Cause and Effect Comprehension Skill First Grade Unit 2 Week 2 Created by Kristi Waltke
Mar 27, 2015
Cause and EffectComprehension Skill
First Grade Unit 2 Week 2
Created by Kristi Waltke
The main idea of a story is what the story is mostly
about.
Cause and Effect
A cause is something that makes something else
happen.
An effect is what happens.
The cause is the girl swings the club and hits the ball.
The effect is the ball moves.
Good readers ask themselves why things happen in a story. Asking why will help you figure out cause
and effect!When you see the hippo in the pond, you can ask yourself why he got in there. He is probably in the water to cool off.
This is cause and effect.
The hippo was hot.
He got in the water.
Cause
Effect
Think about why Max goes to the park in the story A Big Fish for Max.
This is cause and effect.
Max wanted a big fish.
Max went to the park.
Cause
Effect
Think about why Grandma goes to the fish shop.
This is cause and effect.
Max does not catch a fish.
Grandma goes to the fish shop.
Cause
Effect
Think about the story.Pick out the correct effect.
Dave does not want to be a pig.
• Dave makes a face when Beth tells him to be a pig.
• Dave made a pig mask.
Cause
Think about the story.Pick out the correct effect.
The kids will be animals in the play.
• The kids make masks.
• The kids sing Old MacDonald.
Cause
Think about the story.Pick out the correct effect.
All the children want to be the farmer.
• The kids want to wear the hat.
• The kids beg the teacher.
Cause
Think about the story.Pick out the correct effect.
The kids are busy making masks and getting ready for the play.
• The farmer was odd.
• The kids forget about the farmer’s hat.
Cause
Thinking about cause and effect will help you become a super
reader!