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.

A Florida FAST 3rd grade reading practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 13 benchmarks, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.

A NJSLA-A 3rd grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 19 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

The Let's Give Some Support Activity is a matching game where students sort giraffe reason cards under the point each one supports. Made for 2nd and 3rd grade, with an answer key included.

This firsthand and secondhand accounts activity has students sort 24 account cards by who is telling the story. Built for 3rd to 5th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

In this Why Was it Written? Author's Purpose Activity, 2nd and 3rd graders sort text cards by whether the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. An answer key is included.

This point of view activity has 1st-4th grade students hold up Character or Narrator signs to show who is telling each scene. Fold-over cards check the clue words, and an answer key is included.

Children read short opinion texts, match each one to what the author thinks, and compare it with their own view in this 2nd to 4th grade reading game. Practice page and answer key included.

This author's purpose activity has 2nd to 4th grade students sort 24 book cards by inform, entertain, or persuade. A practice page and an answer key are included.

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

Using RL.3.6 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.