Fiction Cause and Effect Resources

Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Read up on the real-life Saint Nicholas, a man who did some good deeds way back in the day, and see what similarities he shares with Santa.

This cause and effect worksheet opens your child up to improved critical thinking abilities. Use this cause and effect worksheet to focus on story structure.

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Familiarize your students with clue words that help indicate cause and effect relationships.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

This resource will help your students practice an important reading comprehension skill as they read a fiction text and identify cause and effect relationships

Is your kid struggling with reading comprehension? Try this short and sweet story from Oscar Wilde.

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Students will read and recall a story by answering comprehensive questions about the series of the events in the story.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

Give your second graders' logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect. Students will practice determining cause and effect with this short, funny story about a wishing fountain.

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.

Understanding the relationship of cause and effect is a cornerstone of strong reading comprehension skills. Students will seek to explain why events happened in a book of their choosing in this cause and effect activity.

Use this short story with comprehension questions to help your students practice identifying cause and effect relationships in a fictional text.

Students will cite stanzas from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their poetry readings and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about the text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Creating Cause and Effect Skits

Students will provide details of cause and effect events directly related to theme.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Creating Cause and Effect Skits