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Read Works: Cause and Effect 3rd Grade Unit Lesson PlanRead Works: Cause and Effect 3rd Grade Unit Lesson Plan
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Read Works: Cause and Effect 3rd Grade Unit

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[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson plan 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 to identify implied cause and effect relationships in non-fiction. The lessons utilize the books When I Grow Up . . . by Peter Horn, Two Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folk Tale by Ruby Dee, and The Planets by Gail Gibbons. Student worksheets for this unit are available to download with free login.

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cause and effect

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cause, cause and effect relationship, cause-effect relationship, effect, reading skills, signal words, "the planets", "two ways to count to ten: a liberian folk tale", "when i grow up . . .", gail gibbons, peter horn, readworks, ruby dee

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