Author’s Pointand Supporting Details

Review of Informational Text

Help us learn about new things.

Non fiction books are made up of facts which are true statements.

Example of a fact: You are in first grade!

Informational text

● When reading an informational text, the author’s goal is to teach you something new about a specific topic. Authors will use different facts and examples to help us learn.

Examples of Informational Texts

Sorting through all the information

● There can be a lot of new things to learn when we read an informational text. That is why it is important to reflect on what is the main idea of the text and what reasons are listed through out the text that support that idea.

Author’s Point

● The author’s point is the main idea of the informational text.

● It is the most important thing that the author wants to you learn after you are done reading.

● The author’s point will be repeated throughout the entire text with various examples or facts.

● When you are finished reading a text, you can go back to reread and help you figure out what is the most important idea.

Reasons

There are different reasons of support in informational texts to help the reader discover the author’s point or main idea.

The author needs to prove their point to the reader, which requires different facts to support their ideas.

Facts require evidence or examples to prove that they are true.

Let’s practice!

This is an informational text about bats.

What is the author’s point of the story?

What reasons support this?

Author’s point Reasons of Support

Bat’s bodies help them to fly.

• They have very light bones

• They have small bodies and big wings

• You list one more example:

• __________________

Author’s Point Reasons

Try it yourself!

Reading to check your answers?

Author’s Point Reasons

There are many different things you can do to protect yourself and others from being sick.

Wash your hands with warm water and soap

Sneezing and cough into your elbow

Drink lots of water and get a lot of sleep

Thanks for watching!

The first grade teachers and Miss O’Dekirk’s dog Coco are proud of you!