Differentiating between facts and opinions is a key fourth grade skill to master and is helpful in identifying the author’s purpose in a text. Use this activity to give your students extra practice differentiating between these two kinds of sentence

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.