Cause and Effect in Non-Fiction Texts Resources

Ecosystems Explained

This integrated reading and science lesson is packed with content on ecosystems. Your students will use the reading strategy of synthesizing while comparing and contrasting information from various sources.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Explaining Environmental Effects

Lesson plan

Explaining Environmental Effects

What’s the impact? In this integrated language arts and science lesson students will explore causes and effects that specifically relate to environmental impact, including the effects of human actions.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Simple Machines

Workbook

Simple Machines

Did you know there are 6 simple machines that make up every complicated gizmo out there? This book introduces the pulley, the lever, the screw, the wedge, the inclined plane and the wheel & axle.

2nd grade

Science

Workbook

Light and Color

Workbook

Light and Color

Did you know that light can bend? Help your curious kids learn the important physical properties of light and explore how light adds colors to our world, with this beautiful series on light and color.

3rd grade

Science

Workbook

Nonfiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect

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Nonfiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect

What is the cause, and what is the effect? Use this resource to teach your students how to identify examples of cause and effect in nonfiction text.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Signal Cause and Effect

Lesson plan

Signal Cause and Effect

Teach your students to recognize the words that signal cause and effect relationships. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the *Nonfiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect* lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Cause and Effect with Comic Strips

Lesson plan

Cause and Effect with Comic Strips

Pow! Bam! Splat! In this integrated reading and science lesson, students will explore the relationship between cause and effect. They will get creative and create cause-and-effect comic strips!

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Eyeing the Effects of Weather

Lesson plan

Eyeing the Effects of Weather

What are the effects of weather events? In this integrated science and language arts lesson, students will explore causes and multiple effect in the context of reading and learning about various weather events and natural disasters.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts

Lesson plan

Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts

Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and write sentences with cause-and-effect relationships. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Analyzing Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Articles.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

It's Elemental

Workbook

It's Elemental

Kids can practice reading informational texts and explore the periodic table with this introduction to science topics that will extend to high school chemistry and beyond.

5th grade

Science

Workbook

Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer

Worksheet

Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer

Use this resource to record cause and effect relationships found in a nonfiction text.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Cause and Effect: Structure

Worksheet

Cause and Effect: Structure

Use this worksheet to help your students analyze and talk about cause-and-effect text structure.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Causes and Effects of Natural Disasters

Worksheet

Causes and Effects of Natural Disasters

Read interesting nonfiction texts about natural disasters and practice identifying causes and effects.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Weather Effects

Worksheet

Weather Effects

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Cause and Effect: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Cause and Effect: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Your students may know about Rosa Parks, but do they know about the Montgomery Bus Boycott that her famous action inspired? Enhance students' knowledge of this important part of the Civil Rights movement while teaching cause and effect.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Rosie the Riveter

Worksheet

Rosie the Riveter

Meet Rosie the Riveter, a famous icon from the era of WWII. She is an important symbol that eventually came to represent the power of women.

5th grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Environmental Impact

Worksheet

Environmental Impact

Integrate science and reading as students research and write about the causes and effects of certain actions in the environment.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Cause and Effect Structure

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Cause and Effect Structure

Use this lesson to help your ELs see patterns and signal words in the cause-and-effect text structure. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Eyeing the Effects of Weather.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Clue Words for Cause and Effect

Worksheet

Clue Words for Cause and Effect

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Cause and Effect Comic Strips

Worksheet

Cause and Effect Comic Strips

During this activity, students will create cause and effect comic strips complete with captions, pictures, and speech and sound effect bubbles.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Southeast and Gulf State Weather

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Southeast and Gulf State Weather

Whoa, weather! Using technology as an aid, students will put their research skills to the test while learning about hurricanes.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Words That Show Cause and Effect

Lesson plan

Words That Show Cause and Effect

This lesson helps students recognize cause-and-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction writing by identifying clue words. It can be used on its own or as a precursor to Cause and Effect with Comic Strips.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Nonfiction Text Structures Part 2: Cause & Effect

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Nonfiction Text Structures Part 2: Cause & Effect

Build up your students’ reading comprehension as they learn about the various features of nonfiction text structure.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Earth's Ecosystem: The Coral Reef

Worksheet

Earth's Ecosystem: The Coral Reef

In this worksheet students will be challenged to use information from multiple sources about coral reefs.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Glossary: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts

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Glossary: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Cause and Effect in Non-Fiction Texts Resources