explain the author's purpose and message within a text;
Review our profile on the first Black woman astronaut and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Meet famous Black History Month figures with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
Explore five global Valentine’s Day traditions with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
Organize ideas and context clues that support the author's purpose from your assigned texts.
A sorting activity to help students identify the author’s purpose for a piece of text.
An article and comprehension task celebrating women and Women's History Month.
An article about historic women paired with a comprehension task.
A comprehension task paired with a text about Inauguration Day.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about being safe when sharing photos on digital platforms.
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
A sorting activity for low and high modality words.
A worksheet to help teach students the author’s craft of using personal pronouns in persuasive text.
A worksheet to help teach students the author's craft of using modality words to persuade the reader.
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of rhetorical questions.
A worksheet to help teach students the author's craft of emotive language.
A reading passage paired with a comprehension activity about bees.
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 4 "What's Buzzing?" magazine.
A template for students to use when learning how to write a simile poem.
An engaging 44 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the classroom when introducing comprehension strategies.
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
A poster highlighting how to identify the author's purpose when reading a piece of text.
A fun reading comprehension strategy activity for students to use after reading a text.
A poster highlighting the three main reasons an author writes a piece of text - to persuade, to inform, to entertain.
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author’s purpose.
A teaching resource to help teach your students about the author's purpose for a piece of text.
A set of comprehension task cards to help students identify the author's purpose when reading.
A sequencing task using an opinion text.
Practice analyzing poetry with this poem and set of comprehension questions.
A collection of age-appropriate, Grade 4 teaching resources and activities for homeschool parents to use with their children during the month of September.
An extensive resource pack to help students understand the concept of author’s purpose.