Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
This cause and effect graphic organizer has a box for one cause, three effect columns, and a How Do I Know? box under each effect for proof from the text. A last box asks students to join cause and effect in a sentence with a clue word.
- Grade Level
- Grades 1 to 12
- Pages
- 1
- Formats
- PDF, Google Docs, Word
- Paper Size
- US Letter and A4
- Checked By
- Milo, Classroom Teacher
- Last Updated
- October 2026
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer Example
A 4th grader traces three effects of a summer drought, finds the proof for each, and joins them in one sentence.
What's in the Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
One Cause, Three Effects
A Cause box on top and three Effect columns below it, each with writing lines.
How Do I Know? Boxes
Under each effect, a ruled box for the evidence from the text.
A Clue-Word Sentence Box
Clue words are printed at the top: because, since, so, as a result, therefore.
Word, Google Docs and PDF
Edit it in Word or Google Docs, or print the PDF. US Letter and A4.
How to Use the Cause and Effect Organizer
Read the Clue Words
Read the clue words printed at the top with students and ask for one sentence that uses because.
Find the Cause
After reading, students write why the event happened in the Cause box.
List Three Effects
Students write one thing that happened because of the cause in each of the three Effect columns.
Find the Proof
In each How Do I Know? box, students write the detail or page that shows the effect.
Join Them in a Sentence
Students write one sentence in the bottom box that links the cause to an effect with a clue word.
Cause and Effect Organizer Questions
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