1. Comprehension Skill First Grade Unit 2 Week 3 Created by Kristi Waltke
Author’s Purpose
Comprehension Skill
First Grade Unit 2 Week 3
Created by Kristi Waltke

2. Let’s Review

3. The main idea of a story is what the story is mostly about.

4. Cause and Effect
The cause is the girl swings the club and hits the ball.
The effect is the ball moves.
A cause is something that makes something else happen.
An effect is what happens.

5. The reason an author writes a story is called Author’s Purpose.
Authors may write to explain
something or give information.
Authors may write to be funny
or to entertain readers.

6. Why do you think that Melissa Blackwell Burke wrote Who Works Here?
To tell a make-believe story about people in a neighborhood
To help readers learn more about the people who work in a neighborhood

7. To tell a funny story about class-mates that put on a play
Why do you think that Pat Cummings wrote The Farmer in the Hat?
To tell a funny story about class-mates that put on a play
To teach kids how to make a stage for a play

8. To tell an entertaining story of the unexpected way Max got his fish
Why do you think that Rosemary Wells wrote A Big Fish for Max?
To tell an entertaining story of the unexpected way Max got his fish
To teach kids how to fish like Max

9. Thinking about an author’s purpose will help you become a super reader!