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Read Works: Lesson: Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using the book "When I Grow Up", this lesson plan aids students in learning about cause and effect relationships and the words that signify them.
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Read Works: Cause and Effect 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-instructional activity unit on cause and effect intended to improve reading comprehension. Students learn to identify causes based on effects and effects based on causes. Students also use...
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Read Works: Cause and Effect 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on cause and effect. Students learn to use signal words to identify cause and effect relationships and to describe possible effects when given a cause in fiction. Students also learn...
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Fcat Express: Cause and Effect

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section helps students identify cause and effect in literature.
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Read Works: Fourth Grade: Three Lesson Unit: Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on cause and effect where students learn signal words to identify cause and effect relationships and then examine those relationships in historical fiction with Pink and Say by...
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Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Cause and Effect

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach learners to identify effects, causes, and the relationship between them. Lessons are based on the books Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, Why Do You Cry?:...
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Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...
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Beacon Learning Center: What Caused It?: Student Web Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Students are asked to be detectives while they read and to look for the cause/effect sentences in the paragraphs. In this lesson, students read paragraphs and answer questions about it by either typing in their responses or selecting...
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Read Works: Endangered Animals at a Glance

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about endangered animals and a zoo that is working to try to help them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Ice City

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the ice festival celebrated in Harbin, China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Crisis in Africa

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the devastating problems in several African countries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Class Flow: Cause and Effect

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Cause and Effect Lesson for 1st Grade Reading, written in Learning Focused Format.
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Read Works: Pizza Problems

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the appropriateness of reading programs that reward students with unhealthy food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Wild Weather

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about different types of March weather including: clouds, blizzards, thunder, lightning, and rainbows. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: What's New at the Zoo

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about some new animals to live at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Dead Zone

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the "dead zone," an area in the Guld of Mexico where no fish can live due to pollution from fertilizer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Do You Have Good Posture?

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about posture and problems created by sitting at a computer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding cause and effect.
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Read Works: Backpacks Mean Backaches

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effects backpacks have on students' backs. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Safe Ride

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about safety concerns on school busses. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Hard Rocks

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about hunting for gem stones including diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and more. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Can the Amazon Be Saved?

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the disappearing Amazon rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Children of the Storm

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how children were affected by Hurricane Katrina. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: That Tickles

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the brain registers a ticklish situation. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Look Who's Talking

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how elephants communicate with each other. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.