RI.5.8 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.8
:"Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s)."
These worksheets, lesson plans, and teacher editions can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
Soccer: Nonfiction Text
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Soccer: Nonfiction Text
This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author's point.
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The Teal Pumpkin Project: Promoting Inclusivity
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The Teal Pumpkin Project: Promoting Inclusivity
This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.
4th Grade
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Why Do People Vote?
Worksheet
Why Do People Vote?
Learn about the foundational process of American democracy in this essential worksheet!
Social studies
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Author's Claim, Reasons, and Evidence
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Author's Claim, Reasons, and Evidence
In this activity, your class will examine nonfiction texts to determine an author's point, a supporting reason and two points of supporting evidence.
5th Grade
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Extended Informational Reading Comprehension: The Buzz About Beekeeping
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Extended Informational Reading Comprehension: The Buzz About Beekeeping
What’s all the buzz about beekeeping? Give students this four-page nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet to find out!
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Basketball: Nonfiction Text
Worksheet
Basketball: Nonfiction Text
This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point.
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Lesson Plans
Find Author’s Claim with Reasons and Evidence
Lesson plan
Find Author’s Claim with Reasons and Evidence
In this lesson, your class will identify an author’s claim in nonfiction text by identifying evidence and reasons.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
What's the Point?
Lesson plan
What's the Point?
Give your students practice explaining how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. With these sports-themed texts, students will make inferences about the author and use text evidence to prove it.
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State Your Claim
Lesson plan
State Your Claim
Help your students explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text by giving them high-interest nonfiction texts to read.
Lesson plan
Find ‘Em and Quote ‘Em! Facts and Opinions
Lesson plan
Find ‘Em and Quote ‘Em! Facts and Opinions
Got facts? Got opinions? Use this lesson plan to teach your students to evaluate texts for facts and opinions. Students will use a non-fiction text selection to collect quotes as proof.
5th Grade
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Match Author's Point with Evidence
Lesson plan
Match Author's Point with Evidence
Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and discuss the author's point and the information that supports it. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the What’s the Point? lesson.
5th Grade
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Workbooks
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Games
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Exercises
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Teacher Editions
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5: Ideas and Organization
Teacher Edition
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5: Ideas and Organization
Instruct students on the intricacies of idea generation and writing organization!
Teacher Edition
