Curated OER
Understanding Cause and Effect
Identify the author's organizational pattern for expressing ideas. After reading an article on the California Gold Rush, middle schoolers determine the author's purpose for writing a passage of informational text. A full list of...
Curated OER
Cause and Effect
In this cause and effect activity, students read information about cause/effect, review signal words and read an article about Indiana weather and crops. Students then answer 3 related cause/effect questions.
Curated OER
Cause and Effect
In this cause/effect worksheet, students read statements and determine what the cause and effect are of each. A reference website for additional resources is given.
Curated OER
Cause and Effect
In this cause and effect worksheet, students determine cause and effect in a set of 5 sentences. A website reference for additional resources is given.
Curated OER
Cause and Effect
In this cause and effect worksheet, students read sentences and write the cause and effect present in each one. An answer key is included.
Curated OER
Cause/Effect Post Test
In this cause and effect activity, students read selections and identify cause and effect relationships.
Curated OER
The Dashiki
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...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Character Mapping
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.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies: Writing Basics
This site by University of St. Thomas focuses on the basics for writing any paragraph. It is developed in outline fashion and is very easy to follow. This site provides a basic overview of the process of writing without going into a...
Scholastic
Scholastic: So That's the Reason! [Pdf]
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.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Cause and Effect
Simple and effective method for introducing primary students to the concept of cause and effect in literature.
Scholastic
Scholastic: A Not So Glorious Victory
After reading "A Not-So-Glorious," Victory, which is included on this page, have your students practice identifying cause and effect using the printable worksheet.