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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cause and Effect Commotion [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Instilling a strong understanding of cause and effect will increase students' reading comprehension skills. By acting out cause and effect situations, students will deepen the foundation of this important concept.
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Activity
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont Colleges: Writing an Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief handout describing different forms of argument for writing.
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Activity
TESL Journal

Activities for Esl Students: Adverb Clauses Cause and Effect Relationships

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Twenty sentences where students fill in the blank with the correct adverb clause to show a cause and effect relationship. Each answer can be checked to see if it is correct.
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Unit Plan
British Library

British Library:dreamers and Dissenters: Filth and Fever

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief account of British history where learners examine the causes and effects of filth and fever during the Victorian era in England.
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Website
Other

Ccss Literacy E Handbook: Informational Text: Describe Text Structure

For Students 4th Standards
A short explanation of informational text structures. Follow links for more information on: chronological text structure, comparison and contrast text structure, cause and effect text structure, and problem and solution text structure....
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Graphic
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Cause and Effect Thinking Map

For Students K - 1st Standards
A graphic organizer to help determine cause and effect relationships within a text.
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Unit Plan
Other

Mrs. Dell: Cause and Effect Mini Lesson

For Students 3rd
This learning module defines cause and effect, provides examples, and offers links to practice exercises.
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Quia

Quia: Cause and Effect

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Identify cause and effect relationships by matching cards with a cause to cards with the effect. Correct answers are provided and a percentage score is available once the activity is complete.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Cause and Effect 2

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Five sentences where students are asked to read the effect and then choose the appropriate cause. Answers can be checked after each question and a percentage grade is available at the end of the activity.
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Quia

Quia: Why??? What Caused It to Happen?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Read the story of "The Three Little Pigs" and pause five times to answer cause and effect questions about the story and the characters' choices within the story. Students can see their percentage score at the end of the activity.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Fact or Opinion? Game #2 (Quiz)

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Five sentences where students are asked to read the cause and then choose the appropriate effect. Answers can be checked after each question and a percentage grade is available at the end of the activity.
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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Cause and Effect Scavenger Hunt

For Students 3rd Standards
After reading the definitions and examples of cause and effect, 3rd graders complete a cause and effect scavenger hunt through a text to complete a worksheet.
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Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Recognize Cause and Effect Relationships

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Learn how to identify the cause and effect relationships within a text by using a list of guiding questions.
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Other

Shsu: Cause and Effect Ii

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
This is a 10 question, multiple choice pretest on recognizing cause and effect.
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Other

Reading Worksheets: Cause and Effect [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This PDF resource allows students to practice identifying what part of a sentence is the effect (what happened) and what part of the sentence is the cause (why it happened). Requires Adobe Reader.
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Graphic
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Cause and Effect Worksheet [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
This Cause and Effect graphic organizer helps students organize information from a text they are reading.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Informational Text: Compare Text Structures

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
This learning module focuses on comparing organizational patterns in informational texts including chronological order, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solutions. Click on each text structure for an explanation.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cause and Effect Papers: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces cause and effect papers. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Cause and Effect Papers."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cause and Effect Papers: Organization: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses structuring an outline for a cause and effect paper. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Cause and Effect Papers: Organization."
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Cause and Effect

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
A ten-part learning module on cause and effect relationships. Lessons include links images, graphic organizers, videos, and a worksheet.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Text Structures

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A thirty-part learning module on text structures including description, sequence, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and cause and effect. Lessons include links to pictures, story text, informational text, videos, charts,...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Cause and Effect

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A sixteen-part learning module with links to images and videos about identifying cause and effect.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Cause and Effect

For Students 3rd - 5th
A seven-part learning module with videos, images, and a website to build skills in recognizing cause and effect.
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PPT
Other

Prezi: Nonfiction Text Structures

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Slideshow examines the five most common text structures used by authors to organize nonfiction writing.