Author's Point of View in a Text About Longer Recess

Read the article together and underline signal words like should and I think. Talk about whether you agree before your child writes. Check with the answer key.

Find and copy the author's opinion in an original article about longer recess, then give your own. The author's point of view is what the author thinks about a topic. It is an opinion, which is what someone believes, not a fact. The directions on the page read: Read the text. Then, turn the page and answer the questions. On page 2: Circle the letter of the author's opinion. Then, copy the two opinion sentences. Then, write your own opinion and one reason. The answer key covers the questions on page 2.

Yes, both. We made it for 3rd Grade point of view, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with author's point of view. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

It is what the author thinks about a topic. It is an opinion, which is what someone believes, not a fact that can be checked.

Look for words like I think, I believe and should. Opinion sentences often come in the first paragraph and again at the end, which is why the sheets ask children to copy both.

No. RI.3.6 asks children to tell their own point of view apart from the author's. The last question invites them to agree or disagree and give one reason.

Yes. All four author's point of view sheets have an answer key, with a sample for the opinion question.

Point of view is who is telling the story and how they see it. In 3rd grade, children tell whether a story is told in first person (I and me) or third person (he, she and they), and they compare the narrator's or author's view with their own (RL.3.6 and RI.3.6).

Look at the pronouns outside of dialogue. If the narrator says I, me and my, the story is in first person. If the narrator says he, she or they about the characters, it is in third person. The narrator pages ask children to copy two pronouns as proof.