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an understanding of what they
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3. 4.
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Events in a Story:
(2) Events in a Narrative:
(3) Events in an Informational Text:
Directions, Factual Information
(1)
Writers tell events in the order (sequence) that they happened. This helps to
build understanding for the reader.
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Events in a Narrative
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Have kids sequence the events of each story.
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Have kids sequence the events of each story.
3 4
4
1
2
1 2
3
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1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Events of an Informational Text: Directions
Get all of the
ingredients: peanut
butter, jelly and
bread.
Spread peanut
butter on one slice
of bread.
Next, spread jelly
on top of the
peanut butter.
Then, put the
second slice of
bread on top.
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Sequencing Template
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Mandy bought oranges
at the store.
she made orange juice
with the blender.
she poured the orange
juice into cups.
they drank the yummy
orange juice.
Sequencing Template
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Fruits
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Divide .
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Topic: Fruits
Fruits
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Topic: Fruits
Fruits
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Fruits
Topic: Fruits
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Fruits
Topic: Fruits
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Categorizing
Template
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Penguins
Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They
range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall.
Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large
and Galapagos Penguins are small.
Topic: Penguins Example
Penguins
Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They
range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall.
Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large
and Galapagos Penguins are small.
Topic: Penguins Example
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Penguins
Small
Large
Penguins are birds
that don’t fly. They
are seabirds that eat
fish. They range in
size.
Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They
range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall.
Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large
and Galapagos Penguins are small.
Topic: Penguins Example
Penguins
• Emperor
43 inches
tall
• Little Blue
13 inches
Small
Large
Penguins are birds
that don’t fly. They
are seabirds that eat
fish. They range in
size.
Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They
range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall.
Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large
and Galapagos Penguins are small.
Topic: Penguins Example
Penguins
• Emperor
43 inches
tall
• King
• Little Blue
13 inches
• Galapagos
Small
Large
Penguins are birds
that don’t fly. They
are seabirds that eat
fish. They range in
size.
Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They
range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall.
Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large
and Galapagos Penguins are small.
Topic: Penguins Example
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Categorizing
Template
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Topic: Sports
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Have kids name the categories,
s
Topic: Sports
soccer basketball
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Have kids name the categories.
Determine the similarities and differences of the groups when reading.
Topic: Cars and Planes
Topic: Frogs and Toads
frogs toads
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Amphibians
Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example
People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians.
Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin
texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin.
Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop.
Similarities
differences differences
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Amphibians
Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example
People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians.
Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin
texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin.
Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop.
Similarities
Similarities
differences differences
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Both frogs and toads
are amphibians. Like
frogs, toads have short
bodies and wide heads.
Amphibians
Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example
People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians.
Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin
texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin.
Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop.
Similarities
differences differences
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Both frogs and toads
are amphibians. Like
frogs, toads have short
bodies and wide heads.
Amphibians
• have
smooth,
moist skin
• have
rough, dry
skin
toads
frogs
Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example
People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians.
Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin
texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin.
Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop.
Similarities
differences differences
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Both frogs and toads
are amphibians. Like
frogs, toads have short
bodies and wide heads.
Amphibians
• have
smooth,
moist skin
• hop
• have
rough, dry
skin
• walk
toads
frogs
Compare and Contrast: Frogs & Toads Example
People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians.
Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin
texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin.
Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop.
Similarities
differences differences
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Amphibians
Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example
There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from
one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes
to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often
choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places.
Similarities
differences differences
Amphibians
Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example
There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from
one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes
to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often
choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places.
Similarities
differences differences
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They are both types
of transportation that
people use to travel
from one place to
another.
Amphibians
Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example
There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from
one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes
to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often
choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places.
Similarities
differences differences
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They are both types
of transportation that
people use to travel
from one place to
another.
Amphibians
• travel by land • travel by air
planes
cars
Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example
There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from
one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes
to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often
choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places.
Similarities
differences differences
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They are both types
of transportation that
people use to travel
from one place to
another.
Amphibians
• travel by land
• are slower
• travel by air
• are faster
planes
cars
Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example
There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from
one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes
to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often
choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places.
