Cause and Effect Worksheets & Reading Passages - Printable & Digital

Your students probably know what cause and effect are, but it can be much trickier to identify them in a nonfiction reading passage! These cause and effect activities with informational reading passages are perfect for reading test review! There are 16 short reading passages with comprehension questions asking middle school students to identify and analyze causes and effects, including signal words, as they learn fun facts about a variety of animals.

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This resource includes the following digital versions:

• Google Slides (link in PDF)
• Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)
• Easel Assessment (link in My Purchases)

(Note: since questions are grouped by passage, please don't shuffle questions!)

This resource includes four practice worksheets:

• 1/2 page passage about gray wolves with questions
• 1/2 page passage about red pandas with questions
• 1 page of 8 multiple-choice questions about cause and effect
• 1 page of simple flow chart graphic organizers for students to fill in causes and effects

Cause and effect can be a challenging reading skill! Use these activities as quizzes, homework, classwork, whole-class review, or even pre-assessment for this reading skill. However you use them, your students are sure to sharpen their reading skills while reading interesting passages!

Answer keys are included for all quizzes.

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