Author’s Purpose Comprehension Skill First Grade Unit 2 Week 5 Created by Kristi Waltke.
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Author’s Purpose
Comprehension Skill First Grade Unit 2 Week 5 Created by Kristi Waltke
Let’s Review
The main idea of a story is what the story is mostly about .
Cause and Effect
The cause is the The effect is girl swings the club and hits the the ball moves.
ball.
A cause is something that makes something else happen .
An effect is what happens .
The order that events take place is called
Sequence
. Words like first, next and last help readers figure out the order of events. Good readers pay attention to the order in which things happen.
First put the meat and Last eat the sandwich.
cheese on the bread.
The reason an author writes a story is called
Author’s Purpose
.
Why did Eric Kimmel write
The Big Circle
?
To tell a made up story about dinosaurs that lived long ago To give information about the life of the T Rex dinosaur
Why did Claire Daniel write
Life in the Forest
?
To tell a made up story about bears in the forest To give information about plants and animals in the forest
Thinking about an author’s purpose will help you become a super reader!