Similarities
differences differences
They are both types
of transportation that
people use to travel
from one place to
another.
Amphibians
• travel by land
• are slower
• used for
places closer
to home
• travel by air
• are faster
• used for
places
farther from
home
planes
cars
Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example
There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from
one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes
to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often
choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places.
Similarities
differences differences
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Amphibians
Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example
Similarities
differences differences
C
o
Compare and
Contrast Template
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Similarities
Writing tools
erasable permanent
wood plastic/metal
Similarities
Bikes
two wheels three wheels
smaller bigger
hard boiled fried
Similarities
Eggs
Similarities
Desserts
pie cake
cherries carrot
Differences
Have kids draw a line from the similarities to their differences.
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Similarities
Writing tools
erasable permanent
wood plastic/metal
Similarities
Bikes
two wheels three wheels
smaller bigger
hard boiled fried
Similarities
Eggs
Similarities
Desserts
pie cake
cherries carrot
Differences
Have kids draw a line from the similarities to their differences.
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Determine the why (cause) and the what (effect) when reading.
Topic: Plants
Topic: First Place
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Topic: Plants
Mary liked gardening. She took very good care of her plants. She watered
them everyday. One summer day she walked out and they were in full bloom.
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Topic: Plants
Mary liked gardening. She took very good care of her plants. She watered
them everyday. One summer day she walked out and they were in full bloom.
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She took very good care
of her plants. She
watered them everyday.
Cause (why did it happen?)
Topic: Plants
Mary liked gardening. She took very good care of her plants. She watered
them everyday. One summer day she walked out and they were in full bloom.
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She took very good care
of her plants. She
watered them everyday.
One summer day she
walked out and they
were in full bloom.
Topic: Plants
Mary liked gardening. She took very good care of her plants. She watered
them everyday. One summer day she walked out and they were in full bloom.
Effect (what happened?)
Cause (why did it happen?)
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Topic: First Place
Tommy loved running. He also loved to win. He wanted to win the 1 mile
run. He knew he was not fast enough. To become faster he practiced. He ran
1 mile every day until the race. When the day of the race came, he entered
and won first place.
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Topic: First Place
Tommy loved running. He also loved to win. He wanted to win the 1 mile
run. He knew he was not fast enough. To become faster he practiced. He ran
1 mile every day until the race. When the day of the race came, he entered
and won first place.
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To become faster he
practiced. He ran 1 mile
every day until the race.
Effect (what happened?)
Cause (why did it happen?)
Topic: First Place
Tommy loved running. He also loved to win. He wanted to win the 1 mile
run. He knew he was not fast enough. To become faster he practiced. He ran
1 mile every day until the race. When the day of the race came, he entered
and won first place.
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To become faster, he
practiced. He ran 1
mile every day until
the race.
Effect (what happened?)
Cause (why did it happen?)
Topic: First Place
Tommy loved running. He also loved to win. He wanted to win the 1 mile
run. He knew he was not fast enough. To become faster he practiced. He ran
1 mile every day until the race. When the day of the race came, he entered
and won first place.
When the day of the
race came, he entered
and won first place.
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Topic: Plants
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His dog licked him and his
cookies fell on the floor.
She shopped for the
groceries on her list.
She planted and watered
the seeds.
The tire was filled with
air.
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Have kids draw a line from the cause to the effect.
cause effect
His dog licked him and his
cookies fell on the floor.
His mom cleaned up the cookies
that fell on the floor.
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cause effect
The groceries were bagged and
ready to take home.
She shopped for the
groceries on her list.
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cause effect
The plants were in full bloom.
She planted and watered
the seeds.
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cause effect
Then he was able to ride his
bike to school.
The tire was filled with
air.
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His dog licked him and his
cookies fell on the floor.
She shopped for the
groceries on her list.
She planted and watered
the seeds.
The tire was filled with
air.
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Have kids draw a line from the cause to the effect.
Order of
Events
Determine
Groups
Similarities &
Differences
What Happened
& Why?
