This RI.1.8 Author's Point & Reasons 1st grade reading unit is full of standards-based lesson plans, professionally Lexiled passages, and activities to use while you are teaching the standard RI1.8. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the pack is still valuable to use when teaching students to find the author's point and supporting reasons in the text. Please check out the preview to see ALL that you're getting! In the first grade RI.1.8 pack you will receive: 3 Mini Lessons 7 Graphic Organizers / Worksheets 5 Lexile leveled Passages (levels listed below) 4 Interactive Pieces (for notebook or plain paper) 8 Task Cards 1 Summative Assessment (with answer key) Answer Keys for certain lesson plan activities, all passages, and assessment The reading passages and assessments are now professionally leveled by Lexile. Seatbelts- 510L Brushing Your Teeth- 490L What's an Okapi- 440L Bike Safety- 490L Fast Food- 490L Camouflage- 480L Assessment Reading #1- 450L Assessment Reading #2- 490L There are digital components included in this resource. The following pieces of this resource have a link on page 5 to the Google Slides conversion! passages graphic organizers assessment RI.1.8 Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text. SAVE BIG! Buy this pack in 2 possible bundles. Click here for the READING bundle. Click here for the ELA ALL-YEAR curriculum bundle. This purchase is for one single classroom only. If you're interested in sharing with other classrooms, make sure to buy the extra licenses for a discount through the TeachersPayTeachers tool. If you are interested in a site license, please contact me for a quote at jessica.L.tobin@gmail.com.