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.

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