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How to Teach Your Kids Reading Comprehension Skills

  • 1. Understanding how text is structured will help kids organize the information and gain an understanding of what they are reading. © reading2success.com
  • 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. © reading2success.com
  • 3. Events in a Story: (2) Events in a Narrative: (3) Events in an Informational Text: Directions, Factual Information (1) Writers tell events in the order (sequence) that they happened. This helps to build understanding for the reader. © reading2success.com
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  • 6. Events in a Narrative © reading2success.com
  • 7. Have kids sequence the events of each story. © reading2success.com
  • 8. Have kids sequence the events of each story. 3 4 4 1 2 1 2 3 © reading2success.com
  • 9. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Events of an Informational Text: Directions Get all of the ingredients: peanut butter, jelly and bread. Spread peanut butter on one slice of bread. Next, spread jelly on top of the peanut butter. Then, put the second slice of bread on top. © reading2success.com
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  • 16. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Sequencing Template © reading2success.com
  • 18. Mandy bought oranges at the store. she made orange juice with the blender. she poured the orange juice into cups. they drank the yummy orange juice. Sequencing Template © reading2success.com , t
  • 25. Penguins Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall. Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large and Galapagos Penguins are small. Topic: Penguins Example
  • 26. Penguins Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall. Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large and Galapagos Penguins are small. Topic: Penguins Example © reading2success.com
  • 27. Penguins Small Large Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish. They range in size. Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall. Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large and Galapagos Penguins are small. Topic: Penguins Example
  • 28. Penguins • Emperor 43 inches tall • Little Blue 13 inches Small Large Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish. They range in size. Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall. Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large and Galapagos Penguins are small. Topic: Penguins Example
  • 29. Penguins • Emperor 43 inches tall • King • Little Blue 13 inches • Galapagos Small Large Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish. They range in size. Penguins are birds that don’t fly. They are seabirds that eat fish . They range in size. Emperor Penguins are the largest. They can be 43 inches tall. Little Blues are the smallest. They are 13 inches tall. King Penguins are also large and Galapagos Penguins are small. Topic: Penguins Example © reading2success.com
  • 31. Topic: Sports © reading2success.com Have kids name the categories, s
  • 32. Topic: Sports soccer basketball © reading2success.com s Have kids name the categories.
  • 33. Determine the similarities and differences of the groups when reading. Topic: Cars and Planes Topic: Frogs and Toads frogs toads © reading2success.com
  • 34. Amphibians Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians. Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin. Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop. Similarities differences differences © reading2success.com
  • 35. Amphibians Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians. Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin. Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop. Similarities Similarities differences differences © reading2success.com
  • 36. Both frogs and toads are amphibians. Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. Amphibians Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians. Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin. Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop. Similarities differences differences © reading2success.com
  • 37. Both frogs and toads are amphibians. Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. Amphibians • have smooth, moist skin • have rough, dry skin toads frogs Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians. Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin. Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop. Similarities differences differences © reading2success.com
  • 38. Both frogs and toads are amphibians. Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. Amphibians • have smooth, moist skin • hop • have rough, dry skin • walk toads frogs Compare and Contrast: Frogs & Toads Example People often confuse frogs with toads. Both frogs and toads are amphibians. Like frogs, toads have short bodies and wide heads. They differ in their skin texture. Frogs have smooth, moist skin; whereas, toads have rough, dry skin. Unlike frogs, toads walk; they don’t hop. Similarities differences differences © reading2success.com
  • 39. Amphibians Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places. Similarities differences differences
  • 40. Amphibians Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places. Similarities differences differences © reading2success.com
  • 41. They are both types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. Amphibians Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places. Similarities differences differences © reading2success.com
