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2nd - 7th Grade Fiction Cause and Effect Educational 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.

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"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

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Extended Reading Comprehension: Think Fast!

Have your students practice finding the cause and effect relationships between two sentences.

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Pair the Cause and Effect

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

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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Cause and Effect in Walk Two Moons

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

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Cause and Effect

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.

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Reading for Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #1

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1&ndash;38 of The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one&#39;s own flaws.

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Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From “Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess”

Use this discussion guide to support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of chapters 1&ndash;4 of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel The Outsiders.

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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #1

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

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Clue Words for Cause and Effect

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1&ndash;6 of Rick Riordan&rsquo;s The Lightning Thief.&nbsp;

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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Discussion Guide #1 

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

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Cause & Effect Reading Comprehension: Home Sick

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2

Use this discussion guide to support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of chapters 5&ndash;8 of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel The Outsiders.

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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #2

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #2

Students hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this adapted excerpt from the first chapter of The King of Elfland&rsquo;s Daughter by Lord Dunsany.

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Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From 'The King of Elfland’s Daughter'

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #3

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

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Cause and Effect Reading Comprehension: My Day at the Amusement Park

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

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The Shiniest Apple: Cause & Effect

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part&nbsp;of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #5

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #3

Use this graphic organizer to support learners&#39; understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

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Graphic Organizer: Cause & Effect

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel The Outsiders with these discussion questions for chapters 9-12.

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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #3

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4

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

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Novel Discussion Guide for Teachers

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!

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"Somebody Wanted" Story Map

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.

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Reading Comprehension: Cause and Effect

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.

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2nd - 7th Grade Fiction Cause and Effect Educational Resources