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Tennis: Nonfiction Text
Tennis: Nonfiction Text
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Tennis: Nonfiction Text
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.
Worksheet
Tennis: Nonfiction Text
Tennis: Nonfiction Text
Worksheet
Tennis: Nonfiction Text
Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Why I Write
Why I Write
Lesson Plan
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Why I Write
Second Grade
Reading
Second grade students will step into the author’s shoes as they hunt for evidence to determine what a nonfiction author’s purpose might be.
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Why I Write
Why I Write
Lesson Plan
Why I Write
Second grade students will step into the author’s shoes as they hunt for evidence to determine what a nonfiction author’s purpose might be.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Whose Side of the Story?
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Whose Side of the Story?
Fifth Grade
Reading
Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Whose Side of the Story?
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Finding the Purpose
Finding the Purpose
Worksheet
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Finding the Purpose
Second Grade
Reading
Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.
Worksheet
Finding the Purpose
Finding the Purpose
Worksheet
Finding the Purpose
Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Ada Lovelace Biography
Ada Lovelace Biography
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Ada Lovelace Biography
Fourth Grade
Reading
Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.
Worksheet
Ada Lovelace Biography
Ada Lovelace Biography
Worksheet
Ada Lovelace Biography
Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Soccer: Nonfiction Text
Soccer: Nonfiction Text
Worksheet
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Soccer: Nonfiction Text
Fourth Grade
Reading
This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author's point.
Worksheet
Soccer: Nonfiction Text
Soccer: Nonfiction Text
Worksheet
Soccer: Nonfiction Text
This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author's point.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Point of View Frenzy
Point of View Frenzy
Lesson Plan
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Point of View Frenzy
First Grade
Reading
Explore a day in the life of a pencil! Your students will practice different points of view by thinking outside the box and writing as though they are something else.
Lesson Plan
Point of View Frenzy
Point of View Frenzy
Lesson Plan
Point of View Frenzy
Explore a day in the life of a pencil! Your students will practice different points of view by thinking outside the box and writing as though they are something else.
First Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Fact or Opinion Sentences
Fact or Opinion Sentences
Worksheet
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Fact or Opinion Sentences
Fourth Grade
Reading
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
Worksheet
Fact or Opinion Sentences
Fact or Opinion Sentences
Worksheet
Fact or Opinion Sentences
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
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Worksheet
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Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.
Worksheet
Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Worksheet
Video Games: Nonfiction Text
Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
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Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
Second Grade
Reading
This lesson will help students identify the author's point of view and purpose for writing an informational text.
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
This lesson will help students identify the author's point of view and purpose for writing an informational text.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE
Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE
Lesson Plan
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Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE
Fourth Grade
Reading
Give your class the "write" tools they need to become excellent authors. In this literary lesson, students use their knowledge of author's purpose to successfully write pieces that persuade, inform, and entertain.
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Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE
Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE
Lesson Plan
Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE
Give your class the "write" tools they need to become excellent authors. In this literary lesson, students use their knowledge of author's purpose to successfully write pieces that persuade, inform, and entertain.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Lesson Plan
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Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Fourth Grade
Reading
Kids will love learning some fun facts about elephants while developing their reading comprehension skills. Using T-charts and Venn diagrams, they'll analyze stories and explore different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.
Lesson Plan
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Lesson Plan
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Kids will love learning some fun facts about elephants while developing their reading comprehension skills. Using T-charts and Venn diagrams, they'll analyze stories and explore different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
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Shifting Points of View
Shifting Points of View
Lesson Plan
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Shifting Points of View
Fourth Grade
Reading
This lesson gives students practice identifying first person and third person narration in fiction and nonfiction texts. It could be taught as a stand-alone lesson or as a precursor to the lesson Fiction vs. Nonfiction.
Lesson Plan
EL
Shifting Points of View
Shifting Points of View
Lesson Plan
Shifting Points of View
This lesson gives students practice identifying first person and third person narration in fiction and nonfiction texts. It could be taught as a stand-alone lesson or as a precursor to the lesson Fiction vs. Nonfiction.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
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