  • 42. They are both types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. Amphibians • travel by land • travel by air planes cars Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places. Similarities differences differences © reading2success.com
  • 43. They are both types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. Amphibians • travel by land • are slower • travel by air • are faster planes cars Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places. Similarities differences differences
  • 44. They are both types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. Amphibians • travel by land • are slower • used for places closer to home • travel by air • are faster • used for places farther from home planes cars Compare and Contrast: Cars and Planes Example There are different types of transportation that people use to travel from one place to another. People ride in cars to travel by land. People take planes to travel by air. Planes travel faster than cars. For this reason people often choose planes to travel to farther places and cars to travel to closer places. Similarities differences differences © reading2success.com
  • 45. Amphibians Compare and Contrast: Frogs and Toads Example Similarities differences differences C o Compare and Contrast Template © reading2success.com
  • 46. Similarities Writing tools erasable permanent wood plastic/metal Similarities Bikes two wheels three wheels smaller bigger hard boiled fried Similarities Eggs Similarities Desserts pie cake cherries carrot Differences Have kids draw a line from the similarities to their differences. © reading2success.com
  • 47. Similarities Writing tools erasable permanent wood plastic/metal Similarities Bikes two wheels three wheels smaller bigger hard boiled fried Similarities Eggs Similarities Desserts pie cake cherries carrot Differences Have kids draw a line from the similarities to their differences. © reading2success.com
  • 48. Determine the why (cause) and the what (effect) when reading. Topic: Plants Topic: First Place © reading2success.com
  • 49. Topic: Plants Mary liked gardening. She took very good care of her plants. She watered them everyday. One summer day she walked out and they were in full bloom. © reading2success.com
  • 50. Topic: Plants Mary liked gardening. She took very good care of her plants. She watered them everyday. One summer day she walked out and they were in full bloom. © reading2success.com
  • 51. She took very good care of her plants. She watered them everyday. Cause (why did it happen?) Topic: Plants Mary liked gardening. She took very good care of her plants. She watered them everyday. One summer day she walked out and they were in full bloom. © reading2success.com
  • 52. She took very good care of her plants. She watered them everyday. One summer day she walked out and they were in full bloom. Topic: Plants Mary liked gardening. She took very good care of her plants. She watered them everyday. One summer day she walked out and they were in full bloom. Effect (what happened?) Cause (why did it happen?) © reading2success.com
  • 53. Topic: First Place Tommy loved running. He also loved to win. He wanted to win the 1 mile run. He knew he was not fast enough. To become faster he practiced. He ran 1 mile every day until the race. When the day of the race came, he entered and won first place. © reading2success.com
  • 54. Topic: First Place Tommy loved running. He also loved to win. He wanted to win the 1 mile run. He knew he was not fast enough. To become faster he practiced. He ran 1 mile every day until the race. When the day of the race came, he entered and won first place. © reading2success.com
  • 55. To become faster he practiced. He ran 1 mile every day until the race. Effect (what happened?) Cause (why did it happen?) Topic: First Place Tommy loved running. He also loved to win. He wanted to win the 1 mile run. He knew he was not fast enough. To become faster he practiced. He ran 1 mile every day until the race. When the day of the race came, he entered and won first place. © reading2success.com
  • 56. To become faster, he practiced. He ran 1 mile every day until the race. Effect (what happened?) Cause (why did it happen?) Topic: First Place Tommy loved running. He also loved to win. He wanted to win the 1 mile run. He knew he was not fast enough. To become faster he practiced. He ran 1 mile every day until the race. When the day of the race came, he entered and won first place. When the day of the race came, he entered and won first place. © reading2success.com
  • 58. His dog licked him and his cookies fell on the floor. She shopped for the groceries on her list. She planted and watered the seeds. The tire was filled with air. © reading2success.com Have kids draw a line from the cause to the effect.
  • 59. cause effect His dog licked him and his cookies fell on the floor. His mom cleaned up the cookies that fell on the floor. © reading2success.com
  • 60. cause effect The groceries were bagged and ready to take home. She shopped for the groceries on her list. © reading2success.com
  • 61. cause effect The plants were in full bloom. She planted and watered the seeds. © reading2success.com
  • 62. cause effect Then he was able to ride his bike to school. The tire was filled with air. © reading2success.com
  • 63. His dog licked him and his cookies fell on the floor. She shopped for the groceries on her list. She planted and watered the seeds. The tire was filled with air. © reading2success.com Have kids draw a line from the cause to the effect.