Study cause and effect in both literature and informational text with a lesson plan designed for several different reading levels. After kids review the concept of cause and effect, they read an article or story and note the causes and effects that they find during the reading.

Concepts

cause and effect

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use with any story or book you are reading in class
• Have kids keep track of the causes and effects in their independent reading logs

Classroom Considerations

• Does not include a chart for kids to use; you will need to design a graphic organizer or have kids copy down a format into their journals

Pros

• Provides differentiated instruction for multiple levels of readers

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.4.5 RI.5.5 L.5.4.a L.6.5.b RH.9-10.3