narrators, plus an answer key for quick checking of point of view work.

Using Looking at the Character's Viewpoints Activity, students acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters to gain a different perspective.

Using Miss Rumphius Point of View Worksheet, students read Miss Rumphius by Barbara Clooney to determine who says the lines from the story.

Using Point of View Activity, students identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

Using Animal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity, students read animal myths to explain how an author uses evidence to support points in a text.

Using Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity, students read both firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event to describe the differences in the information provided.

Using My Point of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Using RI.4.6 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic.

Using RI.4.8 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

Using RL.4.6 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated,including the difference between first and third-person narrations.

Using this Whose Point of View Compare and Contrast Activity, students identify whether a story is being told in a first- or third-person POV, while comparing and contrasting the two.