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Author's Purpose- Decide what the author's purpose for writing is. TONS of printable worksheets to teach literacy!
Tally Up Your Marshmallows! Count the tally marks, cut and paste the correct marshmallow! TONS of fun and engaging printables!
Description Students read the sentences, cut them out and glue them into the correct column. This is a great partner activity if author's purpose is a fairly new idea for students. It can be used as an assessment if students have a solid understanding of author's purpose. If students are working with partners or table groups, it works well to tell them that they must agree before gluing. That rule may generate some discussion. The sentences are in a table that can be edited to create…
Kathy Lapkovitch saved to authors purpose
Here are some useful synonyms for the word "different". #Writing #WritingAdvice #Synonyms #Different
Kathy Maness saved to Basically random stuff
I made an author's purpose sort in another post (see here) and found out it had a little tmi...as in too much information...as in too many "inform" passages, so I made a redo! Click here for the newer version! This version features some informational passages on geography and soils perfect for GA 3rd graders. I hope you enjoy. Please leave me feedback and let me know how it works for you! As always, this is a freebie!
Therese Hood saved to teaching
The key event forces the main character to make a decision for action. This closes out Act 1 and moves us into the action of Act 2.
Teaching students to write for a specific purpose is one of my favorite skills to teach. Students enjoy drawing sketches that illustrate different writing purposes. See Author'
G Smith saved to For Students
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Emily Harvell saved to 3rd Grade
