Cause and Kickoff

This worksheet supports students in Grades 2-4 as they strengthen reading comprehension, analytical thinking, and logical reasoning through a short narrative about a soccer game interrupted by weather. Students read the passage closely and match causes with their correct effects, helping them understand how events are connected and how one action or situation leads to another within a text.

Skills Reinforced

• Cause & Effect Relationships (Grades 2-4) – Identify and match causes with corresponding effects in a narrative.
• Reading Comprehension – Understand key events and details that drive the story.
• Logical Connections – Analyze how ideas and events are linked within sentences and across the passage.
• Textual Evidence – Use clues from the text to justify cause-and-effect matches.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with elementary ELA standards.
• Clear Matching Format – Two-column structure supports organized, focused analysis.
• Flexible Implementation – Ideal for literacy centers, guided reading groups, independent practice, or homework.
• Encourages Close Reading – Prompts students to reread and verify connections using text evidence.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence in identifying cause-and-effect relationships, an essential comprehension strategy for understanding narratives and informational texts. By matching events and outcomes, learners strengthen reasoning skills, attention to detail, and analytical thinking. Suitable for both classroom and homeschool use, this no-prep activity reinforces how events influence one another while supporting clear, evidence-based reading comprehension.

This worksheet is part of our Grade 3 Reading Comprehension collection.