Teacher Created Resources Cause and Effect Chart (7592)

Identifying cause and effect in texts is important as it helps us to understand the events that are happening. It helps us to understand what’s happening and why it’s happening. A cause happens first. It’s is why something happens. To find the cause ask ‘Why did this happen?’ An effect happens after the cause. It tells us what happened. Let’s look at some cause and effect relationships. It rained. Carolina got wet. It raining is the cause because it must have occurred first and because it tells us why Carolina got wet. Carolina getting wet is the effect, because it had to have happened after the cause and it tells us ‘what’ happened. Here’s another example. Phil stayed up late. Phil was tired in the morning. Let’s start by looking for the cause. Which happens first and tells the why? That’s right, Phil staying up late’. Which happens after the cause and tells us what happened? That’s r