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Interactive
Curated OER

Cause/Effect Post Test

For Students 6th - 8th
In this cause and effect activity, students read selections and identify cause and effect relationships.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring the Properties of Matter in the Preschool

For Teachers Pre-K
Students study the properties of the physical and natural world. In this properties of the physical and natural world lesson, preschool students work at discovery tables to see how simple machines work, what happens when items are put...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Cause and Effect

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
In this cause and effect activity, students use the pair of boxes connected with arrows to identify the causes and effects of events in a story. Students write answers in ten boxes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Dashiki

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners read verbs with different forms and endings, sequence events, gain knowledge of cause and effect and learn to use a glossary. They read the book, "The Dashiki" in small groups with the teacher focusing on how students decode an...
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Cause and Effect Essay Example 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This nine-page essay provides a written example of a cause and effect essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fourth Grade: Three Lesson Unit: Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on cause and effect where students learn signal words to identify cause and effect relationships and then examine those relationships in historical fiction with Pink and Say by...
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Lesson Plan
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: What Caused It?: Student Web Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Students are asked to be detectives while they read and to look for the cause/effect sentences in the paragraphs. In this lesson, students read paragraphs and answer questions about it by either typing in their responses or selecting...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Text Structure Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive learning exercise provides 10 questions: each includes a reading passage which students read and select the patterns of organization used in each passage. RI.11-12.3 Text development
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: The Day Jimmy's Boa Taught Cause and Effect

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for five lessons that teach about cause and effect relationships using Trinka Hakes Noble's books about Jimmy and his boa constrictor. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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Unit Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat Reading Grade 4: Teaching Strategies

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a great resource that concentrates strategies and student activities in one place in an easy to use format, and can be navigated easily. Find great examples of probable passage, selective underlining, and semantic feature...
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Cause and Effect

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section helps students identify cause and effect in literature.
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Analyze Hist: Challenge, Choice, Changes [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can use this chart to help them analyze the cause(s) and effect(s) of historical events. Students will identify historical events and then identify the effects that follow afterward. Extension questions are provided after the...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Introducing Text Structures in Writing 5th Grade

For Teachers 5th Standards
This instructional activity engages students in learning about text structures. Graphic organizers are provided to assist students in planning writings that have the following text structures: problem and solution; sequence; cause and...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Character Mapping

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders will read a high interest novel and analyze how a character responds to a challenge. Students will reflect on the theme conveyed in the novel, too.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Why Walk?

For Teachers 1st
This lesson plan engages students in reading activities related to James Marshall's book, Yummers. Students will analyze the diet of the main character and determine what made the character sick.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Lesson: Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using the book "When I Grow Up", this lesson plan aids students in learning about cause and effect relationships and the words that signify them.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Bridge to Terabithia 5th Grade Unit

For Teachers 5th Standards
A Grade 5 literature study unit for the novel "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson. The concepts covered include cause and effect, character, genre, plot, predicting, and theme.
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Website
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: K Ps2 1: Pushes, Pulls, and Motion

For Teachers K - 1st
Teaching students about pushes, pulls, and motion? Use this site to plan lessons for students to conduct investigations to compare the effects on the motion of an object when pushes or pulls come from different directions or strengths.
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Website
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: K Ess3 3: Environmental Solutions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This NSTA vetted source includes resources to teach ideas on reducing the impact of humans on the environment. Included are assessment ideas, videos, examples, lesson plans, and photos of student work.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Essays for Exams

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This handout provides a comprehensive look at writing essays for exams including what a well-written answer to an essay exam question includes, a step-by-step decription of how to write an effective essay exam, an explanation of patterns...
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: High School Cause and Effect Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This four-page essay provides an example of an Cause and Effect essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Cause and Effect

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Capital Community College gives excellent overview, assistance, and examples of using cause and effect in writing and composition.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: So That's the Reason! [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Simple, one-page printable worksheet to introduce your students to cause and effect. Gives one set example, and has space at the bottom to apply to any story you read.