Grade 5 · Reading · Lesson 13

Explain cause and effect relationships

Stories and articles are full of moments where one thing makes another thing happen. The first event is the CAUSE — the reason. The second event is the EFFECT — the result. Strong readers connect the two by asking, "Why did that happen?" and "What happened because of it?"

What this lesson teaches

1Define cause as the reason and effect as the result
2Identify signal words that link causes to effects
3Explain how one event leads to another in a text
4Trace cause-and-effect chains across multiple sentences

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