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

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

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

This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author's point.

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

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

Use this worksheet to help students identify personified nouns and their respective verbs.