This identifying author's purpose worksheet has 3rd graders read a giraffe passage and decide whether the author wants to inform, persuade, or entertain. Answer key included for easy reading practice.

This author's point and supporting evidence worksheet gives 3rd grade students a short persuasive article, four questions, and a written response, with an answer key, so they learn to prove an idea from the text.

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.

The Who Is Talking Now Worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers three short stories and asks who is telling each one. An answer key is included, so students build point of view skills with quick feedback.

This Purpose Worksheet gives 3rd graders six short passages to sort into persuade, inform, or entertain, plus two clue-word items. An answer key is included, so it works as a quick no-prep reading check.

Using Why Was it Written Author's Purpose Activity, students identify if the author wrote a text in order to answer, explain, or describe.

Using Authors Purpose Picture Sorting Activity, students identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

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.

Practice finding reasons with this support the point worksheet for 3rd grade. Students read a short recycling article, answer questions about the author's point, and use evidence. An answer key is included.

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.

Using this Making a Point Worksheet, students read an information text to determine the reasons why the author wrote the piece.

Using Let's Give Some Support Activity, students describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

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

Using this Supporting the Point Worksheet, students read an information text to determine the reasons why the author wrote the piece.

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 RI.3.6 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, studentsdistinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.