4th Grade Identifying the Author's Purpose Interactive Videos

Explore 4th Grade Identifying the Author's Purpose Interactive Videos

Identifying the author's purpose represents a fundamental reading comprehension skill that Grade 4 students must master to become critical readers and analytical thinkers. Wayground's interactive video collection provides guided video lessons specifically designed to help fourth-grade learners recognize whether authors write to inform, persuade, or entertain their audiences. These embedded question-rich resources feature comprehension checks throughout each lesson, allowing students to pause, reflect, and demonstrate their understanding of textual clues that reveal an author's intent. Through carefully structured video content, students learn to examine word choice, tone, and organizational patterns while developing the analytical skills necessary to distinguish between factual information, persuasive arguments, and entertaining narratives across various text types. Wayground's comprehensive platform empowers teachers with access to millions of teacher-created interactive video resources that can be seamlessly integrated into reading instruction and differentiated to meet diverse learning needs. The platform's robust search and filtering capabilities enable educators to locate standards-aligned content that specifically targets author's purpose identification skills while supporting both digital delivery and classroom projection formats. Teachers can customize video lessons to provide targeted remediation for struggling readers or enrichment opportunities for advanced learners, utilizing the platform's flexible tools to create personalized learning pathways that reinforce critical reading comprehension strategies. These interactive video collections support comprehensive lesson planning by providing educators with ready-to-use resources that can be deployed for whole-group instruction, small-group intervention, or independent practice sessions that strengthen students' ability to analyze authorial intent across multiple reading contexts.